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Charlie Dont Surf

The Clash
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

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From: ppalmer@ironwood.cray.com (Peter Palmer)

Charlie Don't Surf

The Clash

Album: Sandinista

RIFF

----------------------------------------9-10-7---------|
-7-7-7-7--7--7-10-7---------7-7-7-7--7---------10-7----|
--------------------9-7--------------------------------|
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----------------------------------------10-9---7-------|
-7-7-7-7--7--7-10-7---------7-7-7-7--7-------10--10--7-|
--------------------9-7--------------------------------|
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CHORDS:

D Bm Em7 F#m7

-2------2-----3------5--------------------------------------|
-3------3-----3------5--------------------------------------|
-2------4-----4------6--------------------------------------|
-0------4---------------------------------------------------|
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CHORUS

D Bm

Charlie don't surf and we think he should

D Bm

Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good

D Em7

Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma

F#m7

Charlie's gonna be a napalm star

RIFF (you can strum with a x-x-0-4-0-2 ? rather than the riff)

Everybody wants to rule the world

Must be something we get from birth

One truth is we never learn

Satelites will make space burn

D Bm

We've been told to keep the strangers out

D Bm

We don't like them starting to hang around

D Em7

We don't like them over town

F#m7

Across the world we are going to mow them down

CHORUS

RIFF

The reign of the super powers must be over

So many armies can't free the earth

Soon the rock will roll over

Africa is choking on their Coca Cola

D Bm

It's a one a way street in a one horse town

D Bm

One way people starting to bragg around

D Em7

You can laugh, put them dowm

F#m7

These one way people gonna mow us down

CHORUS

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