Somebody Got Murdered Tab

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From: ppalmer@ironwood.cray.com (Peter Palmer)
 
Somebody Got Murdered
The Clash
Album: Sandinista
Lyrics c/o uwp
 
 
Chords:   It sounds like there are two guitars and they
          mix up the fingering from lower to higher.  Here are
          the two positions where they alternate.
 
  E     C#m    A    F#m    B
-4-0-----4----5-0----5-2---2-------------------------|
-5-0-----5----5-2----7-2---4-------------------------|
-4-1-----6----6-2----6-2---4-------------------------|
-6-2-----6----7-2------4---4-------------------------|
---2-----4----7-0------4---2-------------------------|
---0----------5--------2-----------------------------|
 
 
Intro:  The song starts with a muffled barred E  keeping beat
        with the snare.  Then, the other guitar comes in with:
 
repeat
--7---5---4-----------5--4-----7--5--4------|
--5-----------5-------5-----5-----------5---|
--4-------------------4---------------------|
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        Then they get into heavy chords as follows:
        (played in the higher position sounds best)
 
 
E        C#m          A
 
E        F#m          A
 
 
Verses:
 
E                A   E
Someone lights a cigarette
 
      A      E    F#m
While riding in a car
 
E            A       E
Some ol' guy takes a swig
 
    A      E        F#m
And passes back the jar
 
B                   A    E
But where they were last night
 
A      E   F#m
No-one can remember
 
C#m          A
Somebody got murdered
 
     B               E
Goodbye, for keeps, forever
 
 
E        C#m       A
Somebody       got murdered
 
E         F#m        A
Somebody's      dead forever
 
And you're minding your own business
Carrying spare change
You wouldn't cosh a barber
You're hungry all the same
I been very tempted
To grab it from the till
I been very hungry
But not enough to kill
 
Somebody got murdered
His name cannot be found
A small stain on the pavement
They'll scrub it off the ground
As the daily crown disperse
No-one says that much
Somebody got murdered
And it' left me with a touch
 
Somebody got murdered
Somebody's dead forever
 
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Now play the intro riff above these words:
*/
 
Sounds like murder!
Those shouts!
Are they drunk down below?
 
It's late, and my watch stopped
Some time ago
Sounds like murder!
Those screams!
Are they drunk down below?
 
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Pete Palmer
ppalmer@cray.com
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