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Down in a tube station at midnight (The Jam)
Tabbed by vincesmyth.
Bruce Foxton on bass, probably a Rickenbacker
Printing note: adjust page margins to fit on single page
INTRO, over drums
G ||----------------------5-7-5------||
D ||.-------5-7-5------7--------7---.||
A ||.-0-7---------7--5--------------.||
E ||---------------------------------||
VERSE
<harmonic>
G |---------------12-----------------------5-7-5--------------------|
D |-----5-7-5-------12--------5-7-5------7-------7------------------|
A |-0-7-------7-5-----12--0-7-------7-5-----------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------0-2-3-3--0-2-3-3-|
G |------------------5-7-5--------------------5-7-5------------|
D |------5-7-5-----7-------7------5-7-5-----7-------7----------|
A |-0-7--------7-5-----------0-7--------7-5--------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-|
BRIDGE
(after first time only)
G ||-----------------------------------||----------|
D ||.---------------------2-2-3-3-4-4-.||----------|
A ||.-----2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-------------.||----------|
E ||--5-5------------------------------||-3-3--3-3-|
CHORUS
x3
G ||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
D ||.-------------0--------2--------4---.||---------------------------------|
A ||.----2----2-2---2--3-3---3--5-5---5-.||---------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
E ||-3-3---3-----------------------------||-3-3-3-3-------------------------|
OUTRO
after 8-bar drum fill, cycle the ascending run from either BRIDGE or CHORUS
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jonathan Rhythm Player |
#1 by Jonathan Matuszyk at Dec 9, 1970 at 3:06 AM EST |
| LOL. Tony Blackburn - what a muppet. Great song, rivals or betters Going Underground. Very relevant to those who've been on the receiving end of a good kickin' late at night in London | |
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Adam Average |
#2 by Adam Fitzmaurice at Apr 24, 1972 at 4:40 AM EST |
| having been on the receiving end of a beating in London after a night out, this song definitely hits home-btw I think that the tube station in this song is Hammersmith | |
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Alan Average |
#3 by Alan Gunderson at Oct 6, 1980 at 1:04 AM EST |
| LOL. Tony Blackburn - what a muppet. Great song, rivals or betters Going Underground. Very relevant to those who've been on the receiving end of a good kickin' late at night in London | |
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phil Wanna Be |
#4 by phil taylor at Mar 16, 1982 at 1:54 AM EST |
| I think this song is a perfect example of all those songs out there that we listen to, think are good, but never actually try to understand the meaning behind them. I'll always remember my dad teaching me about these lyrics when I was younger, but naive as I was, I never payed him any attention. However now that I've grown older I've come to appreciate the words and the sound of the song and I just love it. I wrote out the entire lyrics when I was bored in English class one day, because I found that I could analyse this song better than any poems I had ever read or learned about. And that is one of the many good things about this song - it reads just like poetry. The words affected me greatly, I found them very sad - especially when he speaks of his wife near the end. Great song. And whoever said Weller was a genius, they were absolutely correct. His song-writing blows me away... | |
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There are some Average |
#5 by There are some who call me: Asbjørn Hæstrup at Jul 14, 1990 at 9:40 AM EST |
| Those lyrics in particular are quite naff but in general they are great. This song is about a man possibly of ethnic minority getting beaten up at midnight in a tube station by some right wing conservatives. Classic or what? | |
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trey Average |
#6 by trey bond at Feb 7, 1992 at 12:41 PM EST |
| Paki-bashing was rife in Britain around this time and this song refers to it. "Too many right-wing meetings" indicates the National Front while curry was associated mostly with the ethnic minorities back in the 70's One of the Jam's greatest; this song is almost like dub-rock on the verses contrasted with Weller's wailing guitar on the chorus. What can I say? Pure class! | |
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Adam Average |
#7 by Adam Nickel at Feb 6, 1993 at 4:36 PM EST |
| Not sure that longliveconrad can quote that these are conservatives!! - I would suggest National Front as were prevalent in the late 70s / early 80s. Other info from other sources: This anti-racism song was a first-person narrative about a brutal mugging by jackbooted right-wing thugs in London. Despite having a BBC airplay ban due to its "disturbing nature," it became The Jam's second UK Top 20 hit. The then Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn complained that, "It's disgusting the way punks sing about violence. Why can't they sing about trees and flowers?" Paul Weller wrote this in a matter of minutes. The song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. | |
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shareef Average |
#8 by shareef turner at Dec 9, 1999 at 3:07 PM EST |
| The Wormwood Scrubs/pubs rhyme's a bit up-town white-boy and naff. It doesn't touch the song tho, still good. | |
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Toby Wanna Be |
#9 by Toby Moran at Jun 10, 2004 at 5:01 PM EST |
| yeah, this song is great. the lyrics are great. | |
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