ROCK THE CASBAH - Clash
Chords used: (Std Tuning)
Am = x02210 or 577555
Em = 022000
G = 320003 or 355433
Dm = xx0231 or x57765
F = 133211
G6 = 320000 or [3554]00
Intro & Choruses:
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
/ / / / / / / / / / * * (* = clap, or strum)
/ / / / / / / / / /
Verses:
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
/ / / / / / / / / /
/ / / / / / / / * * (* = clap, or strum)
/ / / / / / /
That's it. Now over the lyrics...
Intro:
|Am |
|Em |
|Am |
|Em |
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 grill–A-ill – A-ille. (Whoa!!!)
Chorus:
|Am |
Shareef don't like it! (clap,clap)
|Em |
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
|Am |
Shareef don't like it! (clap,clap)
|Em |
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Verse 2:
By order of the prophet,
"We ban that boogie sound! (clap,clap)
Degenerate the faithful
with that crazy Casbah sound." (clap,clap)
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,
They began to wail-a-ail-ail! (Ohhh!!!)
Chorus:
Shareef don't like it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Verse 3:
Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack em in.
The in crowd say, "It's cool,
to dig this chanting thing!"
But as the wind changed direction
and the temple band took five
The crowd got a whiff
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!
Chorus (Same as previous)
Verse 4:
The King called up his jet fighters,
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay.
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,
down the Casbah way - yay."
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,
The jet pilots wail – ail - ailed. (Ahhh!!!)
Outro Chorus:
Shareef don't like it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(repeat, then...)
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(then, repeat following to fade...)
Shareef don't like it!
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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