The Clash - Rock The Casbah

rock the casbah by the clash

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Dm7 Am7 G7
Em7 F Em7 C

Am7 Em7
now , the king told the boogie men ,
G7 Dm7
you have to let that raga drop .
Am7 Em7
the oil down the desert way
G7 Dm7
has been shaken to the top .
A7 Em7
the sheik he drove his cadillac
G7 Dm7
he went a cruisin down the ville .
Am7 Em7
the muezzin was a standing
F
on the radiator grille .
chorus :

Dm7 Am7 G7
shareef don’t like it .
Em7 F Em7 C
rock the casbah . rock the casbah .
Dm7 Am7 G7
shareef don’t like it .
Em7 F Em7 C
rock the casbah . rock the casbah .
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 .
chorus

Am7
now over at the temple
oh , they really pack Em in .
the in crowd say it’s cool
to dig this chanting thing .
F
but as the wind changed direction
G7
and the temple band took five
Am7
the crowd got a whiff
of that crazy casbah jive .
chorus
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 sson as the shareef was chauffered out of there ,
the jet pilote tuned to the cockpit radio blare .
as soon as the shareef was outta their hair
the jet pilots wailed .
chours x 2
he thinks its not kosher
fundamentally he cant take it .
you know he really hates it .