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Lost In The Supermarket by The Clash

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LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET (Clash)

Chords suggestions: (Std Tuning)
Chord diagramE MajorE   = 022100
Chord diagramEadd9Eadd9 = 024100 (pinky the 4)
Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 = x46454
Chord diagramC# minorC#m  = x46654
Chord diagramA augmentedA   = x02220
Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7 = x02120 (pre-anchor the 1 behind A's to make it easy)
Chord diagramBB   = x24442

Intro:
|Chord diagramE MajorE        | (w/ Eadd9's)
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7      | (w/ C#m's)
|Chord diagramA augmentedA        | (w/ Amaj7's)
|Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE |

Chorus: (chords same as Intro)
|Chord diagramE MajorE                   |
 I'm all lost in the supermarket.
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7                 |
 I can no longer shop happily.
|Chord diagramA augmentedA                   |
 I came in here for the special offer,
|Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramE MajorE     |
 a guar-an-teed per-so-nal-i-ty.

Verse 1 & 2:
(between |'s is 1 measure, 2nd and 3rd switches are on counts 3 and 4)
|Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramC# minorC#m    |
 I wasn't born so much as I fell out.
|Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramE MajorE       |
 Nobody seemed to notice me.
|Chord diagramC# minorC#m         Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA   |
 We had a hedge back home in the suburb,
|Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7    Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramE MajorE      |
 over which I never could see.

Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I heard the people who live on the ceiling
Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE
scream and fight most scarily.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m            Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hearing that noise was my first ever feeling!
Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7        Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE MajorE
That's how it's been all around me.

[CHORUS] (x1)

Verse 3 & 4:
Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I'm all tuned in, I see all the programs.
Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE MajorE
I save coupons from packets of tea.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m          Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA
I've got my giant hit discotheque album!
Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7        Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE MajorE
I empty a bottle, I feel a bit free.

Chord diagramE MajorE             Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
The kids in halls and the pipes in the walls
Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE
make me noises for company.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m            Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Long distance callers make long distance calls!
Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7         Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramE MajorE
And the silence makes me lonely.

[CHORUS] (x1)

Outro (w/ chorus progression):
|Chord diagramE MajorE              |
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7             |
|A(maj7)           |
|Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE   |

Then..

|Chord diagramE MajorE              |
         No, it's not
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7             |
 here.        It disap-
|A(maj7)           |
-peared.
|Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE   |

Then.. (repeat this part to fade)

|Chord diagramE MajorE              |
 I'm all lost..    I'm all
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7             |
 lost. (I'm all lost) I'm all
|A(maj7)           |
 lost. (I'm all lost)
|Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramE MajorE   |

*END*

Intro/Chorus Details w/ Strumming Timing:

Notes: The previous tabs made this so confusing. The basic chords seem simple enough.
They are just a little repetitive and get spiced up a bit. I wouldn't take it too
seriously as this is mostly a very simple song.

(Basics...)
|1 & . 2 & . 3 & . 4 & . |
|Chord diagramE MajorE                |
 / / / / / / / /  / / (//)
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7              |
 / / / / / / / /  / (////)
|Chord diagramA augmentedA                |
 / / / / / / / /  / / (//)
|Chord diagramE MajorE                |
 / /  / /  / /  / (////)

(In detail...)
|1 & . 2 & . 3 & . 4 & . |
|Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramEadd9Eadd9  Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramEadd9Eadd9 Chord diagramE MajorE | (opt: add 9's in here for flare)
 / / / / / / / /  / / //
|Chord diagramC#m7C#m7  Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramC#m7C#m7  Chord diagramC# minorC#m   | (opt: lift your ring finger off and on for 7ths here)
 / / / / / / / /  /  ///
|Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7  Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7  | (opt: finger open Chord diagramA augmentedA with 7th on Chord diagramC majorC note and pull
 / / / / / / / /  / / //    middle finger off and on)
|Chord diagramE MajorE        B*   Chord diagramE MajorE    | (*B or Chord diagramEadd9Eadd9 needed here)
 / /  / /  /    /  ///

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