The Clash Didn't Smash The Town Hall chords by Joe Solo

• Capo on 2nd

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Capo 2

        C     C/B      Am
Pulling 10 til 8's at Renny's
        F      C    G
It was driving Me beserk
        C           C/B     Am
And I'd stopped for twenty Bennies
      Dm                  F
On My way back home from work

      G             E
When shuffle sent a song My way
  Am              C
I hadn't heard in years
    Dm                   Am
'Complete Control' came pounding out -
    F                 | C | C/B |
And I fought back the tears

   C         C/B    Am
It must have been November
        F       C        G
'Cos Me Dad was still at home
         C          C/B   Am
When The Clash hit 'Boro Town Hall
          Dm              F
With that riot, all their Own

      G                   E
We'd spiked Our hair with soap
               Am            C
And We'd sewn zips into Our jeans
 Dm             Am              F
Looking back We hadn't much of nothing-
         G
But Our dreams


          F       G        C
There was Me and Jack and Johnny
       F     G         C
And a stolen bottle of gin
    F     G       C
We didn't have a penny
Am      Dm                G
But the band, They let Us in

        F   G       C
Took Me 30 years to see it
     F      G | Am | Am |
On a Number 19 bus!
    C            G          F
The Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
        C            G          F
No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
         C            G          F
No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
        | C ..
That was Us

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| C | C | C | G ..

          C        C/B       Am
There was Mick and Paul and Topper
           F      C       G
And in the centre of the stage
          C        C/B       Am
There was Strummer barking orders
        Dm           F
In that mystic kinda rage

      G            E
This was Our Rebel Army
            Am               C
And They'd come to take Our Town
   Dm              C
We let out all Our anger
        F                   G
And We tore the damn place down


          F       G        C
There was Me and Jack and Johnny
       F     G         C
And a stolen bottle of gin
    F     G       C
We didn't have a penny
Am      Dm                G
But the band, They got Us in

        F   G       C
Took Me 30 years to see it
     F      G | Am | Am |
On a Number 19 bus!
    C            G          F
The Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
 G     | C | C | G | G |
That was Us

| C | C | F | F |
| C | C | G | G |

| Am | Am | F | F |
| G  | G  | G | G ..

     C       C/B      Am
The band are dead and gone now
    F         C     G
And I thought I was too
      C      C/B      Am
But Strummer woke up something
         Dm                  | F | F |
When He shouted: "That means You!"

       G               E
And I jacked my job at Renny's
          Am               C
What I'll do now, I don't know
       Dm             Am
But I owed it to the young man I was
 F             G
All them years ago

        F     G       C
And the moral of this story
           F       G           C
Is you've one life, don't you blow it
    F  G       C          Am
And anyone can change the world
          Dm                G
It's just most of us don't know it

           F        G           C
You either live life, like you mean it
       F       G       Am
Or you rack up more regrets
        F       C
And I'm 53 next Friday
   F                  G
But I aren't finished yet
        F   G       C
Took me 30 years to see it
     F      G | Am | Am |
On a Number 19 bus!

    C            G          F
The Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
        C            G          F
No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
         C            G          F
No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall
        | C ..
That was Us