The Clash – Rudie Cant Fail (Guitar)

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[Intro] / A - - - - D A - / / A - - - - G A - / / A - - - - F#m - - / / A - D - A - - - /
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(spoken) Sing Michael, Sing

A                       D    A
On the route of the nineteen Bus
/ A - - - - G A - / / A - - - - F#m - - / / A - D - A - - - / / A - D - - A - - / Hear them sayin' [Verse 1]
A                        D   A
How you get a rude and a reckless?

          A                 G   A
Don't you be so crude and a feckless

         A                 F#m  
You been drinking brew for breakfast

A    D      A                                A  D    A
Rudie can't fail                                   We reply

  A                          D  A        
I know that my life make you nervous

      A                             G  A
But I tell you that I can't live in service

         A                       F#m 
Like the doctor who's born for a purpose

A    D      A                                A  D    A
Rudie can't fail                                 Ok
[Chorus]
  A              E       F#m
I went to the market, to realise my soul

       A    E             F#m
What I need, I just don't have

A          E                F#m
First they curse, then they press me 'till I hurt

D  E        A
Rudie can't fail
[Verse 2]
A                        D  A
First you must cure your temper

     A                 G A
Then find a job in the paper

    A                  F#m 
You need someone for a saviour

A    D      A                            A  D    A    
Rudie can't fail                               We reply

A                       D   A
Now we get a rude and a reckless

        A                       G    A
We been seen lookin' cool an' a speckless

        A                 F#m  
We been drinking brew for breakfast

A    D      A                            A  D  A   
Rudie can't fail
[Chorus]
  A              E       F#m
I went to the market, to realise my soul

              A    E             F#m
'Cause what I need, I just don't have

A          E                F#m
First they curse, then they press me 'till I hurt

D  E        A
Rudie can't fail
[Instrumental] / A - - - - D A - / / A - - - - G A - / / A - - - - F#m - - / / A - D - A - - - / / A - D - - A - - / [Bridge]
       A                     E                         A
You're looking pretty smart (chicken skin suit) with a chicken skin suit

    A                        E                    A                
You think you're pretty hot (pork pie hat) In the pork pie hat
D/F# D/F# E A [Outro]
A  E        F#m
Rudie can't fail

D  E        F#m
Rudie can't fail   

A  E        F#m      
Rudie can't fail

D  E        A
Rudie can't fail

D  E        A
Rudie can't fail