Clampdown chords by The Clash (Official Version)
Intro 1
A
C#m/G#
F#m7
E
A
The kingdom is ransacked
C#m/G#
The jewels all taken back
F#m7
E
And the chopper descends
A
They're hidden in the back
With a message written
C#m/G#
on a half-baked potato
F#m7
E
The spool goes 'round
A
Sayin' I'm back here in this place
C#m/G#
And I could cry
F#m7
E
A
And there's smoke you could click on
D
E
A
What are we gonna do now?
Verse 1
A
D
Taking off his turban,
G
A
they said, "is this man a jew?"
D
A
'Cause they're working for the clampdown
D
They put up a poster saying:
G
A
"We earn more than you
D
A
We're working for the clampdown"
D
G
We will teach our twisted speech
D
A
To the young believers
D
G
We will train our blue-eyed men
D
A
To be young believers
Verse 2
A
D
The judge said, five to ten,
G
A
but I say double that again
D
A
I'm not working for the clampdown
D
G
A
No man born with a living soul
D
A
Can be working for the clampdown
D
G
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
D
A
How can you refuse it?
D
G
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
D
A
Do you know that you can use it?
Bridge 1
E
E/G#
The voices in your head are calling
A
Stop wasting your time,
there's nothing coming
E
E/G#
Only a fool would think
A
someone could save you
E
E/G#
The men at the factory are old and cunning
A
You don't owe nothing, boy, get runnin'
E
E/G#
It's the best years of your life
A
they want to steal
Verse 3
A
D
G
A
But you grow up and you calm down
D
A
And you're working for the clampdown
D
G
A
You start wearing blue and brown
D
A
And you're working for the clampdown
D
G
So you got someone to boss around
D
A
It makes you feel big now
D
G
You drift until you brutalize
D
A
Make your first kill now
Verse 4
A
D
G
A
In these days of evil presidentes
D
A
Working for the clampdown
D
G
A
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
D
A
For working for the clampdown
Ha! Get along! Get along!
G
D
A
(Working for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
G
D
A
(Working for the clampdown)
Outro 1
G/F#
D
A
Yeah, I'm working hard in Harrisburg
G/F#
D
A
Working hard in Petersburg
G
D
A
Working for the clampdown
G
D
A
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Get along! Get along!
G/F#
D
A
Beggin' to be melted down
G/F#
D
A
(Get along! Get along!)
G
D
A
G
D
A
Work, work
F#m
D
A
The (and I'll give away no secret)
F#m
D
A
G
D
A
Work, work
G
D
A
F#m
D
A
More work, more work
F#m
D
A
G
D
A
Work, work
G
D
A
Work
[Repeat and fade]
Clampdown
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