The Clash - I fought the law
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Tuning: E A D G
I FOUGHT THE LAW (Bassline)
As recorded by The Clash
(From the 1979 Album THE CLASH)
Words and Music by Sonny Curtis
Arranged by The Clash
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul Simonon - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H Q Q
G|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
E|----------|----------|----------|---------8\--|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q H
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
D||o-------5-------7-|-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-7-|-------7---------|-----------o||
A||o-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-----------------|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-0-----5---o||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-2------||
[1st Verse]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
A|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-------0-5-5-5-5-||o-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-|-------4-5-5-5-5--o||
E|-----------------|-3-3-4-----------||------------------|-5-5-5-------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
A|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-------0-5-5-5-5-||o-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-|-------4-5-5-5-5--o||
E|-----------------|-3-3-4-----------||------------------|-5-5-5-------------||
[Pre-Chorus]
Segno $
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-7-7-5-5-|
A|-----2-2-5-5-4-4-|-----2-2-5-5-4-4-|-5-5-------------|
E|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-7---4---7-7-5-4-|-----------------|-----------------||
A|---5---5---------|-----2-2-5-5-4-4-|-----2-2-5-5-4-4-||
E|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------||
[Chorus]
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
A|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-------0-5-5-5-5-|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-0-----5----||
E|-----------------|-3-3-4-----------|-----------------|---3-2------||
[Bridge]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|-----------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|
A||o-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|
E||--3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|
1.,2.
S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------7---|-----7-----7-------o||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5---5-|---5---5-----5-----o||
E|-----------------------|--------------------||
3.
S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------7---|-----7-----7-----|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5---5-|---5---5-----5---|-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
A|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-------0-5-5-5-5-|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-0-----5----||
E|-----------------|-3-3-4-----------|-----------------|---3-2------||
[2nd Verse]
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|----------||------------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|----------||o-----------------|------------------o||
A|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|----------||o-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-|-------4-5-5-5-5--o||
E|-----------------|----------||------------------|-5-5-5-------------||
Dal Segno al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
A|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-0-|-------0-5-5-5-5-||o-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-|-------4-5-5-5-5--o||
E|-----------------|-3-3-4-----------||------------------|-5-5-5-------------||
[Chorus]
Coda &
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q H
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
D||o-------5-------7-|-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-7-|-------7---------|-----------o||
A||o-4-5-5---4-5-5---|-----------------|-4-5-5---4-5-5-5-|-0-----5---o||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-2------||
[Outro]
+W W W H E E E E
G|------------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|------------|----------|----------|---------------|
A|-(5)--------|----------|----------|--------0-2-4--|
E|------------|----------|----------|---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-5-0-0-|-0-----5----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-2------|
+W +W W W
G|------------|------------|----------|------*|
D|------------|------------|----------|------*|
A|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|----------|------*|
E|------------|------------|----------|------*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
| |-3-| - triplet
| x - muted
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