The Clash – Overpowered By Funk (Guitar)

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Versions (3)

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Chords

D#5 x688xx
A5  57xxxx
E5* 02xx3x (always strum once)
[Intro] E5 [Verse 1]
E5
If you ain't reggae for it?

E5
Funk out!

                        F5
No-one knocking at your door?

     E5
Funk out!

E5
Overpowered by funk?

E5
Funk out!

   D#5         A5
Combatative, repetitive

      C#5                    E5
Don't life just funk you out?

   D#5      A5
Asanine, stupifying

        C#5                N.C. E5
Can the clone line dry you out?
[Verse 2]
E5
Part of the swarming mass?

E5
Funk out!

E5
Slugged by the new increase?

E5
Funk out!

                         F5
Scared of the human bomb?

     E5
Funk out!

E5
Overpowered by funk?

E5
Funk out!

    D#5             A5
Buy dog food, rogue elephants

   C#5             E5
Tarzan on a ticker tape - oooh!

     D#5     A5
Breakfast, serials?

    C#5              N.C. E5
You know you can't escape
[Verse 3]
E5
Overpowered by funk

E5
Don't you love our Western ways?

E5
Car crashed by funk

E5
Don't you love our Western ways?

      D#5               A5
Benny Goodman, trial by jury

  C#5               E5
A phone box full of books

E5
Is my name in there?

D#5           A5
Dustcarts and sunrise

C#5         E5
No one gets off the hooks 
[Interlude] E5 [Chorus]
E5
Car crashed!
[Interlude] E5 E5* E5 E5* E5 E5* E5 E5* [Bridge]
E5           E5* E
Food for the hun-gry millions?

E5   E5* E5    E5* E5    E5*
Funk out!

E5           E5* E
Home for the floating people?

E5     
Funk out!
[Interlude] E5 E5* E5 E5* E5 E5* E5 E5* E5 E5* [Chorus]
E5  E5*   E5 
Overdrunk on - power
[Interlude] E5 [Outro]
E5    E5* E5    E5* E5                       E5*
                    This is a message from Futura

E5                     E5*
Don't prophesize the future

E5                    E5*
I liven up the culture

E5                             E5* 
Because I'm deadly as a vulture

E5                     E5* 
I paint on civilization

E5
I have this realization

     E5*    E5
It's environmentally wack

E5
So presenting my attack

E5
And I'll brighten up your shack

E5
I'm down by law

E5
That's a fact

E5
Just give me a wall

E5
Any building, dull or tall

E5
I spray clandestine night subway

E5
I cover red purple on top of grey

E5
An' hey, no slashing 'cause it ain't the way

E5
The T.A. blew 40 mil they say

E5
We thew down by night

E5
An' they scrubbed it off by day (power!)

E5         E5*
OK tourists

E5           E5*
Picture frame

E5                   E5* E5
Tickets here for the graffiti train!
N.C. Funk power
E5
Over-and-out

E5
Fu-fu-fu

E5
Fu-fu fu-fu-fu (you don't)

E5   E5* E5   E5*
Fu-fu    fu-fu

E5* E5* E5* E5* E5*   E5*  N.C.
                Fu-fu fu-fu

E5* E5* E5* E5* E5
                Funk power!

E5* E5*
       Ah!

E5*  E5
Funk power!