Artist: The Clash
Song: Clampdown
Album: London Calling

I’ve not really put the rhythm in properly but its not hard to figure it out from listening 
to the song and ive tried my best to show where the guitar fits in with the words…

Intro:

(Guitar 1)
E----------|
B----------|
G----------|    x5
D------7---|
A------7---|
E—---9/5---|

(Guitar 2)
E----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D------7---7---4---2---|    x4 (on the 5th one Guitar 2 just does the slide from fret 9-5)
A------7---7---4---2---|
E----9/5---4---2---0---|

(Guitar 1&2)
E---------------------|
B---------------------|
G---7777--99----------|
D---7777--99--7-------|
A---5555--77--7-------|
E-------------5-------|
What are we gonna do now!!!

Then wait 4 bars before going in to the verse:

(Guitar 1&2)
riff 1
E-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G--------------7-7--------------------------|-----------------------------7--------------|
D---7-77-------7-7--------------5-55-7—-----|-------7------77-------------7-7------------|  x2
A---7-77-------5-5--------------5-55-7—-----|-------7------77-------------5-7------------|
E---5-55------------------------3-33-5—-----|-------5------55---------------5------------|
Taking off his turban they said is this man a Jew   Working for the  Clampdown

(Guitar 1&2)
riff 2
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------7-77-7-------------------------------------7---------|
D-------7-77-7------------5-55-5-----5-55----------7----7----|  x2
A-------5-55-5------------5-55-5-----5-55----------5----7----|
E-------------------------3-33-3-----3-33---------------5----|
We will teach our twisted speech    To the young believers


Then it goes back to this riff
Riff 1
E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G--------------7-7-----------------------|
D---7-77-------7-7-----------5-55-7—-----|
A---7-77-------5-5-----------5-55-7—-----|
E---5-55---------------------3-33-5—-----|
The Judge say 5-10 but I say double that again 


E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G-----------------------7---|
D—------7-77------------7-7-|
A—------7-77------------5-7-|
E—------5-55--------------5-|
I’m not working for the clampdown

And the first time riff 1 is played in this verse it has this small tail:
(Guitar 2)
E---5h4-5--|
B----------|
G----------|

Then play riff one again without the tail 

Then back to riff 2

E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------7-77-7-------------------------------------7---------|
D-------7-77-7------------5-55-5-----5-55----------7----7----|x2
A-------5-55-5------------5-55-5-----5-55----------5----7----|
E-------------------------3-33-3-----3-33---------------5----|

Then it goes in to this:
(Guitar 1)
E---0--------------4---------------------------------------|
B---0--------------4---------------------------------------|
G---1--------------4----------------------6----------------|
D---2--------------6----------------------7----------------|x4
A---2--------------6----------------------7----------------|
E---0--------------4----------------------5----------------|
The Voices in your head are calling  stop wasting your time theres nothing coming

The if you listen REALLY carefully your can hear Guitar 2 playing this little riff underneath (the whole of this riff is palm muted)

E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------9------------------------9---------------------------------|
G---9------7-9-9--------------------7-9-9---------------------6----------|
D---------9------------------------9-------------------------------------|x4
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The Voices in your head are calling,      stop wasting your time theres nothing coming

And underneath that theres another guitar playing a trill on the note:

E--12----|
B--------|
G--------|
For 4 bars

Then that whole middle eight part finishes up on the E chord:

E--------|
B--------|
G----9---|
D----9---|
A----7---|
E—-------|

And goes back in to riff 1

The last verse starts the same but ends up playing:


E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------7-----|
D--7-77-7--7--7--|
A--7-77-7--5--7--|
E--5-55-5-----5--|
                 HA! GITALONG GITALONG!

Riff 3
E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------7-----|
D--5-55-5--7--7--|
A--5-55-5--5--7--|
E--3-33-3-----5--|
                 HA! GITALONG GITALONG!

The bass guitar keeps playing the root notes of riff 3 and guitar 2 improvise over the top until it fades out
While this is happening guitar 1 is playing

E-------------------|
B-------------------|
G--------12----12---|
D-----12----12------|
A-------------------|
E-----------------------------------

And it plays this until a couple of bars before it fades out.

And that’s pretty much it!!!
Any questions just e-mail me at deadgrandmother@hotmail.com
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