The Clash – White Man In Hammersmith Palais (Guitar)

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A E G A G A
A   E       C#m  D
Midnight to six man

          A     E         C#m      D
For the first time from Jamaica

A      E     F#m      D
Dillinger and Leroy Smart

A             E         A
Delroy Wilson, cool operator

A     E      C#m        D
Ken Boothe,  UK pop reggae

      A        E           C#m     D
With backing bands sound systems

A    E          F#m         D
If they've got anything to say

         A          E            A
There's many black ears here to listen

            A
But it was Four Tops all night

      E
With encores from stage right

G                                      A
Charging from the bass knives to the treble

     G                                     A
But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel

G                                      A
Onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel

A   E   A    E    A    E    A    E
(Dress back jump back this is a blue-beat attack)

A           E   C#m          D
'Cause it won't get you anywhere

A   E             C#m    D
Fooling with your guns

      A      E        F#m         D
The British Army is waiting out there

         A      E              A
And it weighs fifteen hundred tons

A       E   C#m      D
White youth, black youth

A        E            C#m     D
Better find another solution

A         E     F#m      D
Why not phone up  Robin Hood

     A              E            A
And ask him for some wealth distribution
A E A D A E A D A ... D A E A
A     E    C#m       D
Punk rockers in the UK

A           E       C#m    D
They won't notice anyway

         A       E   F#m   D
They're all too busy fighting

       A        E           A
For a good place under the lighting

     A     E  C#m          D
The new groups are not concerned

      A         E         C#m    D
With what there is to be learned

          A       E    F#m                D
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny

A          E            A
Turning rebellion into money

A    E    C#m                    D
All over people changing their votes

A       E             C#m    D
Along with their overcoats

    A      E    F#m        D
If Adolf Hitler flew in today

        A           E      A
They'd send a limousine anyway

         A    E    C#m           D
I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf

      A       E          C#m   D
Who looks so sick in the sun

          A    E  F#m       D
I'm the white man in the Palais

A   E             A
Just looking for fun

     A     E          A
I'm only looking for fun

          A      E               A
Oh please mister, just leave me alone

          A  E             A
Well I'm only looking for fun

A                      E     A
Looking looking looking for fun

A   E   A
F.  U.  N.
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