Rock The Casbah Uke tab by Clash

6 Chords used in the song: Am, Em, G, Dm, F, G6

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Year:  1982
Difficulty: 
3.33
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Am chordAm                         Em chordEm                     
King told the boogie men,
G chordG Dm chordDm
"You have to let that raga drop."
Am chordAm Em chordEm
The oil down the desert way
G chordG Dm chordDm
has been shakin' to the top.
Am chordAm Em chordEm
The Sheik he drove his Cadillac,
G chordG Dm chordDm
he went a cruisin down the ville.
Am chordAm Em chordEm
The Muezzin was a standing
F chordF F chordF
on the on the rad-i-A chordA-tor grill-A chordA-ill - A chordA-ille.

Chorus:
Dm chordDm |Am chordAm G6 chordG6 |
Shareef don't like it!
Em chordEm F chordF |Em chordEm Am chordAm |
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm chordDm |Am chordAm G6 chordG6 |
Shareef don't like it!
Em chordEm F chordF |Em chordEm Am chordAm |
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

Verse 2:
Am chordAm Em chordEm
By order of the prophet,
G chordG Dm chordDm
"We ban that boogie sound!
Am chordAm Em chordEm
Degenerate the faithful
G chordG Dm chordDm
with that crazy Casbah sound."
Am chordAm Em chordEm
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.
G chordG Dm chordDm
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.
Am chordAm Em chordEm
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,
F chordF F chordF
They began to wail-a-ail-ail! (Ohhh!!!)

Chorus:
Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

Verse 3:
Am chordAm Em chordEm
Now over at the temple
G chordG Dm chordDm
Oh, they really pack em in.
Am chordAm Em chordEm
The in crowd say, "It's cool,
G chordG Dm chordDm
to dig this chanting thing!"
Am chordAm Em chordEm
But as the wind changed direction
G chordG Dm chordDm
and the temple band took five
Am chordAm Em chordEm
The crowd got a whiff
F chordF F chordF
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!

Back to Chorus

Verse 4:
Am chordAm Em chordEm
The King called up his jet fighters,
G chordG Dm chordDm
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay.
Am chordAm Em chordEm
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,
G chordG Dm chordDm
down the Casbah way - yay."
Am chordAm Em chordEm
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,
G chordG Dm chordDm
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.
Am chordAm Em chordEm
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,
F chordF F chordF
The jet pilots wail - ail - ailed. (Ahhh!!!)

Outro Chorus:
Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(repeat, then...)

Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

(then, repeat following to fade...)
Dm chordDm Am chordAm G6 chordG6
Shareef don't like it!
Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm Am chordAm

Uke tab by , 12 Jul 2013

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You should've made G6, Em7. They are the same thing but beginners learn Em7 not 6th chords.
29 Mar 2016
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About this song: Rock The Casbah

According to the Rock The Casbah Songfacts, Clash Drummer Topper Headon wrote the music and the original lyrics. Vocalist Joe Strummer then decided to take Headon's lyrics in a different direction, to tell the story of an Arab ruler (the Shereef) who hates music, but is defied by the citizens . According to former Clash co-manager Kosmo Vinyl, Headon's original words were a filthy ode to his girlfriend.

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