{"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":710904,"song":"Rock The Casbah","artist":"The Clash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/710904-rock-the-casbah-chords-by-the-clash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/710904?type=chord","rating":4.70699,"votes":333,"content":"ROCK THE CASBAH - Clash\r\n\r\nChords used:\r\nAm    = x02210 or 577555\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    = 022000\r\nG     = 320003 or 355433[/tab]\r\nDm    = xx0231 or x57765\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     = 133211\r\nG6    = 320000 or [3554]00[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro & Choruses:\r\n|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|\r\n / / /   / / / / /   /   / * *     (* = clap, or strum)\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n /   /   / / /   /   /   / / /[/tab]\r\n [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|\r\n /   /   / / /   /   /   / / /\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n /   /   / / /   /   /   / * *     (* = clap, or strum)[/tab]\r\n [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n /       /       /   /   / / /[/tab]\r\n [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\nThat's it. Now over the lyrics...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]              |[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G6[/ch]       |\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       |[ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       |\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]              |[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G6[/ch]       |\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       |[ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       |\r\n                           Now the...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         |[ch]Em[/ch]                     |\r\nKing told the boogie men,              \"You have to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          |[ch]Dm[/ch]                     |\r\nlet that raga drop.\"                (clap,clap) The[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         |[ch]Em[/ch]                     |\r\noil down the desert way                    has been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          |[ch]Dm[/ch]                     |\r\nshakin' to the top.                 (clap,clap) The[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         |[ch]Em[/ch]                     |\r\nSheik he drove his Cadillac,              he went a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          |[ch]Dm[/ch]                     |\r\ncruisin down the ville.             (clap,clap) The[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         |[ch]Em[/ch]                     |\r\nMuezzin was a standing                       on the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          |[ch]F[/ch]                      |\r\nrad-i-A-tor   grill–A-ill – A-ille.       (Whoa!!!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    |[ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]          |\r\nShareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         |[ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          |\r\nRock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'  the  Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    |[ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]          |\r\nShareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         |[ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          |\r\nRock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'   the  Casbah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBy order of the prophet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"We ban that boogie sound!         (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDegenerate the faithful[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nwith that crazy Casbah sound.\"     (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey began to wail-a-ail-ail!     (Ohhh!!!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow over at the temple[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, they really pack em in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe in crowd say, \"It's cool,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nto dig this chanting thing!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut as the wind changed direction[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand the temple band took five[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe crowd got a whiff[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nof that crazy Casbah jive!!![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    |[ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]          |\r\nShareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         |[ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          |\r\nRock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'  the  Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    |[ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]          |\r\nShareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         |[ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          |\r\nRock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'   the  Casbah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe King called up his jet fighters,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"You better earn your pay - ay.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDrop your bombs down between the Minarets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ndown the Casbah way - yay.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthe jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe jet pilots wail – ail - ailed.   (Ahhh!!!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    |[ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]          |\r\nShareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         |[ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          |\r\nRock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'  the  Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    |[ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]          |\r\nShareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         |[ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          |\r\nRock   the  Casbah!    Rockin'   the  Casbah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it! You know he really hates it![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRock the Casbah! Rockin' the Casbah![/tab]\r\n\r\n(then, repeat following to fade...)\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nShareef don't like it![/tab]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"ROCK THE CASBAH - Clash\n\nChords used:\nAm    = x02210 or 577555\n\nDm    = xx0231 or x57765\n\n\n\nIntro & Choruses:\n|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|\n / / /   / / / / /   /   / * *     (* = clap, or strum)\n\n Em      F       Em      Am\n\n\n[Verse]\n|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|\n /   /   / / /   /   /   / / /\n\n G               Dm\n Am              Em\n G               Dm\n\n F               F\n\nThat's it. Now over the lyrics...\n\n\n[Intro]\nDm              |Am      G6       |\nEm      F       |Em      Am       |\nDm              |Am      G6       |\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(then, repeat following to fade...)\n\nEm     F     Em     Am","chords":["Am","Em","G","Dm","F","G6","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}