Nitcomb Tablature

Version 1
Transcribed by:
Stephen Turner (smcnuff@altavista.com)

(Joe Strummer)
 
G            D  
Gonna take a nitcomb
G      D 
To get rid of me
C             D        
Cos I just realised
C                    D          
That it was meant to be
G                               D 
And I'm singing to all the torn betting slips
G                D      
Flying around my feet
C                      D             
I'm talking to all the chewing gum
C                              D
That's stuck everywhere on the street

Em
And they're ringing the bells all over the city
C
On a Saturday night
Em
Nobody knows why
Bm                          B
But they know it's gonna be alright

G            D
Gonna take a nitcomb
G      D
To get rid of me
C             D
Cos I just realised
C               D
It was meant to be
G                     D
And I'm standing at a sale
G                        D
Of the shoes of bankrupt men
C             D
I just had to buy a pair
C                     D
To show that life can live again

Em
And they're ringing the bells all over the city
C
On a Saturday night
Em
Nobody knows why
Bm                          B
But they know it's gonna be alright
C
(Oooooh, oooooh) 
G
(Oooooh, oooooh) 
C
(Oooooh, oooooh) 
Bm       B
(Oooooh, oooooh) 

G                     D  
Cos it's gonna take a nitcomb
G      D 
To get rid of me
C             D        
Cos I just realised
C                    D          
That it was meant to be

C
And they're banging on sheets of metal and sheets of gold
G
And these are the finest shoes that have ever sold
C
It's raining on roofs it's raining on drums
G
Love buys a six-pack gives it to the bums
C
And they're ringing all the bells in the city
G
On a Saturday night
C
Nobody knows why (why)
G
But they know it's gonna be alright
C
(Oooooh, oooooh) 
G
(Oooooh, oooooh) 
C
(Oooooh, oooooh) 
G
(Oooooh, oooooh) 

until end


Version 2
Transcribed by Ewen Queen(CLASH109@HOTMAIL.COM)


MAIN RIFF       INTRO + VERSE

e------------------------------
B----15---15----\---10--10----/
G---16---16--16-\--11--11--10-/   x2
D-17---17---17--\-12--12--12--/
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

e------------------------------
B----8---8----/---10--10------\
G---9---9---9-/--11--11--11---\   X2
D-10--10--10--/-12--12--12----\
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

CHORUS  Slightly Distorted

chords can just be strummed

e--x----------------------x-x-------x----------------------x
B--x--12--12--9h-12-9h-\5-x-x---5---x--12--12--9h-12-9h-\5-x
G--9----------------------5-4-7b-5--9----------------------4
D--9----------------------5-4-------9----------------------4
A--7----------------------3-2-------7----------------------2
E--x----------------------x-x-------x----------------------x

BACK INTO MAIN RIFF

MIDDLE

e--X---x---x---x
B--X---x---x---x
D--5---x---5---4    strum each chord for about 5 seconds
G--5---5---5---4
A--3---5---3---2
E--X---3---x---x

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