The Clash – Rock The Casbah (Guitar)

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Chord Voicings: Dm7: X57565 C6/D: X55555 Am: X02210 G: 3X0003 Gadd2: 3X0203 Em7: 022030 Fmaj7: XX3210 C6: X32210 Am7: X02213 E7sus4: 020200 G6sus2: 3X0200 [Intro] N.C. Dm7 C6/D Am G Gadd2 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 C6 C6/D Dm7 C6/D Am G Gadd2 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 [Verse 1]
C6       Am7                     Em7
 Now the King told the boogie men

E7sus4       Gadd2         G6sus2  Dm7
 You have to let that raga drop

C6/D Am7                    Em7
 The oil down the desert way

E7sus4    Gadd2         G6sus2  Dm7
 Has been shaken to the top
[Verse 2]
C6/D Am7                        Em7
 The Sheik he drove his Cadillac

E7sus4     Gadd2            G6sus2  Dm7
 He went a cruisin down the ville

C6/D Am7                   Em7 E7sus4  Fmaj7        C6
 The Muezzin was a standing,    on the radiator gri-lle
[Chorus 1]
C6/D      Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah

C6/D     Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah
[Verse 3]
   Am7                 Em7
By order of the Prophet

E7sus4 Gadd2           G6sus2  Dm7
 We    ban that boogie sound

C6/D  Am7                  Em7
 De - generate the faithful

E7sus4     Gadd2        G6sus2  Dm7
 With that crazy Casbah sound
[Verse 4]
C6/D     Am7                             Em7          E7sus4
 But the Bedouin they brought out the el-ectric camel drum

    Gadd2        G6sus2         Dm7            C6/D
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb

   Am7                    Em7         E7sus4  Fmaj7            C6
As soon as the Sharif had cleared the square, they began to wa-il
[Chorus 2]
C6/D      Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah

C6/D     Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah
[Verse 5]
    Am7               Em7
Now over at the temple

E7sus4   Gadd2          G6sus2  Dm7
 Oh they really pack em in

C6/D Am7                   Em7
 The in crowd say it's cool

E7sus4       Gadd2    G6sus2  Dm7
 To dig this chanting thing
[Verse 6]
C6/D        Am7                   Em7
 But as the wind changed direction

E7sus4    Gadd2            G6sus2  Dm7
 Then the temple band took five

C6/D Am7                 Em7 E7sus4         Fmaj7  C6
 The crowd caught a whiff,    of that crazy Casbah jive
[Chorus 3]
C6/D      Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah

C6/D     Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah
[Verse 7]
    Am7                            Em7
The King called up his jet fighters

E7sus4       Gadd2            G6sus2  Dm7
 He said you better earn your pay

C6/D       Am7                       Em7
 Drop your bombs between the Minarets

E7sus4    Gadd2  G6sus2 Dm7
 Down the Casbah way
[Verse 8]
C6/D Am7                    Em7               E7sus4
 As  soon as the Sharif was chauffeured outta there

    Gadd2      G6sus2       Dm7           C6/D
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare

   Am7                    Em7         E7sus4    Fmaj7           C6
As soon as the Sharif was outta their hair, the jet pilots wail-ed
[Chorus 4]
C6/D      Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah

C6/D     Dm7      C6/D   Am  G Gadd2
The Shar-if don't like it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah
[Outro]
C6/D      Dm7      C6/D        Am              G   Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it, he thinks it's not kos-her

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah

C6/D      Dm7      C6/D           Am                G    Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it, funda-mentally he can't take it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah

C6/D      Dm7      C6/D        Am             G     Gadd2
 The Shar-if don't like it,you know he really hates it

Em7          Fmaj7
Rock the Cas-bah

Em7          C6
Rock the Cas-bah