A Town Called Malice by The Jam.


Tabbed By Brook Jackson


When You're playing the B chord, you need to hammer on the C note at the end of the bar, 
if played from the 1st position is the G string on the 6th fret or if you play it 
at the 7th fret, it will be the D string at the 11th fret.
It sounds best if you play with a capo on the 2nd fret, play all chords as normal except 
E, play the D chord, Capo 2 makes an E.
Intro:
B          B          B          B

Ebm7
You'd better stop dreaming of the quiet life
C#m
cos it's the one we'll never know
Ebm7
And quit running for that runaway bus
C#m
'cos those rosey days are few
E                        Ebm7
And stop apologising for the things you've never done
F#
'cos time is short and life is cruel, but it's up to us to change
x    x    x             (knock on body of guitar)
this town called
B           E6
malice      Yeah-eah-eah
B           B           B           B

Verse 2:
Ebm7
Rows and rows of disused milk floats
C#m
stand dying in the dairy yard
Ebm7
And a hundred lonely housewives
C#m
clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts
E                                 Ebm7
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
F#
It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious in a town called
B           B
malice,     Yeah-eah-eah
B           B
This town called
B           B
malice,     ooh-ooh-yeah
B           B
Verse 3:
Ebm7                 C#m
Ba ba ba ba bada ba, ba ba bada baa oh
Ebm7                 C#m
Ba ba ba ba bada ba, ba ba bada baa oh
E                        Ebm7
Struggle after struggle, year after year
F#
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice, I'm almost stone cold dead in a town called
B           E6
malice,     Yeah-eah-eahB
E6B           B           B           B
Bridge:
Bbm                      Abm
whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
Bbm                Abm
Gets dashed against the Co-op

E
To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear
F#
It's a big decision in a town called malice.
B           B           B           B
Verse 4:
Ebm7                         C#m
The ghost of a steam train, echoes down my track

Ebm7                                    C#m
It's at the moment bound for nowhere, just going round and round
E
D#m7Playground kids and creaking swings, lost laughter in the breeze
F#
I could go on for hours and I probably will, I'd sooner put some joy back in
x    x    x             (knock on body of guitar)
this town called
B           B
malice,     Yeah-eah-eahB
E6       This town called
B           B
malice,yeah Ooh-ooh-yeah
B           B             x6