The Jam – The Combine (Guitar)

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"The Combine" off the Jam's 1977 album This Is The Modern World. Scroll down if you only care to see the chords. [Chords] E* = 0221xx Esus4 = 0022xx A = x02220 D = x57775 E = 022100 A7sus4 = x02030 B = x2444x Asus4 = x02230 G# = 466544 B/E = 779997 A* = 577655 Bsus4 = 779977 B* = 799877
[Riff 1]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| *Played in 
D|-------------2----------0--------|---------2----------0------------|  the chorus.
A|---------------------0h2---------|-----------------0h2-----0h2-0---|
E|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a

[Riff 2]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------6---7---9---7---6h7p6---| *Played in 
D|-----7---------------------------|  the bridge.
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a

[Outro Riff]
   B*                B/E               B*                Bsus4 B*
e|-7-----6---------|-----------------|-7-----6-----0---|-----------------|
B|-7---------------|-9-----7---------|-7-------------0-|-----------------|
G|-8---------9-----|-----------------|-8---------9-----|-9p8-------------| *Play through-
D|-9---------------|-----------9-----|-9---------------|-------9---------|  out the outro.
A|-9---------------|-----------------|-9---------------|-----------------| 
E|-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
=========================================================================================== [Chorus] E*
A                  E
  And life is very different

B                  E
  When you're in a crowd

E                  A
  When you're in a crowd,

       B                         E (riff 1)
You see things as they really are

                      A
The smell of fear and hate

     B              E (riff 1)
Gene-rated by all a-round
[Verse 1]
  G#    A*      B*                         Esus4    E
I wanna break a-way, but the tides are too strong

        G#    A*   B*           A*           B*    A*  B*
I wanna go on holi-day, but the crowd says I can't
[Chorus]
A                   E
  See, life is very difficult

B                  E Esus4 E
  When you're in a crowd

E                  A
  Sometimes in the night,

  B                E (riff 1)
I wish I was far a-way

               A
But then I rea-lise

       B                 E (riff 1)
Even e-scape would be in vain
[Verse 2]
  G#    A*       B*                   Esus4   E
I wanna close my eyes and be like the rest

        G#     A*       B*              A*             B*  A*  B*
I mean, nobody wants to die, though the crowd say they do
[Chorus]
A                     E
  Look, life is very intricate

B*                 D     A   A7sus4
  When you're in a cro - owd
[Bridge]
D             E         A (riff 2)
  And life be-comes the movies,

D           E         A (riff 2)
  And every-one has a role

D           E         A (riff 2)
  It's easy being the actors

         D             E    A    Asus4
When the combine's the only star
[Outro] B* B/E B* Bsus4 B*
B*            B/E
Sunday papers and the dailies

B*            Bsus4  B*
Ena Sharples, Page 3 girls
B* B/E B* Bsus4 B*
B*           B/E
News at ten, war in Rhodesia

B*             Bsus4   B*
Far away, in a distant land,
B* B/E B* Bsus4 B*
B*                 B/E
But we're alright, we're nice and warm here,

B*                Bsus4   B* A        (final riff)
No one to hurt us except our friends

G|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|/7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4---------|----------------| *Bass: Play
E|-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-|-5--------------| on the last A.
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----5----------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|---------------------5--------------------|
B|--------------------------8b11-8----------|
G|------------------------------------10----| *Final riff.
D|------------------------------------------|  Play after
A|------------------------------------------|  bassline.
E|------------------------------------------|
   1    +    2    +    3    +    4    +
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