Chords with lyrics
Strange Town by The Jam
Intro
G5, G5, G5, G5G5
Verse 1
C majorC Am7Am7
Found myself in a strange town
FF G+G
Though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
C majorC Am7Am7
I've got blisters on my feet
FF G+G
Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
C majorC Am7Am7
I bought an A augmentedA to Z guide book
FF G+G
Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
C majorC Am7Am7
But when you ask in a strange town
FF G+G
They say "Don't know, don't care and I got to go mate"
Chorus
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
They worry themselves about feeling low
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
They all ignore me coz they don't know
FF G6G6
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's
Verse 2
C majorC Am7Am7
You gotta to move in a straight line
FF G+G
You gotta to walk and talk in four four time
C majorC Am7Am7
You can't be wierd in a strange town
FF G+G
You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners
C majorC Am7Am7
You gotta to wear the right clothes
FF G+G
Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
C majorC Am7Am7
You can't be nice in a strange town
FF G+G
"Coz we don't know , don't care, and we got to go mate"
Chorus
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Rush my money to the record shops
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
I stop off in a back street, buy myself a snort
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
We got our own manifesto, to be kind to queers
FF G6G6
I'm oh so glad the revolutions here.
G5G5
Its nice and warm now!
Solo 1
C, Am7, F, G+G x2
Middle
Dm7Dm7 G7G7
I've finished with the clubs where the musics loud
Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Coz I don't see a face in a single crowd,
E MajorE
Theres no one there
Dm7Dm7 G7G7
I look in the mirror but I can't be seen
Dm7Dm7 G7G7 G+G
Just a thin green layer of Mister Sheen
GbGb FF E MajorE A minorAm
Look-ing back at me-ee.
G+G C majorC
Oh-------oh-------------
Solo 2
C, G/B, Am, G+G x2
C, G/B, Am, G, G.
Verse 3
C majorC Am7Am7
Found myself in a strange town
FF G+G
Though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
C majorC Am7Am7
I got blisters on my feet
FF G+G
Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
C majorC Am7Am7
I bought an A augmentedA to Z guide book
FF G+G
Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
C majorC Am7Am7
But when you ask in a strange town
FF G+G
They say "Don't know, don't care and I got to go mate"
Chorus
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
They worry themselves about feeling low
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
FF Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
They all ignore me coz they don't know
FF G6G6
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's
Outro
C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C majorC
Strange town, Strange town.
C5C5
Break it up, Break it up x5
Burn it down, shake it up
Break it up, break it up
C5, C5, C5, C5C5
and just yo make it easy, here's the chord patterns..
G5G5 355xxx C majorC x32010 Am7Am7 x02213 FF 133211 G+G 320003 Gsus4Gsus4 3x0013
Dm7Dm7 xx0211 G7G7 320001 E MajorE 022100 GbGb 244322 A minorAm x02210 G/BG/B x20033
C5C5 x355xx G6G6 32xxxx
Yet another great song from back in the days. Enjoy...taff