Strange town    (video)    (intro)

 

    G ~ ~

 

     C                                 Am  

1.      Found myself in a strange town,

F                                       G

    though I've only been here for 3 weeks now.

C                               Am

    I've got blisters on my feet,

F                                        G

    tryin' to find my way in Oxford Street.

 

    C                                   Am

2.    I've bought an A to Z guide book,

F                                            G

    tryin' to find the clubs and YMCA's,

C                                       Am

    but when you ask in a strange town

F                                                             G

    they say, don't know, don't care and I've got to go, mate.

 

                F                                    G

    They worry themselves about feeling low,

              F                                            G

    they worry themselves about the dreadful snow.

              F                            G

    They all ignore me coz they don't know,

            F                                                 G

    I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's.

 

    C                                          Am

3.     You've got to move in a straight line,

F                                                 G

    you've got to walk and talk in 4 4 time.

C                                        Am

    You can't be weird in a strange town,

F                                             G

    you'll be betrayed by your accent and manners.

 

   C                                      Am

4.    You've got to wear the right clothes,

F                                             G

    be careful not to pick or scratch your nose.

 

 

 

 

 

C                                       Am

    You can't be nice in a strange town

F                                                          G

    coz we don't know, don't care and we got to go, man.

 

       F                                 G

    Rush my money to the record shops,

         F                                               G

    I stop off in a back street, buy myself a snort.

                         F                                  G

    We got our own manifesto, we are kind to queers,

            F                                          G

    and I'm so glad the revolution’s here. It's nice and warm now !

 

+ C - Am - F - G (2x)

 

          Dm                                                   G 

    I've finished with the clubs where the music’s loud,

              Dm                           G                             Em

    coz I don't see a face in a single crowd, there’s no one there.

      Dm                                 G

    I look in the mirror, but I can't be seen,

              Dm                          G                              Em               - Am

    just a thin clean layer of Mister Sheem looking back at me.

 

     G

    Oh, oh.      + C - Em - Am - G (3x)   

 

+ repeat verses 1& 2, all lines   + C ~       + C - F - G - C (4x)

 

       C

+ Break it up, break it up ! (4x) ....

 

    (The Jam)