{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":741734,"song":"Forbidden City","artist":"Joe Strummer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11586625-forbidden-city-chords-by-joe-strummer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/741734?type=chord","rating":4.32301,"votes":8,"content":"Artist: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros\r\nSong: Forbidden City\r\nWritten: Joe Strummer\r\nAlbum: Rock Art and the X-Ray Style\r\n\r\nBackground: From the debut album released by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros in 1999.\r\n\r\nTuning: : Capo on 2nd fret\r\n(Hence all chords are up two semitones, or a tone)\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]:   ======= 332010\r\n[ch]F7[/ch]:  ======= 130211\r\n[ch]F[/ch]:   ======= 133211\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]:  ======= 320001\r\n[ch]G[/ch]:   ======= 320003\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]:  ======= 002210\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\n1. All 7th chords are played with the chord oscillating between the 7th and Major form, \r\nthe up and down strokes. Hence it's easier with barre chords (not shown in the \r\nas above).\r\n2. Where the chords are shown with triplets in brackets ...it's a quick, forceful(forte) \r\nstaccato rhythm.\r\n\r\n\r\n(Intro)\r\n[Tom-Tom & Bongos, over organ riff, leads into arpeggio chords]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]F7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch](x3)\r\nOkay, dream of freedom...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUnder the moon in the dragon room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]F7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInside the mind of a soul confined[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't talk about soon in the dragon room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch](x3) [ch]F7[/ch](x3)\r\nUnder the scream of a jet machine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch](x3)            [ch]Am[/ch](x3) [ch]C[/ch](x3) [ch]F7[/ch](x3)\r\nWho knows in the hills,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch](x3)              [ch]G7[/ch](x6)\r\nWho knows when she will[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch](x3)\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch](x3) [ch]C[/ch](x3)\r\n...Oh, China, Yeah, China[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGold silk in a loom in the dragon room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat silk that will be for the flag of the free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch](x3)            [ch]Am[/ch](x3) [ch]C[/ch](x3) [ch]F7[/ch](x3)\r\nWho knows in the hills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch](x3)              [ch]G7[/ch](x3)\r\nWho knows when she will[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch](x3)\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, ...oh, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRefrain:\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch](x3) [ch]C[/ch](x3)\r\nYeah, China, Whoa-oh, China, ...Yeah, China[/tab]\r\n(Organ riff over gunfire masked by firecrackers)\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch](x3) [ch]C[/ch](x3)\r\nYeah ...they got lots of towers, ' Never pushed someone so far...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G7[/ch](x3)\r\nWhen all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRefrain:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n...Oh, China[/tab]\r\n\r\n(End)\r","plain_text":"Artist: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros\nSong: Forbidden City\nWritten: Joe Strummer\nAlbum: Rock Art and the X-Ray Style\n\nBackground: From the debut album released by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros in 1999.\n\nTuning: : Capo on 2nd fret\n(Hence all chords are up two semitones, or a tone)\n\nChords:\nC:   ======= 332010\nF7:  ======= 130211\nF:   ======= 133211\nG7:  ======= 320001\nG:   ======= 320003\nAm:  ======= 002210\n\nNotes:\n1. All 7th chords are played with the chord oscillating between the 7th and Major form, \nthe up and down strokes. Hence it's easier with barre chords (not shown in the \nas above).\n2. Where the chords are shown with triplets in brackets ...it's a quick, forceful(forte) \nstaccato rhythm.\n\n\n(Intro)\n[Tom-Tom & Bongos, over organ riff, leads into arpeggio chords]\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefrain:\n\n(Organ riff over gunfire masked by firecrackers)\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefrain:\n\n\n(End)","chords":["C","F7","F","G7","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}