The Clash – The Prisoner (Guitar)

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          A        D             A 
THE PRISONER MEETS THE MUPPET HI-FI   

G                Bm 
NORTH OF WATFORD JUNCTION   

D                A 
WE GET IN BUT WE DON'T HAVE FUN   

G                       Bm    A 
AN' WE LEAVE BEFORE THE TRUNCHEONS 

G                     F#m 
SO IT'S BACK TO WATCH THE DAY TO DAY   

G             F#m 
SAGA OF WORKING PEOPLE   

G               F#m                  D 
HANGING OUT THE WASHING AND CLIPPING COUPONS 

        A   
AND GENERALLY BEING DECENT   

          A        D             A 
JOHNNY TOO BAD MEETS JOHNNY BE GOOD   

G                Bm 
IN THE CHARING CROSS ROAD   

D                A 
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED TODAY   

G                       Bm    A 
SAYS THE WEST END JUNGLE CODE   

G                     F#m 
AND ALL THE GERMANS AND ALL THE FRENCH   

G             F#m 
JAM THEMSELVES DOWN THE TUBE   

G               F#m                  D 
AND RE-ENACT THE SECOND WORLD WAR   

        A   
WHILE THE RUDE BOYS GET RUDE!   

A     D (n.c)        D 
AND I LOOK TO MY LEFT 

                      G  
AND I LOOK TO MY RIGHT 

D       A   
AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN   

    G 
I'M LOOKING FOR A SIGN   

  D             Bm   G         
I DON'T WANNA BE THE PRISONER   

  D             Bm   G        A 
I DON'T WANNA BE THE PRISONER   

      A        D             A    
THE PRISONER LIVES IN CAMDEN TOWN    

G                Bm 
SELLING REVOLUTION   

D                A 
THE PRISONER LOADS HIS TRACKING ARM UP    

G                       Bm    A 
WITH SELF-DISILLUSION   

    G                  F#m 
YOUR MOTHER DOES THE WASHING UP    

    G                  F#m 
YOUR OLD MAN DIGS THE GARDEN   

G               F#m                  D 
YOU'RE ONLY FREE TO DODGE THE COPS    

           A
AN' BUNK THE TRAIN TO STARDOM