Lirik dan Chord Lagu Clampdown - The Clash

Lagu bergenre punk rock tersebut dirilis pada 1979 melalui label CBS Records dan Epic Records.

“Clampdown” muncul dalam album studio ketiga mereka yang bertajuk London Calling.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Clampdown” dari The Clash.

[intro:]
A Amaj7 A/F# A/E 

D                             E    A
what are we gonna do now?
   A                D                       G                   A                             D          A
taking off his turban they say is this man a Jew working for the clampdown
                  D                     G                            A
they put a poster saying "We earn more than you" we"re working for the
D       A
clampdown
            D                          G                                 D  A
we will teach our twisted speech to the young believers
            D                              G                           D A
we will train our blue eyed men to be young believers
                  A                D                  G              A
The judge said five to ten but I said double it again I'm not working for
       D       A     (A-G-A)
the clampdown
A            D               G       A                                          D          A
No man born with a living soul can be working for the clampdown
D                                       G                                                           D    A
Kick over the wall 'cause governments gonna fall How can we refuse it?
D                                 G                                                                 D    A
Let fury have to hour, anger can be power if you know it you can use it
A G# F# E       E                    E/G#                           A
                 the voices in your head are calling stop wasting your time ,

theres nothing coming
E                       E/G#                       A
only a fool can think someone can save you
       E                              E/G#                          A
the men in the factry are old and cunning you don't own nothing boy get
                       E                         E/G#                    A         E
runnin' its the best years of your life they want to steal
       A             D         G             A                                  D         A    (A-G-A)
But you grow up and you clam down, Working for the clampdown
A              D           G           A                                          D        A
You start wearing Blue and Brown and working for the clampdown
D                                    G                                         D     A
So you got someone to boss around make you feel big now
D                          G                                          D    A
You drift until you brutilize you made your first kill now
A            D          G           A                                   D         A
In these days of evil presidentes working for the clampdown
A                         D           G                     A                            D       A
But lately one or two has fully paid thier due working for the clampdown
                       G                       D        A
Ha longy long Working for the Clampdown
F#                               D        A
Yeah working hard in Hairrisburg
F#                               D        A
yeah working hard in Petersburg
G                        D       A
Working for the Clampdown