London Calling

Combat Rock

Give 'Em Enough Rope

This Is Rockabilly Clash

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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...

      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

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

Guns Of Brixton

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

# 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-|
E|-2--0--5-|
C|-2--0--5-|
g|-2--0--5-|

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:

[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
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

|: = repeat 

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
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

#  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

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

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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

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

intro guitars 1 and 2(doubled)                                                                      
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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

Rudie Can't Fail

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

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

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

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

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

Train In Vain was also released as a live version on From Here To Eternity: Train in Vain (Live)

&quot;Clampdown&quot; is a single and a song by The Clash from their album London Calling. The song began as an instrumental track called &quot;Working and Waiting&quot;. It is sometimes called &quot;Working for the Clampdown&quot; which is the main lyric of the song, and also the title provided on the album's lyric sheet. Its lyrics comment on people who forsake the idealism of youth and urges young people to fight the status quo.  Writing and recording  &quot;Clampdown&quot; was written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.  

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

S                     S        
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|--6------6-6---3-------------------1-| 
C|-------------5---5-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
                                                              
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------| 
C|-----4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 

A|-----5--8--10--8--5--|--8-12--------12--|----5-8-10-8-5-------| 
E|--6------------------|------------------|--6------------------| 
C|---------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

King Creole

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Atom Tan	No rating	beginner	Chords	Short
Bank Robber	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Career Opportunities	No rating	beginner	Tab	Full
Clampdown	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full	Other versions
Death Or Glory	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Gates Of The West	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Guns Of Brixton	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Guns Of Brixton	No rating	beginner	Tab	Intro
Hateful	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
I Fought The Law	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Jimmy Jazz	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
London Calling	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Police And Thieves solo	No rating	beginner	Tab	-
Rock The Casbah	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Rock The Casbah	No rating	beginner	Tab	Full
Rudie Can't Fail	No rating	intermediate	Tab	Full
Rudie Can't Fail	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full	Other versions
Should I Stay Or Should I Go ?	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Spanish Bombs	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Short
Stay Free	No rating	beginner	Chords	Short
Train In Vain	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
White Riot	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full

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