Lirik dan Chord Lagu Rock the Casbah - The Clash

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup band asal Inggris, The Clash, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Rock the Casbah”.

Lagu bergenre punk rock tersebut dirilis pada 1982 melalui label Epic Records.

“Rock the Casbah” muncul dalam album studio kelima mereka yang bertajuk Combat Rock.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Rock the Casbah” dari The Clash.

[Intro]
Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 AmC [x2]

[Verse 1]
               Am                                   Em                   G                       Dm
Now, the King told the boogie men, ...you have to let that raga drop,
      Am                                   Em               G                        Dm
The oil, down the desert way, ...has been shaken to the top,
      Am                                          Em                G                              Dm
The Sheik, he drove his Cadillac, ...he went a cruising down the ville,
      Am                                  Em           F       F            F     F F F
The muezzin was a-standing ...on the radi - ator grille-----!        Owwww!

[Chorus]
               Dm7       Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7             Fmaj7   Em7          Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like---- it,                rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,

               Dm7       Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7             Fmaj7   Em7          Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like---- it,                rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah

[Verse 2]
      Am                          Em      G                              Dm
By order of the prophet, ...we ban that boogie sound,
         Am                          Em             G                            Dm
De - generate the faithful ...with that crazy Casbah sound,
             Am                                                Em
But the Bedouin, they brought out the e - lectric camel drum,
       G                                       Dm
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb,
      Am                                 Em                          F             F                  F
As soon as the Shariff had cleared the square, they be - gan to wail...

[Chorus]
               Dm7             Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7            Fmaj7    Em7           Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like---- it,                     rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,

               Dm7             Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7            Fmaj7    Em7           Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like---- it,                     rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah

[Verse 3]
         Am                                          Am
Now over at the temple, ...oh, they really pack 'em in,
         Am                                               Am
The in crowd say it's cool ...to dig this chanting thing,
                    F                                                    F
But, as the wind changed direction, ...and the temple band took five,
G      Am                                   Am
The crowd got a whiff ...of that crazy Casbah jive

[Chorus]
              Dm7             Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7              Fmaj7   Em7          Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like---- it,                     rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah,

              Dm7             Em7 Dm7 Am7 G Em7              Fmaj7   Em7          Am/C
The Sha - rif don't like---- it,                     rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah

[Verse 4]
        Am                                         Em                    G                              Dm
The King called up his jet fighters, ...he said, "You better earn your pay!
                   Am                                       Em               G                  Dm
Drop your bombs between the minarets ...down the Casbah way!"
      Am                                 Em
As soon as the Sharif was chauffered out of there,
       G                                Dm
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare,
      Am                                Em                          F    F                      F
As soon as the Sharif was out of their hair, the jet pilots wailed----...