• Song:

    Strange Town

  • Artist:

    Jam

Strange Town by The Jam

Intro
G5, G5, G5, G5

Verse 1
C                       Am7
  Found myself in a strange town
F                         G
  Though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
C                        Am7
  I've got blisters on my  feet
F                            G
  Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
C                      Am7
  I bought an A to Z guide book
F                              G
  Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
C                          Am7
  But when you ask in a strange town
F                                       G
  They say "Don't know, don't care and I got to go mate" 

Chorus
     F                      Gsus4   G
They worry themselves about feeling low     
     F                          Gsus4      G
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow     
     F                 Gsus4        G
They all ignore me coz they don't know     
    F                               G6
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's


Verse 2
C                          Am7
You gotta to move in a straight line
F                              G
  You gotta to walk and talk in  four four time
C                             Am7
  You can't be wierd in a strange town
F                            G
  You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners
C                         Am7
  You gotta to wear the right clothes
F                           G
  Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
C                            Am7
  You can't be nice in a strange town
F                                      G
  "Coz we don't know , don't care, and we got to go mate"

Chorus
F                    Gsus4     G
Rush my money to the record shops
  F                                Gsus4    G
I stop off in a back street, buy myself a snort
           F                    Gsus4      G
We got our own manifesto, to be kind to queers
    F                          G6
I'm oh so glad the revolutions here.
G5
Its nice and warm now!

Solo 1
C, Am7, F, G x2

Middle
     Dm7                               G7 
I've finished with the clubs where the musics loud
      Dm7                   G7
Coz I don't see a face in a single crowd,
       E
Theres no one there  
  Dm7                      G7
I look in the mirror but I can't be seen       
       Dm7                 G7        G            
Just a thin green layer of Mister Sheen 
F#   F   E          Am
Look-ing back at me-ee.
 G                       C    
Oh-------oh-------------

Solo 2
C, G/B, Am, G  x2
C, G/B, Am, G, G.

Verse 3
C                       Am7
  Found myself in a strange town
F                         G
  Though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
C                     Am7
  I got blisters on my  feet
F                            G
  Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
C                      Am7
  I bought an A to Z guide book
F                              G
  Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
C                          Am7
  But when you ask in a strange town
F                                       G
  They say "Don't know, don't care and I got to go mate" 

Chorus
     F                      Gsus4   G
They worry themselves about feeling low     
     F                          Gsus4      G
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow     
     F                 Gsus4        G
They all ignore me coz they don't know     
    F                               G6
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's

Outro
C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C
Strange town, Strange town.
C5
Break it up, Break it up x5

Burn it down, shake it up

Break it up, break it up

C5, C5, C5, C5

and just yo make it easy, here's the chord patterns..

G5 355xxx  C x32010  Am7 x02213  F 133211  G 320003  Gsus4 3x0013
Dm7 xx0211  G7 320001  E 022100  F# 244322  Am x02210  G/B x20033  
C5 x355xx  G6 32xxxx

Yet another great song from back in the days. Enjoy...taff
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