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Intro:
 Dm               | Am        G6        |
 Em        F        | Em        Am        |
 Dm               | Am        G6        |
 Em        F        | Em        Am        |
                           Now the...

Verse 1:
 Am                          | Em                      |
King told the boogie men,              "You have to
 G                           | Dm                      |
let that raga drop."                (clap,clap) The           
 Am                          | Em                      |
oil down the desert way                    has been
 G                           | Dm                      |
shakin' to the top.                 (clap,clap) The
 Am                          | Em                      |
Sheik he drove his Cadillac,              he went a      
 G                           | Dm                      |
cruisin down the ville.             (clap,clap) The
 Am                          | Em                      |
Muezzin was a standing                       on the
 F                           | F                       |
rad-i-A-tor   grill–A-ill – A-ille.       (Whoa!!!)

Chorus:
 Dm                     | Am            G6           |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)
 Em            F          | Em            Am           |  
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rock   the  Casbah!
 Dm                     | Am            G6           |
Shareef don't like it!               (clap,clap)
 Em            F          | Em            Am           |  
Rock   the  Casbah!    Rock   the  Casbah!

Verse 2:
    Am                           Em 
By order of the prophet,
     G                           Dm 
"We ban that boogie sound!         (clap,clap) 
   Am                            Em 
Degenerate the faithful
           G                     Dm  
with that crazy Casbah sound."     (clap,clap)
         Am                              Em 
But the Bedouin, they brought out the electric camel drum.
     G                             Dm 
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb.
    Am                        Em 
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square,
 F                      F 
They began to wail-a-ail-ail!     (Ohhh!!!)

Chorus:
 Dm                       Am     G6           
Shareef don't like it!              
 Em         F         Em         Am    
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
 Dm                       Am     G6 
Shareef don't like it! 
 Em         F         Em         Am   
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

Verse 3:
     Am                   Em 
Now over at the temple
          G                     Dm 
Oh, they really pack em in.
     Am                         Em 
The in crowd say, "It's cool,
             G                  Dm 
to dig this chanting thing!"
            Am                      Em 
But as the wind changed direction
         G                       Dm 
and the temple band took five
     Am                  Em 
The crowd got a whiff
         F              F 
of that crazy Casbah jive!!!

Chorus (Same as previous)

Verse 4:
     Am                                Em 
The King called up his jet fighters,
           G                                Dm 
He said, "You better earn your pay - ay. 
      Am                                    Em     
Drop your bombs down between the Minarets,
          G                     Dm 
down the Casbah way - yay."
    Am                        Em 
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured out of there,
     G                         Dm 
the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare.
    Am                        Em 
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair,
     F                   F 
The jet pilots wail – ail - ailed.   (Ahhh!!!)

Outro Chorus:
 Dm                       Am     G6           
Shareef don't like it!              
 Em         F         Em         Am    
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
(repeat, then...)

 Dm                          Am                G6 
Shareef don't like it! He thinks it's not kosher!
 Em         F         Em         Am   
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
 Dm                            Am                  G6 
Shareef don't like it! Fundamentally he can't take it!
 Em         F         Em         Am   
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
 Dm                           Am               G6 
Shareef don't like it! You know he really hates it!
 Em         F         Em         Am   
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!

(then, repeat following to fade...)
 Dm                        Am       G6 
Shareef don't like it! 
 Em         F         Em         Am