Artist: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mescaleros Song: Forbidden City Written: Joe Strummer Album: Rock Art and the X-Ray Style Background: From the debut album released by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros in 1999. Author: Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com) Tuning: Standard with Capo on 2nd fret (Hence all chords are up two semitones, or a tone) Chords: C: ======= 332010 F7: ======= 131211 G: ======= 355433 Am: ======= 002210 Notes: 1. Totally revised from my previously posted 2008 version. 2. Where the chords are shown with triplets in brackets (e.g. x3) ...it's a quick, forceful(forte) staccato rhythmic chords. Intro: [Tom-Tom & Bongos, over organ riff, with arpeggiated chords] | C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1)G (320003@1) F7| (131241@1) Okay, dream of freedom... | C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1)G (320003@1) F7| (131241@1)C(x3) (x32010@1) Verse 1: C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1) Under the moon in the dragon room, G7 (320001@1) F7 (131241@1) CInside (x32010@1)the mind of a soul confined. C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1) Don't talk about soon in the dragon room, G (320003@1) F7 (131241@1) C (x32010@1) Under the scream of a jet machine. F7(x3) G(x3) F7(x3) Who knows in the hills, Am(x3) F7(x3) G(x3) G Who knows when she will. Chorus 1: Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) GWhen (320003@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1)C (x32010@1)G(x3) F7(x3) C(x3) ...Oh, China, Yeah, China. Verse 2: C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1) Gold silk in a loom in the dragon room, G (320003@1) F7 (131241@1) CThat (x32010@1)silk that will be for the flag of the free. F7(x3) G(x3) F7(x3) Who knows in the hills, Am(x3) F7(x3) G(x3) G Who knows when she will. Chorus 2: Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) GWhen (320003@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out. F7 (131241@1)C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1) C (x32010@1) Oh, China, Yeah, China. F7 (131241@1)C (x32010@1) F7 (131241@1) C (x32010@1) Oh, China, Yeah, China. Instrumental: G(x3) F7(x3) Yeah, they got lots of towers, (Organ riff over muffled gunfire) Am (x02210@1) F7' (131241@1)Never pushed someone so far. Am (x02210@1) F7 (131241@1)Chorus 3: Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) F7When (131241@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Am (x02210@1) GWhen (320003@1)all the hidden pity in the forbidden city comes out, Coda: C (x32010@1) ...Oh, Ch-i-na (End) Footnote: This is an even more timely song, Joe! Especially, in 2012. :-R
