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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jam/strange_town_crd.html ]
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
Gb 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 Gb 244322 Am x02210 G/B x20033
C5 x355xx G6 32xxxx
Yet another great song from back in the days. Enjoy...taff
