Rock The Casbah Ukulele Chords

ROCK THE CASBAH - Clash
 
Chords used: (Std Tuning)
Bm    = x02210 or 577555
Bm    = 022000
D     = 320003 or 355433
Am    = xx0231 or x57765
G     = 133211
D6    = 320000 or [3554]00
 
Intro & Choruses:
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
 / / /   / / / / /   /   / * *     (* = clap, or strum)
 Am              Bm      D6
 /   /   / / /   /   /   / / /
 Bm      G       Bm      Bm
 
Verses:
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
 /   /   / / /   /   /   / / /
 Bm              Bm
 /   /   / / /   /   /   / * *     (* = clap, or strum)
 D               Am
 Bm              Bm
 D               Am
 Bm              Bm
 /       /       /   /   / / /
 G               G
 
That's it. Now over the lyrics...
 
Intro:
Am              |Bm      D6       |
Bm      G       |Bm      Bm       |
Am              |Bm      D6       |
Bm      G       |Bm      Bm       |
                           Now the...
 
Verse 1:
Bm                         |Bm                     |
King told the boogie men,              "You have to
D                          |Am                     |
let that raga drop."                (clap,clap) The           
Bm                         |Bm                     |
oil down the desert way                    has been
D                          |Am                     |
shakin' to the top.                 (clap,clap) The
Bm                         |Bm                     |
Sheik he drove his Cadillac,              he went a      
D                          |Am                     |
cruisin down the ville.             (clap,clap) The
Bm                         |Bm                     |
Muezzin was a standing                       on the
G                          |G                      |
rad-i-E-tor   grill–E-ill – E-ille.       (Whoa!!!)
 
Chorus:
Am                    |Bm          D6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)
Bm          G         |Bm          Bm          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rock   the  Casbah!
Am                    |Bm          D6          |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)
Bm          G         |Bm          Bm          |
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rock   the  Casbah!
 
Verse 2:
   Bm                         Bm
By order of the prophet,
    D                         Am
"We ban that boogie sound!         (clap,clap) 
  Bm                          Bm
Degenerate the faithful
          D                   Am
with that crazy Casbah sound."     (clap,clap)
        Bm                            Bm
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.
    D                           Am
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.
   Bm                      Bm
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,
G                    G
They began to wail-a-ail-ail!     (Ohhh!!!)
 
Chorus:
Am                     Bm   D6
Shareef don't like it!              
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Am                     Bm   D6
Shareef don't like it! 
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
 
Verse 3:
    Bm                 Bm
Now over at the temple
         D                   Am
Oh, they really pack em in.
    Bm                       Bm
The in crowd say, "It's cool,
            D                Am
to dig this chanting thing!"
           Bm                    Bm
But as the wind changed direction
        D                     Am
and the temple band took five
    Bm                Bm
The crowd got a whiff
        G            G
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!
 
Chorus (Same as previous)
 
Verse 4:
    Bm                              Bm
The King called up his jet fighters,
          D                              Am
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay. 
     Bm                                  Bm
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,
         D                   Am
down the Casbah way - yay."
   Bm                      Bm
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,
    D                       Am
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.
   Bm                      Bm
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,
    G                 G
The jet pilots wail – ail - ailed.   (Ahhh!!!)
 
Outro Chorus:
Am                     Bm   D6
Shareef don't like it!              
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(repeat, then...)
 
Am                        Bm              D6
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Am                          Bm                D6
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Am                         Bm             D6
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
 
(then, repeat following to fade...)
Am                      Bm     D6
Shareef don't like it! 
Bm       G       Bm       Bm
 
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Note: This is a very simplified version, but it works to get the gist
of the song down. And, it is complete. I fought with a previous guy's
tab, and after taking out all the 7ths and working out the details
(G6, outro, etc), I figured I should share. On my acoustic, it sounds
pretty cool – much improved to me anyways. I hope you find it useful,
and comments to perfect/correct are welcome.
 
G.Hall
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