The Clash
Rock The Casbah
Combat Rock (1982)

  Dm)7(        !  Am G  Em7! F  Em7! C         x 2  w/ orgue
  d  d c d f^g f  a  g  e    f  e    c  a c a

        Am                       Em
Now the King told the boogie man
            G7                 Dm            
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin' to the top

The Sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a-standin'
       F!  F!       F! F  f e
On the radiator griiille, ow

      Dm)7(          !   Am G
  (Sharif don't like it)    
   Em7!        F       Em7!     C        x 2
  (Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

By order of the Prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy Casbah sound

But the Bedouin they brought out, the electric camel drum
The local guitar picker got his guitar-pickin' thumb
As soon as the Sharif had cleared the square
They began to wail

  Refrain

(drum)                                        
Now over at the temple                       a \ aa  a \ aa
Oh they really pack 'em in
The in-crowd say it's cool                   (Dixie Casio)
To dig this chanting thing

But as the wind changed direction            f \ ff  f \ ff 
And the temple band took fire                f \ ff  f \ ff   G
The crowd caught a whiff                     a \ aa  a \ aa
Of that crazy Casbah jive (jive((((...)))))  a \ aa  a \ aa

  Refrain                                    (rembarque)

The King called up his jet fighters          (normal)  w/ bombes
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the Minarets
Down the Casbah way

As soon as the Sharif was chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare
As soon as the Sharif was outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed

  Refrain

  (Sharif don't like it) he thinks it's not kosher
  (Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

  (Sharif don't like it) fundamentally can't take it
  (Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

  (Sharif don't like it) you know he really hates it
  (Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

  (Sharif don't like it) he really really hates it
  (Rockin')

(fade out)