Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Please rate/comment Intro: Am D X2 verse 1: Am D Am D Gmaj7 The distant echo of faraway voices boarding faraway trains Am D Am D Gmaj7 To take them home to the ones that they love and who love them forever Am D Am D Gmaj7 The glazed, dirty steps repeat my own and reflect my thoughts Am D Am D Cold and uninviting, partially naked G Bm C D Except for toffee wrapers and this morning's papers, Mr. Jones got run down G Bm C D Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow, madmen on the rampage G Bm C D And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh Break: Am D X2 verse 2: Am D Am D Gmaj7 I fumble for change and pull out the Queen smiling, beguiling Am D Am D Gmaj7 I put in the money and pull out a plum behind me Am D Am D Gmaj7 Whispers in the shadows, gruff blazing voices, hate in waiting Am D Am D Hey boy they shout, have you got any money G Bm C D And I said I've a little money and a take away curry, I'm on my way home to my wife G Bm C D She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know she's expecting me, polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork G Bm C D And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh Break: Am D X2 verse 3: Am D Am D Gmaj7 I first felt a fist, and then a kick, I could now smell their breath Am D Am D Gmaj7 They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings Am D Am D Gmaj7 My life swam around me, it took a look and drowned me in its own existence Am D Am D The smell of brown leather, it blended in with the weather G Bm C D It filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth, it blocked all my senses, couldn't see, hear, speak any longer G Bm C D And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh G Bm C D I said I was down in the tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh Drum Break and train noise G Bm C D The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor was Jesus saves painted by an atheist nutter G Bm C D And a British Rail poster read have an awayday, a cheap holiday, oh do it today G Bm C D I glanced back on my life and thought about my wife 'cause they took the keys and she'll think it's me G Bm C D And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, the wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold G Bm C D I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh G Bm C D Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh G Bm C D Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh G Bm C D Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh G Bm C D Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh oh oh oh oh