Rock The Casbah

Chords

Low-G Tuning

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