Town Called Malice The Jam The Gift Saw a lot of half-baked tabs for this, figured it out myself, and put this together. Enjoy! Standard Tuning Chords: F#m Em G A Fm E|--9---7--10--5--8---| B|--10--8--12--5--9---| G|--11--9--12--6--10--| D|--11--9--12--7--10--| A|--9---7--10--7--8---| E|-------------5------| Whenever you strum the F#m, Em, or G chords, use these suspensions: (Except in the bridge, where you only strike the chord once at a time) F#m (sus4)<--just the name of the suspension, not included w/lyrics below E|--9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9---| B|--10-10-10-1212-12-10-10--| G|--11-11-11-9-9--9--11-11--| D|--11-11-11-1111-11-11-11--| A|--9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9---| E|--------------------------| Em (sus4) E|--7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7--| B|--8-8-8-1010-10-8-8--| G|--9-9-9-7-7--7--9-9--| D|--9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9--| A|--7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7--| E|---------------------| G (sus#4) E|--10-10-10-1010-10-10-10--| B|--12-12-12-1414-14-12-12--| G|--12-12-12-1010-10-12-12--| D|--12-12-12-1212-12-12-12--| A|--10-10-10-1010-10-10-10--| E|--------------------------| D riff (intro/main riff) E|-----------------------| B|--7-7-7--7-77h8-8-8p7--| G|--7-7-7--7-77-7-7-7-7--| D|--7-7-7--7-77h9-9-9p7--| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| (repeat ad nauseum) A riff E|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|--0-7-7p5p0-0~-7-7p5p0-0-7-7p5p0-0-7-----5---5~-| E|-------------------------------------5h7---7----| |__________| also outro over D riff Verse: F#m Em Better stop dreaming of the quiet life cos it's the one we'll never know F#m Em And quit running for that runaway bus cos those rosey days are few G F#m And stop apologising for the things you never done A riff Time is short and life is cruel D riff But it's up to us to change this town called malice. F#m Em Rows and rows of disused milk-floats stand dying in the dairy yard F#m Em And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts G F#m Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry A riff It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious D riff In a town called malice, yeah F#m Em Ba ba ba ba bada ba, ba baba bada ba (x2) G F#m Struggle after struggle, year after year A riff The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice D riff I'm almost stone cold dead in a town called malice (Bridge) F#m (once) F#m-Fm-Em (once) Em-Fm A whole streets belief in Sunday's roast beef F#m (once) F#m-Fm-Em (once) Gets dashed against the Co-Op A To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear D riff It's a big decision in a town called malice F#m Em Ghost of a steam train echoes down my track F#m Em It's at the moment bound for nowhere just going round and round G F#m Playground kids and creaking swings, lost laughter in the breeze A riff I could go on for hours and I probably will but, D riff I'd sooner put some joy back in this town called malice. Outro/D riff Town called malice Oooh yeah, town called malice etc.