WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Clash - Rock The Casbah Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
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[Verse 1]
Am Em G7 Dm
Now, the King told the boogie men, you have to let that raga drop,
Am Em G7 Dm
The oil, down the desert way, has been shaken to the top,
Am Em G7 Dm
The Sheik, he drove his Cadillac, he went a cruising down the Ville,
Am Em F F F
The Muezzin was a-standing ...on the radi - ator grille-----!
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[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
[Verse 2]
Am Em G7 Dm
By order of the prophet, we ban that boogie sound,
Am Em G7 Dm
De - generate the faithful ...with that crazy Casbah sound,
Am Em
But the Bedouin, they brought out the e - lectric camel drum,
G7 Dm
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb,
Am Em F F F
As soon as the Shariff had cleared the square, they be - gan to wail---!
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[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
[Bridge]
Am Am
Now over at the temple, oh, they really pack 'em in,
Am Am
The in crowd say it's cool to dig this chanting thing,
F F
But, as the wind changed direction, and the temple band took five,
G Am Am
The crowd got a whiff ...of that crazy Casbah jive!
[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
[Verse 4]
Am Em G7 Dm
The King called up his jet fighters, he said, "You better earn your pay!
Am Em G7 Dm
Drop your bombs down between the minarets ...down the Casbah way!"
Am Em
As soon as the Sharif was chauffered out of there,
G7 Dm
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare,
Am Em F F F
As soon as the Sharif was out of their hair, the jet pilots wailed----!
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[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G
The Sha - rif don't like it, (He thinks it's not kosher!)
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
Dm7 Am7 G
The Sha - rif don't like it, (Funda - mentally, he can't take it!)
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
Dm7 Am7 G
The Sha - rif don't like it, (You know he really hates it!)
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Am/C
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah!
[Suggestion for coda]
Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
The Sha - rif don't like it, rocking the Cas - bah-------!
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