#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Rock The Casbah Album: Combat Rock Words and Music by Topper Headon, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones Copyright © 1982 CBS Records Inc. Published by CBS Music Publishing Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: There are tonalities in the song that are played by the piano, so if you're planning to busk this, you'll really need to fill in the missing bits, somehow. Have a listen... In the INTRO, the strumming of the Dm7 is 1-2-34-56. But on "4", you play G7 (followed again by Dm7). In the CHORUS, the guitar just plays the INTRO figure over the two sung vocal lines. The other chords I've added (i.e. Am and F) follow more the sung vocal line, which might make it sound better. So you could have one guitar play the INTRO figure and the other play the chords I've indicated. See what you think. It's just a suggestion... Timing is 4/4. Enjoy... INTRO: [play x2] Guitar1 Dm7 G7 Dm7 Em7 E7 |--5-/-/-7-/--5-------|-7------|-7------| |--5-/-/-6-/--5-------|-8------|-9------| |--5-/-/-7-/--5-------|-7------|-7------| |---------------------|-9------|-9------| |---------------------|--------|--------| |---------------------|--------|--------| | | | | |Guitar2 | | | | Dm7 G7 Dm7 Em7 E7 | |--5-/-/-3-/--5-------|-7------|-7------| |--6-/-/-3-/--6-------|-8------|-9------| |--5-/-/-4-/--5-------|-7------|-7------| |--7-/-/-3-/--7-------|-9------|-9------| |--5-/-/-5-/--5-------|-7------|-7------| |--5-/-/-3-/--5-------|-7------|-7------| VERSE: Am Now, the king told the boogie men, Dm7 "You have to let that raga drop." Am The oil down the desert way Dm7 Has been shaking to the top. Am The sheik he drove his cadillac Dm7 He went a cruisin' down the ville. Am The Muezzin was a-standing F On the radiator grille. CHORUS: Dm7 Am Shareef don't like it! Em7 F E7 F Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm7 Am Shareef don't like it! Em7 F E7 F Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! VERSE: By order of the prophet We ban that boogie sound. Degenerate the faithful With that crazy Casbah sound. But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum. The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb. As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square, They began to wail. [repeat CHORUS] VERSE: Now over at the temple Oh, they really pack 'em in. The in-crowd say it's cool To dig this chanting thing. But as the wind changed direction And the temple band took five The crowd got a whiff Of that crazy casbah jive. [repeat CHORUS] VERSE: The king called up his jet fighters, He said, you better earn your pay. Drop your bombs down between the minarets Down the casbah way. As soon as the Shareef was chauffered out of there, The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare. As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair The jet pilots wailed. [Repeat CHORUS] OUTRO: Dm7 Am Shareef don't like it! (He thinks it's not kosher!) Em7 F E7 F Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm7 Am Shareef don't like it! (Fundamentally, he can't take it!) Em7 F E7 F Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Dm7 Am Shareef don't like it! (You know he really hates it!) Em7 F E7 F Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! [repeat to fade] CHORDS: Dm7 557565 and xxx555 G7 353433 and xxx767 Am 577555 Em7 779787 and xx9787 E7 779797 F x8 10 10 10 8