Rock the Casbah The Clash
[Intro]
| [Dm7]/ / / / | [Am7]/ / [G]/ / | [Em7] / /[Fmaj7] / / | [Em7] / / [Am/C] / / |
[Verse 1]
Now, the K[Am]ing told the boogie men, [Em] you have to [G7]let that raga drop,[Dm]
The [Am]oil, down the desert way, [Em] has been sh[G7]aken to the top,[Dm]
The S[Am]heik, he drove his Cadillac, [Em] he went a cr[G7]uising down the Ville,[Dm]
[Am] [Em] [F] [F] [F]
The Muezzin was a-standing ...on the radi - ator grille-----!
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[Cborus]
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah,
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
[Verse 2]
By o[Am]rder of the prophet, [Em] we [G7]ban that boogie sound,[Dm]
De - gen[Am]erate the faithful [Em] ...with that c[G7]razy Casbah sound,[Dm]
But the Be[Am]douin, they brought out the e - l[Em]ectric camel drum,
The l[G7]ocal guitar picker got his g[Dm]uitar picking thumb,
As s[Am]oon as the Shariff had cl[Em]eared the square, th[F]ey be - g[F]an to wail---![F]
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[Cborus]
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] r[Em7]ocking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah,
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] r[Em7]ocking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
[Bridge]
Now o[Am]ver at the temple, oh, they re[Am]ally pack 'em in,
The [Am]in crowd say it's cool to dig this cha[Am]nting thing,
But, as the w[F]ind changed direction, and the te[F]mple band took five,
[G] The c[Am]rowd got a whiff ...of that c[Am]razy Casbah jive!
[Cborus]
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah,
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
[Verse 4]
The K[Am]ing called up his jet fighters,[Em] he said, "You b[G7]etter earn your pay![Dm]
Drop your b[Am]ombs down between the minarets [Em] ...down the Ca[G7]sbah way!"[Dm]
As s[Am]oon as the Sharif was chauf[Em]fered out of there,
The [G7]jet pilots tuned to the co[Dm]ckpit radio blare,
As s[Am]oon as the Sharif was [Em]out of their hair, the j[F]et pi[F]lots wailed----![F]
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[Cborus]
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah,
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, [Am7] [G] ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
[Cborus]
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, (He t[Am7]hinks it's not ko[G]sher!)
Ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, (Funda - me[Am7]ntally, he can't t[G]ake it!)
Ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
The Sha - [Dm7]rif don't like it, (You [Am7]know he really ha[G]tes it!)
Ro[Em7]cking the [Fmaj7]Casbah, [Em7]rock the C[Am/C]asbah!
[Suggestion for coda]
[Dm7] [Am7] [G] [Em7] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7]
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Cas - bah-------!
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