The Clash – Rock The Casbah tab
Chords:
ROCK THE CASBAH - Clash Chords used: (Std Tuning) Am = x02210 Em = 022000 G = 320033 Dm = xx0231 F = 133211 G6 = 320000 Intro & Choruses: |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &| / / / / / / / / / / * * (* = clap, or strum) Dm Am G6 / / / / / / / / / / Em F Em Am Verses: |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &| / / / / / / / / / / Am Em / / / / / / / / * * (* = clap, or strum) G Dm Am Em G Dm Am Em / / / / / / / F F That's it. Now over the lyrics... Intro: Dm |Am G6 | Em F |Em Am | Dm |Am G6 | Em F |Em Am | Now the... Verse 1: Am |Em | King told the boogie men, "You have to G |Dm | let that raga drop." (clap,clap) The Am |Em | oil down the desert way has been G |Dm | shakin' to the top. (clap,clap) The Am |Em | Sheik he drove his Cadillac, he went a G |Dm | cruisin down the ville. (clap,clap) The Am |Em | Muezzin was a standing on the F |F | rad-i-a-tor grilla-ill a-ille. (Whoa!!!) Chorus: Dm |Am G6 | Shareef don't like it! (clap,clap) Em F |Em Am | Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm |Am G6 | Shareef don't like it! (clap,clap) Em F |Em Am | Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Verse 2: Am Em By order of the prophet, G Dm "We ban that boogie sound! (clap,clap) Am Em Degenerate the faithful G Dm with that crazy Casbah sound." (clap,clap) Am Em But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum. G Dm The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb. Am Em As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square, F F They began to wail-a-ail-ail! (Ohhh!!!) Chorus: Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! Em F Em Am Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! Em F Em Am Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Verse 3: Am Em Now over at the temple G Dm Oh, they really pack em in. Am Em The in crowd say, "It's cool, G Dm to dig this chanting thing!" Am Em But as the wind changed direction G Dm and the temple band took five Am Em The crowd got a whiff F F of that crazy Casbah jive!!! Chorus (Same as previous) Verse 4: Am Em The King called up his jet fighters, G Dm He said, "You better earn your pay - ay. Am Em Drop your bombs down between the Minarets, G Dm down the Casbah way - yay." Am Em As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there, G Dm the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare. Am Em As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair, F F The jet pilots wail ail - ailed. (Ahhh!!!) Outro Chorus: Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! Em F Em Am Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! (repeat, then...) Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher! Em F Em Am Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it! Em F Em Am Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it! Em F Em Am Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! (then, repeat following to fade...) Dm Am G6 Shareef don't like it! Em F Em Am --- Note: This is a very simplified version, but it works to get the gist of the song down. And, it is complete. I fought with a previous guy's tab, and after taking out all the 7ths and working out the details (G6, outro, etc), I figured I should share. On my acoustic, it sounds pretty cool much improved to me anyways. I hope you find it useful, and comments to perfect/correct are welcome. C.Hall