The Clash – Rock The Casbah (Guitar)

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ROCK THE CASBAH - Clash Chords used: Am = x02210 or 577555
Em    = 022000
G     = 320003 or 355433
Dm = xx0231 or x57765
F     = 133211
G6    = 320000 or [3554]00
Intro & Choruses: |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &| / / / / / / / / / / * * (* = clap, or strum)
 Dm              Am      G6
 /   /   / / /   /   /   / / /
Em F Em Am [Verse] |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &| / / / / / / / / / /
 Am              Em
 /   /   / / /   /   /   / * *     (* = clap, or strum)
G Dm Am Em G Dm
 Am              Em
 /       /       /   /   / / /
F F That's it. Now over the lyrics... [Intro] Dm |Am G6 | Em F |Em Am | Dm |Am G6 |
Em      F       |Em      Am       |
                           Now the...
[Verse]
Am                         |Em                     |
King told the boogie men,              "You have to

G                          |Dm                     |
let that raga drop."                (clap,clap) The

Am                         |Em                     |
oil down the desert way                    has been

G                          |Dm                     |
shakin' to the top.                 (clap,clap) The

Am                         |Em                     |
Sheik he drove his Cadillac,              he went a

G                          |Dm                     |
cruisin down the ville.             (clap,clap) The

Am                         |Em                     |
Muezzin was a standing                       on the

F                          |F                      |
rad-i-A-tor   grill–A-ill – A-ille.       (Whoa!!!)
[Chorus]
Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)

Em          F         |Em          Am          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'  the  Casbah!

Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)

Em          F         |Em          Am          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'   the  Casbah!
[Verse]
   Am                         Em
By order of the prophet,

    G                         Dm
"We ban that boogie sound!         (clap,clap)

  Am                          Em
Degenerate the faithful

          G                   Dm 
with that crazy Casbah sound."     (clap,clap)

        Am                            Em
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.

    G                           Dm
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.

   Am                      Em
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,

F                    F
They began to wail-a-ail-ail!     (Ohhh!!!)
[Chorus]
Dm                     Am   G6
Shareef don't like it!

Em       F       Em       Am
Rock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah!

Dm                     Am   G6
Shareef don't like it!

Em       F       Em       Am
Rock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah!
[Verse]
    Am                 Em
Now over at the temple

         G                   Dm
Oh, they really pack em in.

    Am                       Em
The in crowd say, "It's cool,

            G                Dm
to dig this chanting thing!"

           Am                    Em
But as the wind changed direction

        G                     Dm
and the temple band took five

    Am                Em
The crowd got a whiff

        F            F
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!
[Chorus]
Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)

Em          F         |Em          Am          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'  the  Casbah!

Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)

Em          F         |Em          Am          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'   the  Casbah!
[Verse]
    Am                              Em
The King called up his jet fighters,

          G                              Dm
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay.

     Am                                  Em
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,

         G                   Dm
down the Casbah way - yay."

   Am                      Em
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,

    G                       Dm
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.

   Am                      Em
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,

    F                 F
The jet pilots wail – ail - ailed.   (Ahhh!!!)
[Outro Chorus]
Dm                     Am   G6
Shareef don't like it!

Em       F       Em       Am
Rock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah!

Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)

Em          F         |Em          Am          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'  the  Casbah!

Dm                    |Am          G6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)

Em          F         |Em          Am          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'   the  Casbah!

Dm                        Am              G6
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!

Em       F       Em       Am
Rock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah!

Dm                          Am                G6
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!

Em       F       Em       Am
Rock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah!

Dm                         Am             G6
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!

Em       F       Em       Am
Rock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah!
(then, repeat following to fade...)
Dm                      Am     G6
Shareef don't like it!
Em F Em Am