The Clash – City Of The Dead (Guitar)

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As recorded by The Clash (From the 1980 EP BLACK MARKET CLASH) [Intro] G F Am F G N.C. [Verse 1]
    G                        F
Ooh, this is the city of the dead

C         G
As we lie side by side in bed (ooh)

                        F
I'd do somethin' else instead

C                         G
But it is the city of the dead (ooh)

C                G
When we went out kickin' around

F                 C
You got drunk and fallen down

                     G
And I wished I could be like you

         F          E           G
With the Soho river drinkin' me down
[Verse 2]
G                  F
In the city of the dead

C       G
Fall in love and fall in bed

                       F
It wasn't anything you said

C                         G
Except I know we both lie dead

C               G
"Don't ya' know where to go?"

F                    C
That's what New York Johnny said

                  G
You should get to know your town

F           C    G
Just like I know mine
[Verse 3]
G                            F
While all the windows stare ahead

C               G
And the streets are filled with dread (ooh)

                    F
Every nation in the world

C                              G
Slinks through the alley after girls (ooh)

C               G
What we wear is dangerous gear

F                       C
It'll get you picked on anywhere

                      G
Though we get beat up we don't care

F                  C  G
At least it livens up the air
[Solo] G F Am F G N.C. [Verse 4]
C               G
But somedays we hide inside

F                    C
All courage gone and paralyzed

                   G
Sniff that wind of ugly tension

  F                  C     G
Today the jerks have got aggression

         F                  C     G        C
I said today the jerks have got aggression
[Bridge]
G
Is this the city of the dead?

G
It is the city of the dead

G
It is the city of the dead

G
It is the city of the dead
[Outro] G F Am F G F Am F G