• Song:

    English Civil War

  • Artist:

    Clash

Band: The Clash
Song: English Civil War
Album: Give 'Em Enough Rope
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

*= mute chord

Intro:                    x2
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E---------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * *

Main Riff:
e-----------------------|
B-----------------------|
G-------2-2-2--2---2-2--|
D--2----2-4-2--2h4-2-4--|
A--0h4------------------|
E-----------------------|

Verse 1:
          Main Riff                      G       G
When Johnny comes marching home again, Harah! Tralah!
          Main Riff                  Em      Em
He's coming by bus or underground, Harah! Tralah!
  C                G              F               C
A woman's eye will shed a tear to see his face so beaten in fear
           A     G         F      E      A
An' it was just around the corner in the English Civil War

Fill:
e----------|
B----------|
G--4b5r-2--|
D----------|
A----------|
E----------|

Verse 2:
       A                                        G       G
It was still at the stage of clubs and fists, Harah! Tralah!
          A                                     Em      Em
When that well-known face got beaten to bits, Harah! Tralah!
     C                    G
Your face was blue in the light of the screen
      F                        C
As we watched the speech of an animal scream
    A   G     F E      A
The new party army was marching right over our heads
Fill
Alright!

Solo 1:
e-----5-5----5-5----5-5----5----5------------------------------|
B-----5-5----5-5----5-5----5----5---7b----------------5----5---|
G--7b-----7b-----7b-----7b---7b---7-7b--5------5-7b8----b8---7-|
D------------------------------------------5-7-----------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|

e--5-5-----5----5----5-5----5-5----5-----------------------|
B--5-5-----5----5----5-5----5-5----5-----------------------|
G------7b----7b---7b-----7b-----7b---7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b--|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

e----3-5-7--7-7/5-3-5--3--7--7/5-3-10--12-------------------------------|
B--5--------------------------------------12--13--8--10--10-10-10-8-10--|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

This solo is by no means exact, but it shows the general idea (it was hard to do cuz 
is so much improv)

Bridge
Lead 1:
e---5--5------5--5------x-x-x-3~-------3--|
B---5--5------5--5------x-x-x-3~-------3--|
G--------5/6-------5/6--------0~---3/4----|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|

Lead 2:
e--5--5------5--5--------------------------|
B--5--5------5--5--------------------------|
G-------5/6-------5/6----------------------|
D----------------------2-2-2-2~--2-2-2-2~--|
A----------------------2-2-2-2~--2-2-2-2~--|
E----------------------0-0-0-0~--0-0-0-0~--|
                       * * *     * * *
Lead 1 x1
There you are, ha ha, I told you so, Harah! Tralah!
Lead 2 x1
Says everybody that we know, Harah! Tralah!
    C               G
But who hid a radio under the stairs,
    F                           C
An' who got caught out on their unawares?
          A   G     F E       A
When that new party army came marching right up the stairs

Verse 3:
     A                                   G       G
When Johnny comes marching home again, Harah! Tralah!
  A                                       Em      Em
Nobody understands it can happen again, Harah! Tralah!
    C                      G
The sun is shining an' the kids are shouting loud,
        F                                 C
But you gotta know it's shining through a crack in the cloud,
        A       G    F   E        A
And the shadows keep falling when Johnny comes marching home...

Solo 2: (I can't figure this out off-hand, but if someone wants me to try hard, or wants 
figure it out themselves, email me)

That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
                        oddmenout4@yhaoo.com
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