Down In The Tube Station At Midnigh… Bass Tab

Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3

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The Jam
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Intro:

G -------------5-7-------------5h7h5-----
D -----5-7---7---------5-7---7-------7---
A -0-7-----5-------0-7-----5-------------
E ---------------------------------------

Verse:

G ------------*12*--------------------5-7----------
D -----5-7-------*12*---------5-7---7--------------
A -0-7-----5--------*12*--0-7-----5----------------
E ----------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

G -------------5h7h5----------------5-7----------
D -----5-7---7-------7------5-7---7--------------
A -0-7-----5------------0-7-----5----------------
E --------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

Bridge:

G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------
A -0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-----------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

G --------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4--
A -0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

G -------------------------------------------
D ---------------0-0--------2-2--------4-4---
A -----2-2---2-2-----2--3-3-----3--5-5-----5- x3
E -3-3-----3---------------------------------

Intro again but different:

G --------------5h7h5---------------5-7-
D ------5-7---7------7-----5-7---7------
A -0-7------5----------0-7-----5--------
E --------------------------------------

Verse:

G ---------*12*------------------5h7h5----------
D -----5-7---*12*--------5-7---7----------------
A -0-7----5----*12*--0-7-----5------------------
E -------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

G -------------5-7-------------5-7----------
D -----5-7---7---------5-7---7--------------
A -0-7-----5-------0-7-----5----------------
E ---------------------------------3-3--3-3-

Bridge:

G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------
A -0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-----------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

G --------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4--
A -0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

G -------------------------------------------
D ---------------0-0--------2-2--------4-4---
A -----2-2---2-2-----2--3-3-----3--5-5-----5- x3
E -3-3-----3---------------------------------

Intro again:

G --------------5h7h5---------------5-7-
D ------5-7---7------7-----5-7---7------
A -0-7------5----------0-7-----5--------
E --------------------------------------

Verse:

G ------------*12*--------------------5-7----------
D -----5-7-------*12*---------5-7---7--------------
A -0-7-----5--------*12*--0-7-----5----------------
E ----------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

G -------------5h7h5----------------5-7----------
D -----5-7---7-------7------5-7---7--------------
A -0-7-----5------------0-7-----5----------------
E --------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

Bridge:

G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------
A -0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-----------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-

G --------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4--
A -0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

G ------------------------
D ------------------------
A ------2--2--3--3--5--5--    
E -3--3-------------------

G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------0-0--------2-2--------4-4------------------0-0---------2-2---
A -----2-2---2-2-----2--3-3-----3--5-5-----5------2-2---2-2------2--3-3-----3-
E -3-3-----3----------------------------------3-3-----3-----------------------

DRUM SOLO

Chorus:

G ------------------------
D ------------------------
A ------2--2--3--3--5--5--  x7   
E -3--3------------------- 

Fade in:

Chorus:

G ------------------------
D ------------------------
A ------2--2--3--3--5--5--  x4
E -3--3-------------------

Fade out...


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


Eric Wanna Be	#1 by Eric Griggs at Dec 10, 2005 at 1:58 PM EST
	BTW - Lyrically I think this is a work of art. Brown leather captures the fashion at the time (try watching 'Life on Mars' Wormwood Scrubs - classic London prison ('Scrubs). The lyrics after "It blended in with the weather" I have only just found out and this has impressed me even more than the words I already knew. An absolute classic - probably one of the most definings songs of 70s London. "

kewl Wanna Be	#2 by kewl dude at May 24, 2006 at 5:45 AM EST
	I still know the words to this song after 25 years. But then I know the words to most jam songs, they're great and Paul Weller is a genius

Derek Average	#3 by Derek Mayfield at Jul 24, 2006 at 9:07 PM EST
	This and Mr. Clean are definitely their best songs. I love how this song just goes on and on forever but never gets tedious, Weller just gets more and more passionate as it goes on. It's also one of the most brilliantly descriptive songs I've ever heard. I can picture the station and the beating and every event perfectly.

josh Rhythm Player	#4 by josh groocock at Sep 7, 2006 at 8:09 AM EST
	Excellent song, Excellent Lyrics, And An Excellent Voice. Well Done Paul Weller =D Best Song By The Jam 1

Jess Average	#5 by Jess Willie at Oct 6, 2006 at 10:41 AM EST
	no, lyrics are not naff at all. evocative, not naff.

Cocoabean Average	#6 by Cocoabean at Oct 31, 2006 at 6:34 AM EST
	Yeah, the lyrics are fairly self-explanatory: guy gets beat up in a tube-station by guys who wil lsoon go after his wife. Its a pretty unsetteling song. I didn't actually know what the lyrics were about (besides tube stations in general) because theyre so fast and british that theyre pretty hard to discern. Therefore, i was pretty shocked when i finally figured out what it was about.

No Picture gemma Average	#7 by gemma o'neill at Jan 1, 2007 at 5:39 PM EST
	Tony Blackburn refused to give it air play on Radio 1 in the UK because he felt it was too violent to be heard by young impressionable people. Twat!

jo_silverhawk Average	#8 by jo_silverhawk at Mar 11, 2007 at 5:39 PM EST
	self explanitary tune, i heard he wrote it in about 20minutes after returning from a night out in london. paul weller is a genius.