The Clash – Guns On The Roof (Guitar)

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[Intro]
E    D    A       E
I swear by Almighty God

E    D     A    E
To tell the whole truth

E  D  A   E    E   D  A   E
And Nothing but
N.C. The truth
E    D      C# B
Guns guns
[Verse 1]
E     D           A/C#          D#
They torture all the women and children

E          D     A/C#           D#
Then they've put the men to the gun

E          D     A/C#           D#
'Cos a cross  the   human    frontier

E          D     A/C#        D#
Freedom's  always  on    the run
[Verse 2]
E         D       C#           B
Guns guns a-  shaking in   terror

E         D       C#           B
Guns  guns    killing in      error

E         D       C#           B
Guns  guns    guilty        hands

E         D       C#           B
Guns  guns    shatter the   lands
[Verse 3]
E     D           A/C#          D#
A system built by the sweat of the many

E     D           A/C#          D#
Creates assassins to kill off the few

E     D           A/C#          D#
Take any place and call it a court house

E     D           A/C#          D#
This is a place where no judge can stand
[Verse 4]
E     D           A/C#          D#
Sue the lawyers and burn all the papers

E     D           A/C#          D#
Unlock the key of of the legal papers

E     D           A/C#          D#
A jury of a billion faces

E     D           A/C#          D#
Shouted out condemned out of hand
[Verse 5]
E         D       C#           B
Guns guns, and nobody's kidding

E         D       C#           B
Guns guns, or foolin' around

E         D       C#           B
Guns guns, the violence is singing

E         D       C#           B
Guns guns, a silence the sound
[Instrumental] E D C# B x2 [Bridge]
E      D      C#     B
'N I like to   be in   Aferica

E           D       C#        B
A-beatin'  on the  final      drum

E         D       C#     B
'N I like to be in  U.S.S.  R.

E         D       C#        B
Makin' sure these things will come

E            D     D/C#        D#
'N I like to be in   U.S.A.

E            D       D/C#    D#
Pretending that the wars are   done

E            D     D/C#      D#
'N I like to be in   Europa

E             D      D/C#    D#
Saying goodbye to every     one
[Instrumental] E D A/C# E/B x2 [Outro]
E     D           A/C#          D#
Guns  guns there's   guns on the roof

E     D           A/C#        D#
Guns  guns they're   made to shoot