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Revolution Rock Chords

Music by: The Clash
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[Intro 1]
[G][Am][G]
[Am]
Re[G]volution

[Verse 1]
rock,
it is [Am]a brand new rock
[G]A bad, bad rock,
this here re[Am]volution rock

[Verse 2]
[G]Careful how you move, Mac,
you dig me in me back
An' I'm [Am]so pilled up that I rattle
[G]I have got the sharpest knife,
so I cut the biggest slice
[Am]I got no time to do battle,
[G]hey

[Verse 3]
Everybody smash [D]up your
seats an[Am]d rock [C]to this
Brand new [G]beat
This here music [D]mash up the [C]nation
This here music [G]cause a sensation
Tell your ma,
[D]tell your pa [C]everything's gonna be [G]all right
Can't you feel it? [D]Don't ignore [C]it
Gonna be alright
[Am][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]Revolution rock,
I am in [Am]a state of shock
[G]So bad, bad rock,
this here re[Am]volu[G]tion r[Am]ock[G]

[Verse 5]
Careful how you slide, Clyde,
all you did was glide
[Am]You poured your beer in me [G]hat
Keep my good eye on the beat,
living on fixation street
[Am]I ain't got no time for that,
[G]hey

[Verse 6]
Everybody smash [G]up your
seats and [C]rock to [G]this
Brand new beat
This here [D]music mash up the nation
[C]This here music cau[G]se a sensation
Tell your mama,
[D]tell you[C]r pa everything's gonna be [G]all right
Can't you feel [D]it? Don't ignore [C]it
Gonna be alright
[Am][C]

[Verse 7]
Re[G]volution [Am]rock[G]
Get that cheese- grater [Em]going,
[G]against the[Am] grain[G][Am]
Wearing [G]me down
[Am]Pressure [G]increaase

[Verse 8]
(Everybody!) Everybody smash [D]up
your seats [Am]and r[C]ock to this
Brand new [G]beat
This here music mash [D]up nation[Am]s
[C]This here mus[G]ic cause a sensation
Tell your [D]mama, forgive your papa,
[Am]ever[C]ything's gonna be all [G]right
Can't you feel [D]it? Don't
ignore [Am]it[C]
Gonna be alright
[Am][C]

[Verse 9]
[G]Revolution rock
[Em][G][Em][Am]

[Verse 10]
[G]To the cru[Em]elest[G]
mobsters in [Am]Kingstown
With the [G]hardest [Em]eyes[G][Em]
[G]and the[Am] cruelest tongue
[G]Is your heart so made of rock
[Am]That the blood must run
'round the [G]block?
Are [Am]you listening mobsters? Hey!
All [G]people [Em]grow [G]old, gotta [Am]die
While those kinda fools go
rolling [G]by[Em]
[Am]It's food for thought,
mobsters
Young people [G]shoot [Em]their
[G]days [Em]away[Am]
I've seen talent thrown [C]away[Am]

[Interlude 1]
All you loan sharks!
[Am][G][Em][Am]
The [G]organ plays

[Verse 11]
[D]
And they're dan[C]cing to
the brand [Am]new [G]beat
This here music [D]mash up nation
[C]This here mus[G]ic cause a sensation
Tell your ma- ma- ma- [D]ma,
tell your pa- pa- [C]pa- pa everything's gonna [G]be all right
Can't you feel [D]it? Don't
[G]ignore [C]it
Everything's gonna be alright
I say, [G]revolution rocks

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][Em][Am]
[Em]There's that old

[Verse 12]
[Am]cheese grate[G]r
[Em][G][Am][G]
Rubbing me [Am]down[G]

[Interlude 3]
This must be the way out
[G][Am]
[Em][Am][G][D][Am]

[Verse 13]
Here's the cheap [Am]bit[G][Am][G][Em]
Ooh la [Am]ooh la ooh la

[Interlude 4]
[Am][G][Am][G][Am]
Any [G]song you

[Verse 14]
[Am]want
Playing requests now on the bandstand
[G]El Clash Combo
[Am]Paid fifteen dollars a day
[G]Weddings, parties, any[C]thing
And Bongo Jazz a speciality
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