London Calling

Combat Rock

Give 'Em Enough Rope

This Is Rockabilly Clash

Hits Back

Sound System

The Clash

The Clash were a punk rock band from London, England, United Kingdom, active from 1976 to 1985. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 1970s, they incorporated rock and roll, reggae, rockabilly, and eventually many other music styles into their repertoire. They were legendary for their uncommonly intense stage performances.  From their earliest days as a band, The Clash stood apart from their peers with their musicianship...

#  D                          A
Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world
#    G                            D         A
And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl
# D                                 A
Love and hate tattooed across the knuckles of his hands
# G                                      D               A
Hands that slap his kids around 'cause they don't understand how


# CHORUS:                 
#       G         D       A                  D
  Death or glory becomes just another story
#         G            D            A                  D
         Death or glory becomes just another story

# D                                           A
'n every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n roll,
# G                                             D    A
Grabs the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold,
# D                                                  A
But I believe in this and it's been tested by research,
# G                                      D    A
He, who fucks nuns, will later join the church.

# CHORUS:                 
#       G         D       A                  D
  Death or glory becomes just another story
#         G            D            A                  D
         Death or glory becomes just another story


# D A D G  (Throughout)
Fear in the gun-sights,
They say lie low,
You say ok,
Don't wanna play the show,
Now all you're thinking
"Was it death or glory now?"
Playing the blues of kings,
Sure looks better now.

# CHORUS:                 
#       G         D       A                  D
  Death or glory becomes just another story
#         G            D            A                  D
         Death or glory becomes just another story

# D                                            A
From every dingy basement, on every dingy street,
# G                                         D         A
Every dragging handclap over every dragging beat,
# D                                        A
It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
# G                                                    D    A
If you've been trying for years, we 'ready heard your song

# CHORUS:                 
#       G         D       A                  D
  Death or glory becomes just another story
#         G            D            A                  D
         Death or glory becomes just another story

BRIDGE:
#                    D       A                     G        D (throughout)
 We're gonna march a long way, we're gonna travel a long time
        We're gonna travel over mountains, we're gonna travel over seas
        We're gonna fight you brother, we're gonna fight 'til you lose
        We're gonna raise trouble, we're gonna raise hell
        We're gonna fight you brother, we're gonna raise hell

# CHORUS:                 
#       G         D       A                  D
  Death or glory becomes just another story
#         G            D            A                  D
         Death or glory becomes just another story

# End on C

Death Or Glory

A
Now the corporations stopped
G
Stopped pushing fast food
       A           
Been a multiple shooting
D        C  G   A     
Downtown at the bank
A
Reluctantly the panic 
G         A
Begins to catch fire
A
But it did not affect
A
The steady sale of junk
A
Oh, the state office looked
A                   G      
It looked like Hollywood
     A
With make-up bleeding 
D   C   G    A        
All over the cracks
A
Whoa, he blew his lines
G          A
Facing the cameras
A
He suffered the first

CHORUS
A
All live heart attack

G                   D7        A 
Oh you've caught an even atom tan

Atom Tan

D A A             D A A
You say you stand       by your man
            D A A                   D A A
Tell me something you'll understand
             D                    Bm
You said you love me and that's a fact
                 D A A                      D A A
And then you left me,  said you felt trapped
          D                       A   
Well some things you can explain away
        Bm                D
But the heartache's in me till this day
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no not at all
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no way


             D A A                   D A A
All the times      when we were close
             D A A                      D A A
I'll remember      these things the most
          D                           Bm
I've seen all my dreams come tumbling down
                  D A A                   D A A
I'm gonna be happy      without you around
       D                          A
So all alone I keep the wolves at bay
            Bm               D
And there's only one thing I can say
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no not at all
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no way
           A F#m Bm                   D A A
You must explain     why this must be
        A F#m Bm                      D A A
Did you lie       when you spoke to me
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no not at all


               D A A                  D A A
Now I got a job,     but it don't pay
                  D A A                       D A A
I need new clothes,     I need someone to save
        D                         Bm
But without all of these things I can do
                     D A A                        D A A
But without your love      I won't make it through
    D                                A
But you don't understand my point of view
     Bm                         D
I suppose there's nothing I can do

                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no not at all
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no way
           A F#m Bm                   D A A
You must explain     why this must be
        A F#m Bm                      D A A
Did you lie       when you spoke to me
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no not at all
                      D A A               D A A
You didn't stand by me,     no way

Train In Vain

Hear them sayin'!
G                                           C       G    
How you get a rude and a reckless?
G                                                 F    G
Don't you be so crude and a feckless
G                                                C
You been drinking brew for breakfast
G         C     G
Rudie can't fail

So we reply
I know that my life make you nervous
But I tell you that I can't live in service
Like the doctor who was born for a purpose
Rudie can't fail

G                   D                               C
I went to market, to realise my soul
G                  D                          C
Cos what I need, I just don't have
G                 D                          C
First they curse, then they press me 'til I hurt
G         D       C
Rudie can't fail!

We hear them sayin'!
Now first you must cure your temper
Then you find a job in the paper
You need someone for a saviour
Oh Rudie can't fail

We reply
Now we get a rude and a reckless
We been seen lookin' cool and a speckless
We been drinking brew for breakfast
So Rudie can't fail

Okay!
So where you wanna go today?
Hey, boss man!
You're looking pretty smart
In your chicken skin suit
You think you're pretty hot
In your pork pie hat
But...Rudie can't fail

C   D         C   
Rudie can't fail    
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail

Rudie Can't Fail

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Guns Of Brixton

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Intro- |G    |G     |G     |Am  G|  
       |G    |C  D  |C  D  |G    |
Chorus 1-    G
          My daddy was a bankrobber,
                               Am  G
          But he never hurt no-body.
                           C         D
          He just loved to live that way,
                 C        D          G 
          And he loved to steal your  money.

Verse 1- G
         Some is rich, and some is poor,
                            Am    G
         That's the way the world is.
                                C     D
         But i don't believe in lying back,
         C          D        G
         Sayin' how bad your  luck is.
         G
         So we came to jazz it up,
                          Am   G
         We never loved a shovel.
                            C         D
         Break your back to earn your pay,
             C         D      G
         An' don't for-get to  grovel.

Chorus 2- G
          Daddy was a bankrobber 
                               Am  G
          But he never hurt no-body
                           C         D
          He just loved to live that way
                 C        D         G
          And he loved to take your money

Link 1- ||:G    |G    |G    |Am G|
          |G    |C D  |C D  |G   :||

Verse 2-     G
         The old man spoke up in a bar
                              Am    G
         Said i never been in prison
                            C      D
         A lifetime serving one ma-chine
            C         D          G
         Is ten times worse than  prison
         G
         Imagine if all the boys in jail
                              Am  G
         Could now get out to-gether
                                         C      D
         Whadda you think they'd want to say to us?
         C            D    G
         While he was being clever
         G
         Someday you'll meet your rocking chair
                                 Am   G
         'Cos that's where we're spinning
                                    C         D
         There's no poiunt to wanna comb your hair
         C         D        G
         When it's grey and thinning

Link 2- As link 1

Chorus 3- As chorus 1

Verse 3- G
         So we came to jazz it up,
                          Am    G
         We never loved a shovel.
                            C         D
         Break your back to earn your pay,
             C         D       G
         An' don't for-get to  grovel. Hey! 
         
         |G   |G   |G   |Am  G|G   |C  D|C  D|G  |
             
               G
         Get a-way, get away, get away, get away,
                                      Am   G
         Get away, get away, get away.
         
         |G   |C  D|C  D|G  ||

Chorus 4- As chorus 2

          |G   |G   |G   |Am  G|G   |C  D|C  D|G   ||
               Run rabbit run...

Verse 4- G
         Strike out boys, for the hills.
                           C           D
         I can't find that hole in the wall
               C              D     G
         And i know that they never  will.

Chorus 5- As chorus 2
        
          Fade out

END

Bank Robber

# Intro

# DDDDDE x 4

# Verse

     D              G                      A     D
They offered me the office, offered me the shop

     D               G                    A      D
They said I'd better take anything they'd got

G                            D A
Do you wanna make tea at the BBC?

G                       D            A
Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?


# Chorus

  D         A          B              G
Career opportunity the one that never knocked

D              A              B                G
Every job they offer you's to keep you out the dock

  D         A          B              G
Career opportunity the one that never knocked

# DDDDDE x 4


# Verse

D                     G            A     D

I hate the army an' I hate the R.A.F.

D                  G                           A     D
I don't wanna go a-fighting in the tropical heat

G                D       A
I hate the civil service rules

G                D      A
And I won't open letter bombs for you


# Repeat Chorus

# Bridge

Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy!

# Use these chord phrasings for the next part
 
#  D  C  F
a|-5--3--8-|
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D C D   F
....Bus driver

D C D         F
....Ambulance man

D C D        F
....ticket inspector

# Return to normal Phrasing

D       A
I don't understand


# Verse

D                       G          A    D
They're gonna have to introduce conscription

D                          G          A    D
They're gonna have to take away my prescription

G                    D      A
If they wanna get me making toys

G                     D       A
If they wanna get me, well, I got no choice

# Repeat Chorus

  D A B  G D A B  G D A
Careers, Careers, Careers

B        G           D
That are never gonna knock

Career Opportunities

Intro
AA                   AA                  AA                      AA                      
 AA                           AAAAADA


Verse 1 and 2(differen't lyrics)
A    A    A  A    D    D           
G      G G    G     G  A
Taking off his Tur-ban, they said is this man a Jew?
A    A           A    A     A     A  D       A
Cos They' re working For the Clampdown.
A      A    A   A D       D        
    G  G     G       G     A
They put up a sighn that says we earn more than you!
A        A       A     A    A     A  D      A
When we' re working for the clampdown
            D      D     D   D           G  
   G     G   G
We will teach our twisted speech
G   G   G        X  D  A
To the young believers
            D      D   D      D      G      
G     G   G
We will train our blue-eyed men
G   G  G        X  D  A
To be young believers


Verse 3


Verse 4
A     A     D    D    G    G       A
You grow up and you calm down,
A        A    A     A     A   D      A
You're working for the clampdown
A     A      D   D     G     G     A
You start wearing blue and brown,
A         A    A      A    A   D       A
You' re working for the clampdown
D   D   D    D    D      G   G    G  G
So you got someone to boss around
G G        G      G    D   A
It makes you feel big now
D     D     D D  D     G    G    G    G  G
You drift untill you brutalize
G    G        G      G    D     A
You made your first kill now
A            D          G      A
In These days of evil Predidents
A    A     A   A     D       A
Working for the Clampdown
A             D              G         A
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
A   A     A     A     A   D      A
For working for the clampdown

but ha Gitalong Gitalong
A    A      A    A   D      A
Working for the clampdown
                              (repeats untill end)
But Ha Gitalong Gitalong
A    A     A    A    D      A
Working for the clampdown

Clampdown

C
I would love to be the lucky one on Chill Avenue
Am
Who could keep your hear warm when ice has turned it blue
G
But with the beggin' sleeping losers as they turn in for the night
C
I'm looking back for home and I can see the lights

C
I should be jumpin' shoutin' that I made it all this way
Am
>From Camden Town Station to 44th and 8th
G
Not many make it this far and many say we're great
C
But just like them we walk on an' we can't escape our fate

Am                 F      G
Can't you hear the sighing
C                  F
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
     G                         Csus  C
Both say they needed something new

CHORUS
       C
So I'm standing at the gates of the West
       Em
I burn money at the lights of the sign
		 F     G	       C
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime

I'm standing at the gates of the East
          Em
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
		 F      G               C
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?


The immigrants an' remnants of all the glory years
Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers
Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
He's telling the waitress he's great

Ah say I know somewhere back'n'forth in time
Out on the dustbowls, deep in the roulette mine
Or in a ghetto cellar only yesterday
There's a move into the future for the U.S.A.

I hear them crying
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
Both say they needed something new

CHORUS

C Em Em Am Am F F
C Em Em Am Am F F
C Em Em Am Am F F  C

(with chords from chorus)
Standing at the gates of the West
In the shadow again
Standing at the gates of the West
In the shadow again
In the shadow again

Gates Of The West

F#m Bm  F#m Bm  G Bm  G Bm

          F#m                Bm  
When they kick at your front door
F#m           Bm  
How you gonna come?
          G             Bm  
With your hands on your head
          G               Bm
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row

CHORUS
        F#m 
You can crush us
        Bm
You can bruise us
           F#m            Bm
But you'll have to answer to
G  Bm          G      Bm
Oh-the guns of Brixton

The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell

You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survival
At the end of the harder they come

You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton
#m Bm  F#m Bm  G Bm  G Bm

          F#m                Bm  
When they kick at your front door
F#m           Bm  
How you gonna come?
          G             Bm  
With your hands on your head
          G               Bm
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row

CHORUS
        F#m 
You can crush us
        Bm
You can bruise us
           F#m            Bm
But you'll have to answer to
G  Bm          G      Bm
Oh-the guns of Brixton

The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell

You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survival
At the end of the harder they come

You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton

      C
Well, I got a friend who's a man (who's a man?)
                                        D
What man? The man who keeps me from the lonely    the only
   C
He gives me what I need (What you need?)
                              G
What ya got? I need it all so badly

Chorus
    C    C/B    Am
Oh, anything I want
C        C/B   Am
He gives it to me
C   C/B     Am     C        C/B
Anything I want    he gives it
      Am                 C
But,  not for free, it's hateful
         E7sus4/B
and it's paid for
           Am              G       A Bb  B
And I'm so grateful  to be nowhere

This year I've lost some friends (some friends?)
What friends? I dunno I ain't even noticed
You see, I gotta go out again
My friend, i gotta see the main man

Chorus

I killed all my nerves
What swerves? I can't drive so steady (and already)
I've lost my memory (What mind?)
Behind, I can't see so clearly.

Chorus: add
C   C/B     Am   C   C/B     Am  C
Anything I want, anything I want

Hateful

G                      C    G   
 A breakin' rocks in the hot sun
G                         C  G  
I fought the law and the law won
G                         D7  G 
I fought the law and the law won

CHORUS:
G  C
I left my baby and I feel so bad
  G
I guess my race is run
C
She's the best girl I ever had
G                        C    G
I fought the law and the  law won
                         D7   G
I fought the law and the law won


 G                      C    G   
 I needen money, cause i had non'
G                         C  G  
I fought the law and the law won
G                         D7  G 
I fought the law and the law won

CHORUS

 G                      C    G   
 A robbin' people with a 6-gun
G                         C  G  
I fought the law and the law won
G                         D7  G 
I fought the law and the law won

CHORUS

 G                      C    G   
 I miss my baby and the good fun
G                         C  G  
I fought the law and the law won
G                         D7  G 
I fought the law and the law won

CHORUS

I Fought The Law

Chord Progression:
A (x3) / F#m (x3) / A (x3) / D (x3) / A (x3) / E (x3) / A / D / A / E

The strumming is sorta wierd on this song...
Just listen to it and you'll figure it out on your own.

Jimmy Jazz

Em                     C
London calling to the faraway towns
G
Now that war is declared-and battle come down
Em                     C
London calling to the underworld
G
Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls
Em                  C
London calling, now don't look at us
G
All that phoney beatlemania has bitten the dust
Em                    C
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
G
'cept for the ring of that truncheon thing


Chorus

Em                       G
The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Em                           G
Engines stop running and the wheat is growing thin
Em                         G
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
Em                       D                 Em
London is drowning-and I live by the river



London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, an' go it alone
London calling upon the zombies of death
Quit holding out-and draw another breath
London calling-and I don't wanna shout
But when we were talking-i saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no highs
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes

Chorus

[Solo]

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Police And Thieves solo

Am                         Em                     
King told the boogie men,           
G                          Dm                     
"You have to let that raga drop."                           
Am                         Em                     
The oil down the desert way             
G                          Dm                     
has been shakin' to the top.                 
Am                         Em                     
The Sheik he drove his Cadillac,              
G                          Dm                     
he went a cruisin down the ville.             
Am                         Em                     
The Muezzin was a standing              
F                          F                      
on the on the rad-i-A-tor   grill-A-ill - A-ille.       

Chorus:
Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               
Em          F         |Em          Am          |  
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rock   the  Casbah!
Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               
Em          F         |Em          Am          |  
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rock   the  Casbah!

Verse 2:
   Am                         Em
By order of the prophet,
    G                         Dm
"We ban that boogie sound!          
  Am                          Em
Degenerate the faithful
          G                   Dm 
with that crazy Casbah sound."     
        Am                            Em
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.
    G                           Dm
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.
   Am                      Em
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,
F                    F
They began to wail-a-ail-ail!     (Ohhh!!!)

Chorus:
Dm                     Am   G6          
Shareef don't like it!              
Em       F       Em       Am   
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm                     Am   G6
Shareef don't like it! 
Em       F       Em       Am  
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

Verse 3:
    Am                 Em
Now over at the temple
         G                   Dm
Oh, they really pack em in.
    Am                       Em
The in crowd say, "It's cool,
            G                Dm
to dig this chanting thing!"
           Am                    Em
But as the wind changed direction
        G                     Dm
and the temple band took five
    Am                Em
The crowd got a whiff
        F            F
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!

Back to Chorus 

Verse 4:
    Am                              Em
The King called up his jet fighters,
          G                              Dm
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay. 
     Am                                  Em    
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,
         G                   Dm
down the Casbah way - yay."
   Am                      Em
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,
    G                       Dm
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.
   Am                      Em
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,
    F                 F
The jet pilots wail - ail - ailed.   (Ahhh!!!)

Outro Chorus:
Dm                     Am   G6          
Shareef don't like it!              
Em       F       Em       Am   
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(repeat, then...)

Dm                        Am              G6
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!
Em       F       Em       Am  
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm                          Am                G6
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!
Em       F       Em       Am  
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm                         Am             G6
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!
Em       F       Em       Am  
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

(then, repeat following to fade...)
Dm                      Am     G6
Shareef don't like it! 
Em       F       Em       Am

Rock The Casbah

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# Main rhythm
#   (chords)
  A  A  A  A D A 
  A  A  A  A G A
  A  A  A  A F#m F#m 

(Guitar riff)
A----4---5--------4---7--4---------4----5----------------
E-5----------2-5-----------------5--------2-----5--5-----
C--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------

1st Verse  w/main rhythm
How you get so rude and reckless
Don't you be so crude and feckless
You've been drinking  brew for breakfast
Rudy Can't Fail

2 verse
I know that my life makes you nervous
But I tell you I can't live in service
Like a doctor born for a purpose
Rudy Can't fail

Chorus
A                  E       F#m
I went to the mar ket to realize my soul
A         E              F#m
What I need I just don't have
A           E                 F#m
First they cursed then  they press me till I hurt(they say)
A    E     A
Rudy     Can't fail


Verse 3 with riff #1
Here them saying.....

First you must cure your temper
Then find a job in the paper
You need someone for a savior 
Rudy can't fail

Verse 4
We Reply....

Now we get so rude and a reckless
we been seen looking cool an'a speckless
we been drinking brew for breakfast
so rudie can't fail

Chorus

with main rythm
okay so where you want to go today
hey boss man

your're looking pretty smart int your chicken skin suit
your think you're pretty hot
in your pork pie hat
but...rudie can't fail
look out, look out
sky juice 10 cents a bottle
You're looking pretty sharp in your chicken skin suit
you think you're pretty hot, you won't find out


# OUT

D     E           F#m
Ru   dy           Can't Fail
Ru   dy           Can't Fail

# Back to riff 1 and end

Intro:

[D][G][Dx][x] x4



1st verse :
                                   D  G  Dx  (x)
Darling you've got to let me know
                              D  G  Dx  (x)
Should I stay or should I go
                              G  F   Gx  (x)
If you say that you are mine
                                   D  G  Dx  (x)  
I'll be there 'till the end of time
                             A  A   Ax  (x)
So you've gotta let me know       
                             D  G  Dx  (x)
Should I stay or should I go



2nd verse :
                                D  G  Dx  (x)
It&#8217;s always tease tease tease
                                   D  G  Dx  (x)
You're happy when I'm on my knees
                                  G  F   Gx  (x)
One day is fine the next is black  
                                   D  G  Dx  (x)
So if you want me off your back     
                             A  A   Ax  (x)
Well come on and let me know
                              D  G   Dx  (x)
Should I stay or should I go?



Chorus :
                          D       G   D
Should I stay or should I go now? 
          D               D         G     D
Should I stay or should I go now?                   
     D                G        F   G
If I go there will be trouble               
          G                 D      G   D
But if I stay there will be double            
        D             A      A   Ax
So come on and let me know        

D  G  Dx  (x)
3rd verse:
                              D  G  Dx  (x)
This indicision's bugging me
                                   D  G  Dx  (x)
If you don't want me to set free
                              G  F   Gx  (x)
Exactly who I'm supposed to be
                                        D  G  Dx  (x)
Don't you know which clothes even fit me
                         A  A  Ax  (x)
Come on and let me know
                                   D  G  Dx  (x)
Should I cool it or should I blow?



Bridge :
D  G  Dx  (x)
D  G  Dx  (x)
G  F   Gx  (x)
D  G  Dx  (x)
A  A   Ax  (x)
D  G  Dx  (x)


Chorus :
                          D       G   D
Should I stay or should I go now? 
          D               D         G     D
Should I stay or should I go now?                   
     D                G        F   G
If I go there will be trouble               
          G                 D      G   D
But if I stay there will be double            
          D            A      A   A
So you've gotta let me know
                A                  D     G   D
Should I cool it or should I blow?
         D                     D       G   D
Should I stay or should I go now? 
     D                G        F   G
If I go there will be trouble               
          G                 D      G   D
But if I stay there will be double            
        D             A      A   A
So you've gotta let me know
A                           D       G   D
Should I stay or should I go?

Should I Stay Or Should I Go ?

A                Gbm  Dbm    Bm
Spanish songs in Andalucia
Bm                        Dm         
The shooting sites in the days of '39
A                     Gbm  Dbm
Oh, please, leave the ventana open
Bm                Dm
Fredrico Lorca is dead and gone
A                   Gbm    Dbm
Bullet holes in the cemetery walls
Bm                    Dm
The black cars of the Guardia Civil
A             Gbm   Dbm                       Bm
Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica 
Bm                 Dm
I'm flying in on a DC 10 tonight

A                    Gbm     Dbm
Spanish bombs, yo te quiero y finito
Gbm    Dbm       G
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazon
A                   Gbm      Dbm
Spanish bombs, yo te quiero y finito
Gbm   Dbm       G
Yo te quiera, oh mi corazon

Spanish Bombs

G     C               Bm     Am
We met when we were in school
G             C               Bm           Am
Never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
    Am                 G
The teacher says we're dumb
      G           Em
We're only having fun
   Em           C
We piss on everyone
       G        C Bm Am
In the classroom

(Same structure throughout until here)

    Bm                    Em
Cos years have passed and things have changed
      C                   D
And I move anyway I wanna go
     Bm               Em
I'll never forget the feeling I got
       C                    G
When I heard that you'd got home
         Bm               Em
And I'll never forget the smile on my face
       C                    D
'cos i knew where you would be
    Bm               Em
And if you're in the crowd tonight
C               G
Have a drink on me

       C
But go easy
     Bm
step lightly
      D
     G
stay free

G C Bm Am (until end)

Stay Free

Intro x2:
A D A D
A D D A


Chorus:
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own


Verse 1:
G
Black people gotta 
lot a problems
    C
But they don't mind 
           G
throwing a brick
G
White people go to school
           C
Where they teach you 
          G
how to be thick
    C
And everybody's doing 
     A
just what they're told to
    C               E
And nobody wants to go to jail


Chorus:
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own


Verse 2:
G
All the powers in the hands
   C                     G
Of people rich enough to buy it
G
While we walk the street
    C               G
Too chicken to even try it
C
Everybody's doing just 
A
what they're told to
C               E
Nobody wants to go to jail


Solo:
A D A D
A D D A

Chorus:
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own


Bridge:
E
  Are you taking over or
are you taking orders?
Are you going backwards or 
are you going forwards?

Chorus:
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own
A     D   A        D
White riot I wanna riot
A     D      D          A
White riot a riot of my own

White Riot

While one version of the Clash's decision to cover the song is that it was the existence of a 45 of the Bobby Fuller version in an American studio jukebox, it is true that Ducks Deluxe issued a cover single. 'I Fought The Law/Cherry Pie' (RCA 2531, 1975) in the UK and Joe Strummer with the band 101'ers had been on the same pub rock circuit as Ducks Deluxe. The Clash were completing work on their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope, at the time; Fuller's version had not been a hit single in the UK, that inspired The Clash to record a cover version of the song in 1978. 

this isn't the correct version, this is an instrumental version

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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