Rock The Casbah chords by The Clash
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now the king told the boogie men
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"You have to let that raga drop"
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The oil down the desert way
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Has been shakin' to the top
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The Sheik he drove his Cadillac
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He went a- cruisin' down the ville
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The Muezzin was a-standin'
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On the radiator grille, ow
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Chorus 1
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Verse 2
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By order of the prophet
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We'll ban that boogie sound
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Degenerate the faithful
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With that crazy Casbah sound
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But the Bedouin they brought out
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an electric camel drum
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The local guitar picker
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got his guitar pickin' thumb
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As soon as the Shareef
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had cleared the square
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They began to wail
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Chorus 2
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Bridge 1
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Now, over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
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The in-crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
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But as the wind changed direction
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And the temple band took five
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The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive
Chorus 3
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Verse 3
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The king called up his jet fighters
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"He said you better earn your pay
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Drop your bombs between the minarets
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Down the Casbah way"
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As soon as the Shareef
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was chauffeured outta there
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The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare
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Soon as the Shareef was outta their hair
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The jet pilots wail
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Chorus 4
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
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Shareef don't like it
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Chorus 5
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Shareef don't like it (he thinks it's not kosher)
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
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Shareef don't like...
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(fundamentally can't take it)
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Chorus 6
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Shareef don't like it
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(you know he really hates it)
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
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Shareef don't like it (he really, really hates it)
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Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
[Fade out]
Rock The Casbah
The Clash
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