Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D][G][D][G][Am]
The dis[A]tant [D]echo

[Verse 1]
[Am]-
[D]Of faraway voices [G]board
ing faraway trains
[Am]To take them[D] home to[G][Am]
[D]The ones that they love and
who [G]love them [Am]forever
[A]The gla[Am]zed, dir[A]ty ste[D]ps - r[Am]epeat[A][Am]
my [D]own and reflect my [G]thoughts[Am]
Cold and unin[D]viting,
[A]par[Am]tially naked[D]
Except for [G]toffee wrapers and
this [Bm]mornings paper
[C]Mr. jones got run [D]down
[G]Headlines of death and sorrow
[Bm]- they tell of tomorrow
[C]Madmen on the ram[D]page
And Im [G]down in the tube station
at [Bm]midnight

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][A][Am]
[A]I fumble [D]for change

[Verse 2]
[A]- a[Am]nd
[A]pull out [D]the queen
[G]Smiling, [Am]beguiling
[A]I put[D] in the[A] money and pull out[D] a plum
[Am]Behind[G] me[A]
Whispers in [D]the shadows[Am]
- gruff blazing [D]voices
[G]Hating, [Am]waiting
Hey boy they [D]shout[Am]
- have you got any [D]money?
And I said [G]- Ive a little money
and [Bm]a take away curry,
Im [C]on my way home to my [D]wife.
Shell [G]be lining up the cutlery,
You [Bm]know shes expecting me
[C]Polishing the glasses and
[D]pulling out the cork
And Im [G]down in the tube
station at [Bm]midnight
[C][D]

[Verse 3]
[A]I first felt a fis[D]t, and[A] th[Am]en a ki[A]ck[D]
[A]I could now[Am] smel[G]l their breath
[A]They smelt of pub[Am]s and
[D]wormwood scrubs
[A]And [Am]too many r[G]ight wing meetings
[Am]My life swam aroun[D]d me
[Am]It took a look and d[D]rowned me
in its own exist[G]ence[Am]
The smell of brown [D]leather
[Am]It blended in with the w[D]eather
It filled my [G]eyes, ears, nose and mouth
It [Bm]blocked all my senses
Couldnt [C]see, hear, speak any [D]longer
And [G]Im down in the tube station [Bm]at midnight
[C]I s[D]aid I was down[G] in the tube

[Interlude 2]
station at midnight
[Bm][C][D][A]

[Verse 4]
[G]The last thing that I saw
As [Bm]I lay there on the floor
Was [C]jesus saves painted
by an [D]atheist nutter
And [G]a british rail poster read [Bm]have an
[C]awayday - a cheap hol[D]iday -
Do it today!
I [G]glanced back on my life
[Bm]And thought about my wife
cause [C]they took the keys
- and [D]she'll think its me
And Im [G]down in the tube
station at [Bm]midnight
[C]The wine will be [D]flat [G]and the
[Bm]curr[C]ys gone cold[D][G]
[Bm]Im d[C]own in[D] t[A]he tube
station at [C#m]midnight
[D]Don[E]t w[A]ant[C#m][D][Em][E][A][C#m]
[D]to[E][A][C#m][D][E][A][C#m]
[D]go[E]
[A]down in a tube station at [C#m]mid night

[Outro 1]
[D][E][A][C#m][D][E][A][C#m]
[D]