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Clash City Rockers Tab

by Clash


Band: The Clash
Song: Clash City Rockers
Album: The Clash

*= mute chord
~= ring out chord

Intro Riff:                          x1
e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--9-9--7-7-------------------------9--|
D--9-9--7-7--7--5-5--9-9--7-7--9-9--9--|
A--7-7--5-5--7--5-5--9-9--7-7--9-9--7--|
E------------5--3-3--7-7--5-5--7-7-----|

Verse 1:
      e              D           A          G
An' I wanna move the town to the Clash City Rockers,
    B             A        B         e   
You need a little jump of electrical shockers
    e            D           A          G
You better leave town if you only wanna knock us;
B                  A               B          e
Nothing stands the pressure of the Clash City Rockers

Verse 2:
    e                 D             A    G
You see the rate they come down the escalator
    B             A          B      e
Now listen to the tube train accelerator
e            D            A             G
Then you realize that you got to have a purpose
        B              A             B         e
Or this place is gonna knock you out sooner or later

Chorus:
         C#m                           B
So don't complain about your useless employment
        A*             e     B e
Jack it in...forever tonight
             C#m                    B
Or shut your mouth, and pretend you enjoy it
         A*                     e  B e
Think of all...the money you've got

Verse 3:
      e          D       A         B
An' I wanna liquefy everybody gone dry
   B             A           B              e 
Or plug into the arrows that poke up in the sky
   e             D                A           G
Or burn down the suburbs with the half-closed eyes
B            A      B        e
You won't succeed unless you try

Chorus x1

Solo:
e---------------------------------------12---------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------12------9b11r----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9p7---8-|
G--------------------------------9----------------9--------------------9---|
D--9b11------9-9--9-9-7-6--7p6---------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------9-------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 x1

e~

Bridge:
    A~       B~           e~           A~
You owe me a move say the bells of St. Groove
     A*     A/G#*           F#*            e~
Come on and show me say the bells of Old Bowie
A~        B~             e~            A~
When I am fitter say the bells of Gary Glitter
   A*             A/G#*      F#*                 E*
No one but you and I say the bells of Prince Far-I
   A*             A/G#*      F#*                 e
No one but you and I say the bells of Prince Far-I

Intro Riff x1

Verse 1 x1

Outro Riff:           
e------------------------|
B------------------------|
G--9---------------------| x4 alone
D--9-9--9-7---7-9-9------|
A--7--------9-------9-7--|
E------------------------|

Outro Riff
Rock, Rock, Clash City Rockers! (a bunch of times to a fade)