Chords for Rock Art & The X-Ray Style - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Tempo:
136.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And so now I'd like to say, people can change anything they want to.
And that means everything in the world.
People are running about following their little tracks.
I am one of them.
But we've all got to stop just following our own little mouse trail.
People can do anything.
This is something that I'm beginning to learn.
People are out there doing bad things to each other.
It's because they've been dehumanised.
It's time to take the humanity back into the centre of the ring and follow that for a time.
Greed, it ain't going anywhere.
They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square.
Without people, you're nothing.
That's my spiel.
[F#]
[E] I see a million [B] walk the city mile.
[E]
The ticket [B]-taking's done a juvenile.
[F#m]
Will anybody tell [A] me [E]
which way to go?
[F#m]
Will anybody come back [B] on CB [A] radio?
[E]
I'm counting the stars, and [B] I tell her I hope.
[E]
Each one represents [B] the hopes of a soul.
[C#] [A]
You'd think that God, [E] it wouldn't be so hard.
[A]
When you see all the little children [A] running, running in the [E] backyard.
All I'm saying is to be good [B] with a sub-Saharan song.
[E]
Somebody is waving [B] in the financial district, son.
[E] [A]
Can anybody [B] feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
[A]
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance a [E] while.
Don't make like Giddy from a rockabilly [B] track.
[E] Don't beat out the blues [B] from a ball and chain.
[A]
You can't put a hold up [E] with a bebop gun.
[A]
There's people living now, [F#] where you've got no heart [A] and they've never had [E] none.
Down on the border, they [B] crawl all the way.
[E]
Together people living with a penile [B] spray.
[E]
[A] Can anybody feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
[A]
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [A] a while.
[E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
You can't put a hold up with a bebop gun.
There's people living now, [B] where you've got no [A] heart and they've never had none.
[E] I hear a big booming in, out on [B] the border mile.
[E] The sucker who picks up, [B] gets his number down.
[A]
But all the sparkling waters [E] that ever flowed.
[A]
Could never wash down this town, [F#] so clean let it [E] glow.
And I need to see, [B] penile spray style.
[E] I need some rock art, that [B] don't come in the file.
[A]
Can anybody feel the distance [E]
to the mouth?
[A]
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [B] a while.
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
Can anybody feel [F#] the distance [E]
to the mouth?
And that means everything in the world.
People are running about following their little tracks.
I am one of them.
But we've all got to stop just following our own little mouse trail.
People can do anything.
This is something that I'm beginning to learn.
People are out there doing bad things to each other.
It's because they've been dehumanised.
It's time to take the humanity back into the centre of the ring and follow that for a time.
Greed, it ain't going anywhere.
They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square.
Without people, you're nothing.
That's my spiel.
[F#]
[E] I see a million [B] walk the city mile.
[E]
The ticket [B]-taking's done a juvenile.
[F#m]
Will anybody tell [A] me [E]
which way to go?
[F#m]
Will anybody come back [B] on CB [A] radio?
[E]
I'm counting the stars, and [B] I tell her I hope.
[E]
Each one represents [B] the hopes of a soul.
[C#] [A]
You'd think that God, [E] it wouldn't be so hard.
[A]
When you see all the little children [A] running, running in the [E] backyard.
All I'm saying is to be good [B] with a sub-Saharan song.
[E]
Somebody is waving [B] in the financial district, son.
[E] [A]
Can anybody [B] feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
[A]
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance a [E] while.
Don't make like Giddy from a rockabilly [B] track.
[E] Don't beat out the blues [B] from a ball and chain.
[A]
You can't put a hold up [E] with a bebop gun.
[A]
There's people living now, [F#] where you've got no heart [A] and they've never had [E] none.
Down on the border, they [B] crawl all the way.
[E]
Together people living with a penile [B] spray.
[E]
[A] Can anybody feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
[A]
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [A] a while.
[E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
You can't put a hold up with a bebop gun.
There's people living now, [B] where you've got no [A] heart and they've never had none.
[E] I hear a big booming in, out on [B] the border mile.
[E] The sucker who picks up, [B] gets his number down.
[A]
But all the sparkling waters [E] that ever flowed.
[A]
Could never wash down this town, [F#] so clean let it [E] glow.
And I need to see, [B] penile spray style.
[E] I need some rock art, that [B] don't come in the file.
[A]
Can anybody feel the distance [E]
to the mouth?
[A]
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [B] a while.
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
Can anybody feel [F#] the distance [E]
to the mouth?
Key:
E
B
A
F#
F#m
E
B
A
_ And so now I'd like to say, _ _ _ people can change anything they want to. _
And that means everything in the world.
People are running about following their little tracks.
I am one of them.
But we've all got to stop _ just following our own little mouse trail.
_ _ People can do anything.
_ _ This is something that I'm beginning to learn.
_ _ People are out there doing bad things to each other.
_ _ It's because they've been _ dehumanised.
It's time to take the humanity back into the centre of the ring and follow that for a time.
_ Greed, it ain't going anywhere.
_ They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square.
_ _ Without people, you're nothing.
_ _ That's my spiel. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ I see a million [B] walk the city _ mile.
_ _ [E] _
_ The ticket _ _ [B]-taking's done a juvenile.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Will anybody tell [A] me [E]
which way to go?
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Will anybody come back [B] on CB [A] radio?
_ _ _ [E]
I'm counting the _ stars, _ and [B] I tell her I hope.
_ _ _ [E]
Each one represents _ _ _ [B] the hopes of a soul.
_ [C#] _ _ [A] _
_ You'd think that God, [E] it wouldn't be so hard.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ When you see all the little children [A] running, running in the [E] backyard.
All I'm saying is to be _ good [B] with a sub-Saharan song.
[E] _ _ _
Somebody is waving _ _ [B] in the financial district, son.
[E] _ _ [A] _
_ Can anybody [B] feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
_ _ _ [A] _
_ I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance a [E] while.
Don't make like Giddy _ _ from a rockabilly [B] track.
_ _ _ [E] Don't beat out the blues _ _ [B] from a ball and chain.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
You can't put a hold up [E] with a bebop gun.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ There's people living now, [F#] where you've got no heart [A] and they've never had [E] none.
Down on the border, _ _ _ they [B] crawl all the way.
_ _ _ [E]
Together people living _ with a penile [B] spray.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] Can anybody feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
_ _ _ [A] _
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [A] a _ while.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
You can't put a hold up with a bebop gun. _ _ _ _
There's people _ living now, [B] where you've got no [A] heart and they've never had none.
[E] I hear a big booming in, _ _ out on [B] the border mile.
_ _ _ [E] The sucker who picks up, _ _ [B] gets his number _ down.
_ _ _ [A] _
But all the sparkling waters [E] that ever _ _ flowed.
_ _ [A] _
Could never wash down this town, [F#] so clean let it [E] glow.
_ _ _ And I need to see, _ _ [B] penile spray style.
_ _ _ [E] I need some rock art, _ that [B] don't come in the file.
_ _ _ [A] _
Can anybody feel the distance [E]
to the mouth?
_ _ _ [A] _
_ I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [B] a while.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Can anybody feel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] the _ distance _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ to the mouth? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that means everything in the world.
People are running about following their little tracks.
I am one of them.
But we've all got to stop _ just following our own little mouse trail.
_ _ People can do anything.
_ _ This is something that I'm beginning to learn.
_ _ People are out there doing bad things to each other.
_ _ It's because they've been _ dehumanised.
It's time to take the humanity back into the centre of the ring and follow that for a time.
_ Greed, it ain't going anywhere.
_ They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square.
_ _ Without people, you're nothing.
_ _ That's my spiel. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ I see a million [B] walk the city _ mile.
_ _ [E] _
_ The ticket _ _ [B]-taking's done a juvenile.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Will anybody tell [A] me [E]
which way to go?
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Will anybody come back [B] on CB [A] radio?
_ _ _ [E]
I'm counting the _ stars, _ and [B] I tell her I hope.
_ _ _ [E]
Each one represents _ _ _ [B] the hopes of a soul.
_ [C#] _ _ [A] _
_ You'd think that God, [E] it wouldn't be so hard.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ When you see all the little children [A] running, running in the [E] backyard.
All I'm saying is to be _ good [B] with a sub-Saharan song.
[E] _ _ _
Somebody is waving _ _ [B] in the financial district, son.
[E] _ _ [A] _
_ Can anybody [B] feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
_ _ _ [A] _
_ I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance a [E] while.
Don't make like Giddy _ _ from a rockabilly [B] track.
_ _ _ [E] Don't beat out the blues _ _ [B] from a ball and chain.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
You can't put a hold up [E] with a bebop gun.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ There's people living now, [F#] where you've got no heart [A] and they've never had [E] none.
Down on the border, _ _ _ they [B] crawl all the way.
_ _ _ [E]
Together people living _ with a penile [B] spray.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] Can anybody feel the [E] distance to the mouth?
_ _ _ [A] _
I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [A] a _ while.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
You can't put a hold up with a bebop gun. _ _ _ _
There's people _ living now, [B] where you've got no [A] heart and they've never had none.
[E] I hear a big booming in, _ _ out on [B] the border mile.
_ _ _ [E] The sucker who picks up, _ _ [B] gets his number _ down.
_ _ _ [A] _
But all the sparkling waters [E] that ever _ _ flowed.
_ _ [A] _
Could never wash down this town, [F#] so clean let it [E] glow.
_ _ _ And I need to see, _ _ [B] penile spray style.
_ _ _ [E] I need some rock art, _ that [B] don't come in the file.
_ _ _ [A] _
Can anybody feel the distance [E]
to the mouth?
_ _ _ [A] _
_ I want to live, [F#] and I want to dance [B] a while.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Can anybody feel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] the _ distance _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ to the mouth? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _