Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Call Up - The Clash

Lagu bergenre punk rock tersebut dirilis pada 1980 melalui label Epic Records.

“The Call Up” muncul dalam album studio keempat mereka yang bertajuk Sandinista!.

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

[Intro]
D5

[Verse 1]
Dm                                                 C
It's up to you not to heed the call-up
Dm                                                                  C
You must not act the way you were brought up
Dm                                                                        C
Who knows the reasons why you have grown up?
Dm
Who knows the plans or why they were drawn up?
Dm
It's up to you not to heed the call-up
                            C
I don't wanna die!

[Chorus]
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
                           C
I don't wanna kill!
Dm   C                  Dm
For he who will die
Dm   C                 Dm
Is he who will kill

[Verse 2]
Dm                                                C Dm
Maybe I wanna see the wheatfields
Dm                                            C Dm
Over Kiev and down to the sea

[Chorus]
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
   C
I don't wanna die!
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
                          C
I don't wanna kill!

[Verse 3]
Dm                                                 C
All the young people down the ages
Dm                                         C
They gladly marched off to die
Dm                                                    C Dm
Proud city fathers used to watch them
Dm                     C Dm
Tears in their eyes

[Chorus]
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
  C
I don't wanna die!
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
  C                      Dm
I don't wanna kill!
Dm                       C Dm
For he who will die
Dm                    C Dm
Is he who will kill

[Interlude]
Dm C Dm C

[Verse 4]
Dm                                                   C
There is a rose that I want to live for
Dm                                                                  C
Although, God knows, I may not have met her
Dm                                                          C
There is a dance an' I should be with her
Dm                                               C
There is a town - unlike any other

[Verse 5]
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
Dm
'N' you must not act the way you were brought up
Dm
Who give you work an' why should you do it?
Dm
At fifty five minutes past eleven
Dm
There is a rose..

[Interlude]
Dm

[Outro]
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
   C
I don't wanna die!
Dm
There is a rose that I want to live for
Dm
It's up to you not to hear the call-up