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Their most famous song (in my opinion).
The Jam – Town Called Malice
F#m
Better stop dreaming of a quiet life,
Em
´Cause it´s the one we´ll never know
F#m
And quit running for that runaway bus
Em
`Cause those rosy days are few
G
And stop apologizing,
F#m
For the things you´vre never done
A
´CausetTime is short and life is cruel
But it´s up to us to change
D
This town called Malice
F#m
Rows and rows of disused milk
Em
Floats stand dying in the dairy yard
F#m
And a hundred lonely housewifes
Em
Clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts
G
Hanging out their old love letters
F#m
On the lines to dry
A
It´s enough to make you stop believing
When tears come fast and furious
D
In this town called Malice
F#m Em
F#m Em
G
Struggle after struggle
F#m
Year after year
A
The atmosphere´s a fine blend of ice
I´m almost stone cold dead
D
In this town called Malice
Db
A whole street´s belief
Bm
in Sunday´s roast beef
Dbm Bm
Gets dashed against the Co-Op
A
To either cut down on beer
Or the kid´s new gear
D
It´s a big descicion in this town called Malice
Oh, yeah
F#m
The ghost of a steam train
Em
Echoes down my track
F#m
It´s at the moment bound for nowhere
Em
Just going round and round
G
Playground kids and creaking swings
F#m
Lost laughter in the breeze
A
I could go on for hours and I propably will
But I´d sooner put some joy back in
D
This town called Malice
This town called Malice
This town called Mailce
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Sir Average |
#1 by Sir Taco at Oct 4, 1975 at 11:21 AM EST |
| Absolutely Fantastic Song =D I'm 16 and I Love the Jam. All my m8s argue that my taste in music is crap, jst cos they like all the new hip-hop etc rubbish | |
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dave Lead Player |
#2 by dave t at Jan 8, 1980 at 4:08 AM EST |
| By the way, This song was written about 20 years before Billy Elliot was released... | |
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Herold Wanna Be |
#3 by Herold Beddingfield at Mar 17, 1983 at 10:06 PM EST |
| Does anyone know what was significant about the Jam playing this and Precious on Top Of the Pops? | |
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Chase Average |
#4 by Chase K at Jan 17, 1987 at 6:28 PM EST |
| the bass line for this song is beyond belief. | |
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#5 by Ryan Berehulke at Apr 24, 1987 at 3:18 AM EST |
| "This song is about Maggie Thatcher. Both this and going underground are statements against England going right wing and elected Thatcher. " I doubt that about this. There's not much reference to conservatism in this, just about the hardships of life and how you have to get over them. It's real easy to peg everything written post-80 about Maggie, but it doesn't ring as true with these lyrics. | |
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Zack Average |
#6 by Zack Groce at Sep 20, 1988 at 8:53 PM EST |
| I love this song - it's ace!! | |
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Tyrone Wanna Be |
#7 by Tyrone Pinson at Oct 28, 1992 at 9:52 AM EST |
| This song is about Maggie Thatcher. Both this and going underground are statements against England going right wing and elected Thatcher. | |
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JOHN PAUL Lead Player |
#8 by JOHN PAUL JONES at Aug 17, 1997 at 4:30 PM EST |
| yeah we know LolaBat, but the song introduced the jam to a whole new generation. So billy elliot is an important part of the songs history. I wasn't even born when this song was written. You've got hear it the for the first time somewhere, and it's not like the jam are played in abundance on australian radio. I love The Jam because they tell it like it was, is and probably always will be. Little Boy Soldiers kicks arse :D 1 2 Next | |
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robert Professional |
#9 by robert cunningham at Oct 4, 1998 at 6:42 PM EST |
| Quite Right Bloodnok "The significance of The Jam playing both tracks on Top of the pops was because the last time that had happened was in 1965 when the Beatles did We can work it out/Day Tripper on one edition of ToTP. Oasis repeated this feat in 1995/1996? The dates elude me." The other reason was that TownCalled Malice/Precious was the second Jam record to go strait to Number One in the British charts. (Start did too). A year later The Jam became only the second band to achieve this feat three times when Beat Surrender went strait to number one. Only the Beatles had achieved this before. It sure shows The Jam had an amazing loyal fan base in the UK. I was one of those kids who bunked off school on the release date of their singles so I could be first in line at the record shop. Sadly I think the Englishness of these lyricswas the beggining of the end, as Bruce and Rick just didn't see how they could conquer America with lyrics like "A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef gets dashed against the Co-op" which would have no meaning to Americas youth. | |
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Walk3rkid Average |
#10 by Walk3rkid . at Sep 4, 2007 at 9:48 PM EST |
| Hey, Weller doesn't mince words. He tells it like it is. That's what makes him so brilliant. Also remember how young he was when he wrote these songs!!! | |
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