The Clash – This Is England (Guitar)

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Chords

[Keyboard intro] Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb Fm Eb Bb [Verse 1]
Ab         Eb              Ab            Eb Bb
  I hear a gang fight on a human factory farm

Ab                 Eb     Ab             Eb Bb
  Are they howling out or doing somebody harm

Ab             Eb         Ab              Eb Bb  
  On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm  

Ab                   Eb                  Ab            Eb Bb
  Her voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm
[Chorus 1]
Ab        Eb     Ab              Eb        Bb
  This is England, this knife of Sheffield steel

Ab        Eb     Ab            Eb     Bb
  This is England, and this is how we feel
[Break] Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb X2 [Verse 2]
Ab            Eb         Ab              Eb   Bb 
  Time on his hands, the freezing mohawk strolls

Ab                    Eb           Ab              Eb Bb 
  He won't go for the carrot, they beat him by the pole

Ab           Eb      Ab             Eb Bb  
  Some sunny day, confronted by his soul

Ab            Eb      Ab              Eb Bb 
  He's out at sea, so far he can't go home
[Chorus 2]
Ab        Eb     Ab            Eb       Bb
  This is England, that I'm supposed to die for

Ab        Eb     Ab                  Eb     Bb
  This is England, we're never gonna cry no more
[Verse 3]
Ab                    Eb      Ab                 Eb Bb 
  Black shadow of the Vincent falls on a Triumph line

Ab         Eb                        Ab              Eb Bb 
  I got my motorcycle jacket but I'm walking all the time

Ab                 Eb         Ab               Eb  Bb  
  A South Atlantic wind blows ice from a dying creed

Ab         Eb     Ab              Eb Bb 
  I see no glory, when will we be free
[Chorus 3]
Ab        Eb     Ab                 Eb     Bb
  This is England, we can chain you to the rail

Ab        Eb     Ab                Eb   Bb  
  This is England, we can kill you in a jail
[Break] N.C. Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb [Verse 4]
Ab            Eb               Ab          Eb Bb 
  Big British boots go kick Bengali in the head

Ab           Eb          Ab              Eb Bb 
  Police sit watchin', a newspapers been read

Ab             Eb       Ab                 Eb Bb  
  Who dares to protest, after the attacker fled

Ab             Eb             Ab                 Eb Bb 
  Out came the batons and the British warn their selves
[Chorus 4]
Ab        Eb     Ab        Eb      Bb 
  This is England, land of illegal dances 

Ab        Eb     Ab            Eb       Bb
  This is England, land of one thousand stances
[Chorus 1] (repeat)
Ab        Eb     Ab              Eb        Bb
  This is England, this knife of Sheffield steel

Ab        Eb     Ab            Eb     Bb
  This is England, and this is how we feel

Ab        Eb     Ab            Eb      Bb
  This is England

Ab        Eb     Ab            Eb      Bb   (repeat chords to fade)
  This is England