Charlie Don't Surf
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Charlie Don't Surf
The Clash
#Pete Palmer (ppalmer@cray.com)
#Album: Sandinista
RIFF
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CHORUS
D
Charlie don't surf and we
Bm
think he should
D
Charlie don't surf and you
Bm
know that it ain't no good
D
Charlie don't surf for his
Em7
hamburger Momma
F#m7
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star
RIFF (you can strum with a x-x-0-4-0-2 ? rather than the riff)
Everybody wants to rule the world
Must be something we get from birth
One truth is we never learn
Satelites will make space burn
D
We've been told to
Bm
keep the strangers out
D
We don't like them
Bm
starting to hang around
D
We don't like them
Em7
over town
F#m7
Across the world we are going to mow them down
CHORUS
RIFF
The reign of the super powers must be over
So many armies can't free the earth
Soon the rock will roll over
Africa is choking on their Coca Cola
D
It's a one a way street in a
Bm
one horse town
D
One way people s
Bm
tarting to bragg around
D
You can laugh,
Em7
put them dowm
F#m7
These one way people gonna mow us down
CHORUS
CHORDS:
D Bm Em7 F#m7
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