Somebody Got Murdered
The Clash
Album: Sandinista
Lyrics c/o uwp

Chords:   It sounds like there are two guitars and they
mix up the fingering from lower to higher.  Here are
the two positions where they alternate.

EE Piano Chord 
     C#mC#m Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
    F#mF#m Piano Chord 
    BB Piano Chord 

-4-0-----4----5-0----5-2---2------------------------
-5-0-----5----5-2----7-2---4------------------------
-4-1-----6----6-2----6-2---4------------------------
-6-2-----6----7-2------4---4-----------------------
---2-----4----7-0------4---2----------------------
---0----------5--------2----------------------

Intro:  The song starts with a muffled barred E  keeping beat
with the snare.  Then, the other guitar comes in with:

repeat
--7---5---4-----------5--4-----7--5--4------
--5-----------5-------5-----5-----------5---
--4-------------------4---------------------
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Then they get into heavy chords as follows:
(played in the higher position sounds best)

EE Piano Chord 
        C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 


EE Piano Chord 
        F#mF#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 


Verses:

EE Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Someone lights a cigarette

AA Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
    F#mF#m Piano Chord 

While riding in a car

EE Piano Chord 
            AA Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 

Some ol' guy takes a swig

AA Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
        F#mF#m Piano Chord 

And passes back the jar

BB Piano Chord 
                   AA Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 

But where they were last night

AA Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
   F#mF#m Piano Chord 

No-one can remember

C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 

Somebody got murdered

BB Piano Chord 
               EE Piano Chord 

Goodbye, for keeps, forever

EE Piano Chord 
        C#mC#m Piano Chord 
       AA Piano Chord 

Somebody       got murdered

EE Piano Chord 
         F#mF#m Piano Chord 
        AA Piano Chord 

Somebody's      dead forever

And you're minding your own business
Carrying spare change
You wouldn't cosh a barber
You're hungry all the same
I been very tempted
To grab it from the till
I been very hungry
But not enough to kill

Somebody got murdered
His name cannot be found
A small stain on the pavement
They'll scrub it off the ground
As the daily crown disperse
No-one says that much
Somebody got murdered
And it' left me with a touch

Somebody got murdered
Somebody's dead forever

/*
Now play the intro riff above these words:
*/

Sounds like murder!
Those shouts!
Are they drunk down below?

It's late, and my watch stopped
Some time ago
Sounds like murder!
Those screams!
Are they drunk down below?


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Pete Palmer
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