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- London Calling
- Rock The Casbah
- Rudie Can't Fail
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go ?
- Spanish Bombs
- Stay Free
- Train In Vain
- White Riot
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- 48 Hours
- All The Young Punks
- Brand New Cadillac
- Capitol Radio
- Car Jamming
- Card Cheat
- Clash
- Clash City Rockers
- Complete Control
- Deny
- English Civil War Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Every Little Bit Hurts
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- Garageland
- Gates Of The West
- Groovy Times
- Hate And War
- Hitsville Uk
- Im Not Down
- Im So Bored With The Usa
- Im So Bored With Usa
- In The Pouring Rain
- Jail Guitar Doors
- Janie Jones
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- Junco Partner
- Koka Kola
- Last Gang In Town
- Londons Burning
- Lose This Skin
- Lost In The Supermarket
- Magnificent Seven
- Midnight Log
- North And South
- Police And Thieves
- Police On My Back
- Rebel Waltz
- Remote Control
- Revolution Rock
- Right Profile
- Rudie Cant Fail
- Safe European Home
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go
- Something About England
- Straight To Hell
- The Guns Of Brixton
- The Man In Me
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- This Is England
- Tommy Gun
- Up In Heaven Not Only Here
- Whats My Name
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- White Men In Hammersmith Palais
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I have no idea what this song is about but it has always been a favorite of mine. There is no rhythm
guitar on the track but I think these chords work quite well. Have a play with it and let me know what
you think Lyrics may be a bit off (or maybe they're just to deep for me to understand!)
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Intro: D A G X2
D G X2
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Verse 1:
Bm G Bm G
If you can play on the fiddle, how's about a British jig and reel
D G
Speaking king's English in quotation as railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
D G
Water frozen in the generation
Bm G Bm G
Clear as winter ice, this is your paradise
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Chorus:
D G
There ain't no need for ya, there ain't no need for ya
D G
Go straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
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Verse 2:
Bm G Bm G
Wanna join in a chorus of the Amerasian blues
D G
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh city, kiddie say pappa pappa pappa pappa pappa san take me home
D G
See me got photo, photo, photograph of you mamma mamma mamma san of you and mamma mamma mamma san
Bm G Bm G
Let me tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid, it ain't Coca Cola it's rice
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Chorus:
D G
Straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
D G
Go straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
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Bm G Bm G
Oh pappa san, please take me home, oh pappa san, everybody they wanna go home so mamma san says
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D A G X2
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Verse 3
Bm G Bm G
You wanna play mind crazed banjo on the druggy drag ragtime U.S.A.
D G
In Parkland International, heh, junkiedom U.S.A.
D G
Where procaine proves the purest rock man groove and rat poison the volatile Molatov says
Bm G Bm G
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, straight to hell
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D G
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Verse 4:
Bm G Bm G
Can you really cough it up loud and strong the immigrants they wanna sing all night long
D G
It could be anywhere most likely could be any frontier any hemisphere
D G
No man's land
Bm G Bm G
And there ain't no asylum here, king Solomon he never lived round here
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Chorus:
D G
Straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
D G
Go straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys (to fade)
guitar on the track but I think these chords work quite well. Have a play with it and let me know what
you think Lyrics may be a bit off (or maybe they're just to deep for me to understand!)
-
Intro: D A G X2
D G X2
-
Verse 1:
Bm G Bm G
If you can play on the fiddle, how's about a British jig and reel
D G
Speaking king's English in quotation as railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
D G
Water frozen in the generation
Bm G Bm G
Clear as winter ice, this is your paradise
-
Chorus:
D G
There ain't no need for ya, there ain't no need for ya
D G
Go straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
-
Verse 2:
Bm G Bm G
Wanna join in a chorus of the Amerasian blues
D G
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh city, kiddie say pappa pappa pappa pappa pappa san take me home
D G
See me got photo, photo, photograph of you mamma mamma mamma san of you and mamma mamma mamma san
Bm G Bm G
Let me tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid, it ain't Coca Cola it's rice
-
Chorus:
D G
Straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
D G
Go straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
-
Bm G Bm G
Oh pappa san, please take me home, oh pappa san, everybody they wanna go home so mamma san says
-
D A G X2
-
Verse 3
Bm G Bm G
You wanna play mind crazed banjo on the druggy drag ragtime U.S.A.
D G
In Parkland International, heh, junkiedom U.S.A.
D G
Where procaine proves the purest rock man groove and rat poison the volatile Molatov says
Bm G Bm G
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, straight to hell
-
D G
-
Verse 4:
Bm G Bm G
Can you really cough it up loud and strong the immigrants they wanna sing all night long
D G
It could be anywhere most likely could be any frontier any hemisphere
D G
No man's land
Bm G Bm G
And there ain't no asylum here, king Solomon he never lived round here
-
Chorus:
D G
Straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys
D G
Go straight to hell boys, go straight to hell boys (to fade)
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