The Clash – Charlie Don’t Surf
132 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Sandinista! 1980]
Intro
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D Em F#m F#m
Chorus 1
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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 Em
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma…
F#m F#m
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star…
Verse 1
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Everybody wants to rule the world…
D D
Must be something we get from birth…
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One truth is we never learn…
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Satellites will make space burn…
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We've been told to keep the strangers out…
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We don't like them starting to hang around…
D Em
We don't like them all over town…
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Across the world we are going to blow them down…
Chorus 1
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 Em
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma…
F#m F#m
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star…
Verse 2
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The reign of the super powers must be over…
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So many armies can't free the earth…
D D
Soon the rock will roll over…
D D
Africa is choking on their Coca Cola…
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It's a one a way street in a one horse town…
D Bm
One way people starting to brag around…
D Em
You can laugh… put them down…
F#m F#m
These one way people gonna blow us down…
Chorus 1
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 Em
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma…
F#m F#m
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star…
Interlude 1
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Chorus 2
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Charlie don't surf he'll never learn…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf though he's got a gun…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf think that he should…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf we really think he should
D Bm
Charlie don't surf…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf and we think he should…
Interlude 2
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Chorus 3
D Bm
Charlie don't surf think that he should…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf think that he should…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma…
D Bm
Charlie don't surf…
Outro
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