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Strange Town by The Jam

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Strange Town by The Jam

Intro
G5, G5, G5, Chord diagramG5G5

Verse 1
Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramAm7Am7
 Found myself in a strange town
Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG+G
 Though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramAm7Am7
 I've got blisters on my feet
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
 Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramAm7Am7
 I bought an Chord diagramA augmentedA to Z guide book
Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G
 Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramAm7Am7
 But when you ask in a strange town
Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramG+G
 They say "Don't know, don't care and I got to go mate"

Chorus
   Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4  Chord diagramG+G
They worry themselves about feeling low
   Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4   Chord diagramG+G
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
   Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4    Chord diagramG+G
They all ignore me coz they don't know
  Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramG6G6
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's
Verse 2
Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramAm7Am7
You gotta to move in a straight line
Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G
 You gotta to walk and talk in four four time
Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramAm7Am7
 You can't be wierd in a strange town
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
 You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners
Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramAm7Am7
 You gotta to wear the right clothes
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
 Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramAm7Am7
 You can't be nice in a strange town
Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramG+G
 "Coz we don't know , don't care, and we got to go mate"

Chorus
Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4   Chord diagramG+G
Rush my money to the record shops
 Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4  Chord diagramG+G
I stop off in a back street, buy myself a snort
      Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4   Chord diagramG+G
We got our own manifesto, to be kind to queers
  Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG6G6
I'm oh so glad the revolutions here.
Chord diagramG5G5
Its nice and warm now!

Solo 1
C, Am7, F, Chord diagramG+G x2

Middle
   Chord diagramDm7Dm7                Chord diagramG7G7
I've finished with the clubs where the musics loud
   Chord diagramDm7Dm7          Chord diagramG7G7
Coz I don't see a face in a single crowd,
    Chord diagramE MajorE
Theres no one there
 Chord diagramDm7Dm7           Chord diagramG7G7
I look in the mirror but I can't be seen
    Chord diagramDm7Dm7         Chord diagramG7G7    Chord diagramG+G
Just a thin green layer of Mister Sheen
Chord diagramGbGb  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA minorAm
Look-ing back at me-ee.
 Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC
Oh-------oh-------------

Solo 2
C, G/B, Am, Chord diagramG+G x2
C, G/B, Am, G, G.

Verse 3
Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramAm7Am7
 Found myself in a strange town
Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG+G
 Though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramAm7Am7
 I got blisters on my feet
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
 Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramAm7Am7
 I bought an Chord diagramA augmentedA to Z guide book
Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G
 Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramAm7Am7
 But when you ask in a strange town
Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramG+G
 They say "Don't know, don't care and I got to go mate"

Chorus
   Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4  Chord diagramG+G
They worry themselves about feeling low
   Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4   Chord diagramG+G
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
   Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4    Chord diagramG+G
They all ignore me coz they don't know
  Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramG6G6
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's

Outro
C, C, C, C, C, C, C, Chord diagramC majorC
Strange town, Strange town.
Chord diagramC5C5
Break it up, Break it up x5

Burn it down, shake it up

Break it up, break it up

C5, C5, C5, Chord diagramC5C5

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

Chord diagramG5G5 355xxx Chord diagramC majorC x32010 Chord diagramAm7Am7 x02213 Chord diagramFF 133211 Chord diagramG+G 320003 Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4 3x0013
Chord diagramDm7Dm7 xx0211 Chord diagramG7G7 320001 Chord diagramE MajorE 022100 Chord diagramGbGb 244322 Chord diagramA minorAm x02210 Chord diagramG/BG/B x20033
Chord diagramC5C5 x355xx Chord diagramG6G6 32xxxx

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

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