Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
The distant [D]echo[Am]
Of faraway voices boarding
[G]faraway [Am]trains
To take them [D]home [Am]to
The ones that they love and who
love them [G]forever[Am]
The glazed, dirty [D]steps[Am]
Repeat my [D]own and reflect
[G]my [Am]thoughts
Cold and un[D]inviting,
[G]par[Am]tially naked[D]
Except [Am]for t[G]offee wrap[Bm]pers
and this morning's pa[D]pers
[C]Mr. Jones [Am]got run [D]down
[G]Headlines of death and sorrow,
[Bm]they tell [D]of tomorrow
[C]Madmen on the ram[D]page
[Am]And I'm down[G] in the [Bm]tube station[G] at mi[Bm]dnight,
[D]oh

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][Am]

[Verse 2]
I fumble for [D]change,
[Am]and pull out the Queen
Smil[G]ing, [Am]beguiling
I put in the money and pull out a [D]plum[Am]
Be[G]hind [Am]me
Whispers in [D]the shad[Am]ows,
gruff blazing [D]voices
[G]Hating, [Am]waiting
"Hey boy" they shout,
[D]"Ha[Am]ve you got any money?"[D]
And [Dm]I say, [Am]"I've[G] a little
[Bm]money and a takeaway [D]curry
I'm [C]on my way home to [D]my wife
She'll be [G]lining up the cutlery,
[Bm]you know she's expecti[D]ng me
[C]Polishing the glasses [Am]and
[D]pulling out the [Am]cork"
I'm [G]down in the tube sta[Bm]tion at midnight,
[D]oh

[Interlude 2]
[C][D][Am]

[Verse 3]
I first felt a [D]fist, [Am]and then a kick
I could now [G]smell their [Am]breath
They smelt of pubs,
and wormwood scrubs
And too many [G]right wing [Am]meetings
My life swam [D]around [Am]me
It took a look and [D]drowned me in
its own [G]ex [Am]istence
The smell of [D]brown [Am]leather
It blended in with the [D]weather
Filled [Am]my ey[G]es, ears, nose and mouth,
it [Bm]blocked all my senses
Couldn't [C]see, hear, speak any [D]longer
I'm [G]down in the tube sta[Bm]tion at midnight,
[D]oh[C][Am][D]
I said I was [G]down in [Bm]the tube station at midnight,

[Interlude 3]
oh
[C][Am][D][Am][G]
[Am]

[Verse 4]
[G]The last thing that I saw
[Bm]as I lay there on the floor
Was "Je[C]sus saves" painted
by an [D]atheist nutter
And a [G]British rail poster read
[Bm]"Have an away day,
[C]a cheap hol[D]iday, do it today"
I [G]glanced back on my life,
and [Bm]thought about my wife
'Cause [C]they took the keys,
and [D]she'll think it's me
I'm [G]down in the tube station
at [Bm]midnight
[C]The wine will be flat and the
[D]curry's gone cold
I'm [G]down in the tube station [Bm]at midnight,
[C]oh[D]
Don't [G]want [Bm]to go[C] d[D]own in[G]
a tube station at mid[Bm]night, [C]oh[D]
Don't want to go [G]down in a tube station [Bm]at midnight,
[C]oh[D]
Don't want to go [G]down in a tube station [Bm]at midnight,
[C]oh[D]
Don't want to go [G]down in
a tube station [Bm]at midnight, oh