Band: The Clash
Song: Safe European Home
Album: Give 'Em Enough Rope
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com
*= mute chord
~= ring out chord
Intro: Fill
e----------------------|---------|------------|
B----------------------|---------|------------|
G--9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9--|---------|------------| x2
D--9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9--|---------|--7~--7/9~--|
A--7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7--|------7--|--7~--7/9~--|
E----------------------|--7/9----|--5~--5/7~--|
Verse 1:
e Fill A B
Well, I just got back an' I wish I never leave now (Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
Who dat martian arrival at the airport? Ya!(Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
How many local dollars for a local anaesthetic? (Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
The Johnny on the corner was a very sympathetic (Where'd you go?)
Chorus:
C#m~
I went to the place where every white face is an invitation to robbery
F# C#m~ A*
An' sitting here in my "Safe European Home"
B* e
I don't wanna go back there again
Verse 2:
e Fill A B
Wasn't I lucky n' wouldn't it be loverly? (Where'd you go?)e
Fill A B
Send us all cards, an' have a laying in on a Sunday (Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
I was there for two weeks, so how come I never tell (Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
That Natty Dread drinks at the Sheraton Hotel? (Where'd you go?)
Chorus x1
Interlude:
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------9------9--------------------------------9--|
D--6--6---7--7---9--6---9--7---9---7---9---7---6---7--/9-9--|
A--6--6---7--7---7--6---7--7---9---7---9---7---6---7--/9-7--|
E--4--4---5--5------4------5---7---5---7---5---4---5--/7----|
Verse 3:
e Fill A B
Now they got the sun, an' they got the palm trees (Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
They got the weed, an' they got the taxis (Where'd you go?)
e Fill A B
Whoa, the harder they come, n' the home of ol' bluebeat (Where'd you go?)
e
Yes I'd stay an' be a tourist,
Fill A B
But I can't take the gunplay (Where'd you go?)
Chorus x1
E,G#m,A,A x2 (reggae rythym)
Outro: (use reggae rythym)
Rudie come from Jamiaca, Rudie can't fail... x4
Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail... x12
(Keep doing that rythym till the end of the song)
That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
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