Clampdown chords by
The Clash (Official Version)
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Key: A majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1
G G 
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Bm/F# Bm/F# 
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Em7 Em7 
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D D 
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G G 
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The kingdom is ransacked
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The jewels all      taken back
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D D 
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And the chopper   descends
G G 
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They're hidden in the back
With a message written
Bm/F# Bm/F# 
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on       a half-baked potato
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D D 
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The spool goes 'round
G G 
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Sayin' I'm back here in this place
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And I could cry
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D D 
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G G 
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And there's smoke you could click on
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D D 
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G G 
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What are we gonna do now?

Verse 1
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C C 
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Taking off his turban,
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G G 
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they said, "is this man a jew?"
C C 
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G G 
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'Cause they're working for the clampdown
C C 
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They put up a poster saying:
F F 
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G G 
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"We earn more than you
C C 
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G G 
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We're working for the clampdown"
C C 
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F F 
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We will teach our twisted speech
C C 
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G G 
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To the young believers
C C 
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F F 
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We will train our blue-eyed men
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G G 
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To be young believers

Verse 2
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C C 
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The judge said, five to ten,
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G G 
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but I say double that again
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G G 
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I'm not working for the clampdown
C C 
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F F 
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G G 
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No man born with a living soul
C C 
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G G 
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Can be working for the clampdown
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F F 
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Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
C C 
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G G 
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How can you refuse it?
C C 
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F F 
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Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
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G G 
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Do you know that you can use it?
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The

Bridge 1
D/F# D/F# 
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voices in your head   are calling
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Stop wasting your time,
there's nothing coming
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D/F# D/F# 
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Only a fool would think
G G 
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someone could save you
D D 
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D/F# D/F# 
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The men at the factory are old    and cunning
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You don't owe nothing, boy, get runnin'
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It's the best years of your life
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they want to steal

Verse 3
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C C 
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F F 
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G G 
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But you grow up and you calm down
C C 
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G G 
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And you're working for the clampdown
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F F 
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G G 
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You start wearing blue and brown
C C 
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G G 
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And you're working for the clampdown
C C 
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F F 
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So you got someone to boss around
C C 
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G G 
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It makes you feel big now
C C 
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F F 
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You drift until you brutalize
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G G 
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Make your first kill now

Verse 4
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F F 
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G G 
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In these days of evil presidentes
C C 
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G G 
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Working for the clampdown
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F F 
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G G 
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But lately one or two has fully paid their due
C C 
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G G 
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For working for the clampdown
Ha! Get along! Get along!
F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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(Working for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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(Working for the clampdown)
F/E F/E 
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Yeah, I'm working

Outro 1
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G G 
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hard in Harrisburg
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C C 
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G G 
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Working hard in Petersburg
F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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Working for the clampdown
F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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Working for the clampdown
Ha! Get along! Get along!
F/E F/E 
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C C 
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G G 
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Beggin' to be melted down
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C C 
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G G 
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(Get along! Get along!)
F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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Work, work
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G G 
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The (and I'll give away no secret)
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G G 
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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Work, work
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G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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G G 
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More work, more work
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G G 
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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Work, work
F F 
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G G 
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Work
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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG Bm/F# Em7 D C...

Chords

G
Bm/F#
Em7
D
C
F
D/F#
F/E
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Bm/F#: 2-x-4-4-3-x
Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
D/F#: 2-x-0-2-3-x
F/E: x-x-2-2-1-1
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: -2

-2

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Clampdown by The Clash, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A major. It suits players who want to learn Clampdown the way The Clash intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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