Standard (EADGBE)
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Verses
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
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/ / / / / / / / * * (* = clap, or strum)
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That's it. Now over the lyrics...
Intro
Now the...
Verse 1
King told the boogie men, "You have to
let that raga drop." (clap,clap) The
oil down the desert way has been
shakin' to the top. (clap,clap) The
Sheik he drove his Cadillac, he went a
cruisin down the ville. (clap,clap) The
Muezzin was a standing on the
rad-i--tor grill-ill -ille. (Whoa!!!)
Chorus
Shareef don't like it! (clap,clap)
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it! (clap,clap)
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Verse 2
By order of the prophet,
"We ban that boogie sound! (clap,clap)
Degenerate the faithful
with that crazy Casbah sound." (clap,clap)
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,
They began to wail-a-ail-ail! (Ohhh!!!)
Chorus
Shareef don't like it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Verse 3
Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack em in.
The in crowd say, "It's cool,
to dig this chanting thing!"
But as the wind changed direction
and the temple band took five
The crowd got a whiff
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!
Chorus
Same as previous)
Verse 4
The King called up his jet fighters,
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay.
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,
down the Casbah way - yay."
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,
The jet pilots wail ail - ailed. (Ahhh!!!)
Outro chorus
Shareef don't like it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(repeat, then...)
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(then, repeat following to fade...)
Shareef don't like it!
Note: This is a very simplified version, but it works to get the gist
of the song down. And, it is complete. I fought with a previous guy's
tab, and after taking out all the 7ths and working out the details
(G6, outro, etc), I figured I should share. On my acoustic, it sounds
pretty cool much improved to me anyways. I hope you find it useful,
and comments to perfect/correct are welcome.
.Hall