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"Hitsville UK"(Jones/Strummer/Headon/Simonon)
Released as a single 16 January 1981 with RADIO ONE
as the B-Side.
[intro]:
C7 F7 G7 C C
[verse]:
CThey cried the tears they shed the fears,
CUp and down the lGand,
They sCtole guitars,or used guitars
CSo the tape would undersAmtand
FWithout even the Gslightest hope
Cof a thousand sFales,
JFust as if, as Gif there was
Chitsville in UFK,
FI know the boy was Gall alCone,
'til the FHitsville Ghit CUK
[verse]:
CThey say true talent
Cwill always emerge in tGime
When lCightning hits small wonder,
CIts Fast Rough Factory Amtime.
No expFense accounts,
or lGunch discounts,
Or Chyping up the cFharts
The Fband went in and kGnocked em dead,
in Ctwo minutes fifty-nFine,
I Fknow the boy was Gall alCone,
'til the HFitsville hGit UCK
[half verse xylo solo]:
C G C Am
[half-verse}
No Fslimy deals with Gsmarmy eels
CIn Hitsville, UFK,
Let's shFake and say,
We'll oGperate,
CIn hitsville FUK,]
I knFow the girl felt Gall alCone,
'til the FHitsville Ghit UCK
[verse]:
The mCutants creeps & musclemen
are shaking like a lGeaf!
It blCows a hole in the radio,
Cwhen it hasn't sounded good all wAmeek
A mFike 'n boom, in your lGivin' room
Cin Hitsville UFK!
No conFsumer trials, nor GA.O.R.,
Cin Hitsville UFK
FI know the boy felt Gall alCone
'til the FHitsville Ghit UCK.
[outro]:
Now the bFoys and girls are Gnot alCone
Now that FHitsville Ghit UCK.