The Clash – Car Jamming (Guitar)

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F#5: x9.11.11xx E5: x799xx D5: x577xx C#5: x466xx [Intro] N.C. 3 measures drums alone. Guitar comes in on 4th measure with [Descending riff] F#5 E5 D5 C#5 [normal strum] A E A E [Descending riff] F#5 E5 D5 C#5 [Verse 1]
A               E       A      E
Tonight they're closing up the world

A          E     A        F# E
N'sweeping smoke from cigarettes

A   E       A    E
And what is that

C#m
Funky multi-national anthem

D
rocking from a thousand

E
King Kong cassette decks
[Verse 2]
A          E      A       E
And then a shyboy from Missouri

A           E        A       F# E
Boots blown off in a sixties war

A      E   A     E
Riding aluminium crutches

C#m
Now he knows the welfare kindness

D
Agent Orange color-blindness

        E
As we works from door to door
{Chorus 1]
    D        A      D        A
The violence in the carpets

    D     A      D          F#5  E
The arrow of his wife (in a car jam)

D          A        D        A
Drives the slum-bum dweller

   D         A       D           F#5  E
To grind his hunting knife (in a car jam)

   D          A    D        A
In homesteads of cigar box

    D      A         D          F#5  E
The radios hive like bees (in a car jam)

    D    A      D        A
The body in the icebox

D      A        D            F#5  E
Has no date for freeze (in a car jam)
[Interlude]
F#5 E5  D5  C#5
DUDUD-D-DUDUD-D-

A A A  A A AE E
D-D-D--U-U-UD-D-

A E A    F#  E
    In a car jam

A A E  A A AE E
D-D-D--U-U-UD-D-
[Half Verse]
C#m
Selling is what selling sells

    D
But only saints on the seven avenues

    E
Can sell the seven hells
[Verse 3]
A       E   A       E
Fanning the drug afflicted

A    E  A   F#5 E
leperizing Zone

A       E    A  E
Once inside,

      C#m
the executive

    D
Who cannot leave

    E
his home
[Chorus 2]
     D        A          D        A
Now, gorillas drag their victims

D      A      D         F#5  E
Hyenas try to sue (in a car jam)

D           A        D         A
Snakes find grass in concrete

      D     A    D         F#5  E
There is no city zoo (in a car jam)

   D     A     D     A
By ventilation units

      D      A        D             F#5  E
Where towers meet the streets (in a car jam)

    D      A        D    A
The ragged stand in bags soaking

D       A             D           F#5  E
heat up through their feet (in the car jam)
[Descending riff]
     F#5     E    D        C#          A    A     A   E
This was the only kindness, and it was accidental too
[Solo] | A / E / | A / E / | A / E / | A / E / | | C#m / / / | C#m / / / | D / / / | D / / / | E / / / | E / / / | | A / E / | A / E / | A / E / | A / F#5 E | A / E / | A / E / | [Half Verse]
    C#m
Now shaking single-engined planes

        D
trafficking stereos from Cuba

E
Buzzed the holy zealot mass
[Chorus 3]
     D          A     D    A
And drowned out Missa Luba

     D          A     D    F#5  E
And drowned out Missa Luba

     D          A     D    A
And drowned out Missa Luba

     D          A     D     F#5  E
And drowned out Missa Luba

  D         A       D    A
I thought I saw Lauren Bacall,

  D         A       D               F#5  E
I thought I saw Lauren Bacall (in a car jam)

  D         A       D    A
spoken: Hey fellas, hey fellas

  D         A       D             F#5  E
spoken: Lauren Bacall       (in a car jam)

F#5 E  D  C#   D    F#5  E
               In a car jam

 D    A   D   A
spoken:  Yeah, I don't believe it

 D    A   D   F#5  E
              In a car jam

 D    A   D   A
spoken:  Ah, yeah, positively-absolutely
D A D F#5 E [Outro] 3 measures drums alone. Guitar comes in on 4th measure with scratching over 4 measures, then: C#m D E D A D A
F#5 E D C# A E A E A E A E 
(Repeat and fade last line)