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X-Ray Style by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
X-Ray Style
Capo:no capo
listen to the song for the strumming pattern
F 1-3-3-2-1-1
A# 6-8-8-7-6-6
C 8-10-10-9-8-8
G 3-5-5-4-3-3
intro:
F A# F A#
F A#F 1-3-3-2-1-1
i see a million walk the city mile
F A#
the tickertape kings and the juveniles
C A#
Can anybody tell me which way to go?
C G A#
Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio?
this continues for the rest of the song with the intro as interludes
between verses
I see a million walk the city mile
The tickertape kings and the juveniles
Will anybody tell me which way to go
Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio
I'm counting the stars and the telegraph poles
And each one represents the hopes of a soul
You'd think that God wouldn't be so hard
When you see all the little children running, running in the backyard
On a Mississippi gourd with a Sub-Sahran song
Somebody is wailing in the financial district sun
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
Gonna make like Eddie on my rockabilly train
Gonna beat out the blues on my ball and chain
Oh, you can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
There's people living now
Who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
Down on the border they crawl all the way
To get a clip of living with a clean-all spray
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
You can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
There's people living now
Who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
I hear a payphone ringing out on murder mile
The sucker who picks up gets his number dialled
And all the sparkling waters that ever flowed
Could never wash down this town so clean that it glowed
And I need to see in an x-ray style
I need some rock art that don't come in a vial
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
For the E AE sequence in the first line (and after),
the AE bit happens on the last two downward strums.
Insert this litte detail where * appears in the chord line below,
replacing the upward strum part of the strumming pattern.
e|-----4-5-4-0----------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
And this one where ** appears.
e|-----4-5-4-0----------|
B|--------------2-------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
And ***
e|-----4-5-5-5-4--------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
****
e|-----12-11-9-7-7------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
[Tapping Rhythm]
1 2 3 - | 1& 2 3 -
[Verse 1]
E A E B
I see a million walk the city mile
E A E B
The tickertape kings and the juveniles
A E
Will anybody tell me which way to go
A F#m A *
Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio
[Verse 2]
E A E B
I'm counting the stars and the telegraph poles
E A E B *
And each one represents the hopes of a soul
A E **
You'd think that God wouldn't be so hard
A F#m A ***
When you see all the little children running, running in the backyard
[Verse 3]
E A E B
On a Mississippi gourd with a Sub-Sahran song
E A E B **
Somebody is wailing in the financial district sun
A E
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
A F#m A
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
[Verse 4]
E A E B
Gonna make like Eddie on my rockabilly train
E A E B
Gonna beat out the blues on my ball and chain
A E
Oh, you can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
A
There's people living now
F#m A
who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
[Verse 5]
E A E B
Down on the border they crawl all the way
E A E B ****
To get a clip of living with a clean-all spray
A E
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
A F#m A
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
[Bridge]
E A E B **
E A E B
A E
You can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
A
There's people living now
F#m A
who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
[Verse 6]
E A E B
I hear a payphone ringing out on murder mile
E A E B
The sucker who picks up gets his number dialled
A E
And all the sparkling waters that ever flowed
A F#m A
Could never wash down this town so clean that it glowed
[Verse 7]
E A E B
And I need to see in an x-ray style
E A E B
I need some rock art that don't come in a vial
A E
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
A F#m A
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
[Coda]
E A E B
E A E B
A E
A F#m A
E
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version 3
Capo:no capo
Verse and Chorus:
G[------------------------------------------|
D[------------------------------------------|
A[------------------------------------------|
E[--0-0--0-0-0-0--7-7--7-7-7-7--------------|
G[------------------------------------------|
D[------------------------------------------|
A[------------------------------------------|
E[--0-0--0-0-0-0--7-7--7-7-7-7--------------|
G[------------------------------------------|
D[------------------------------------------|
A[------------------------------------------|
E[--5-5--5-5-5-5--0-0--0-0-0-0--------------|
(This bottom part is usually at the end of the chorus)
G[------------------------------------------|
D[------------------------------------------|
A[------------------------------------------|
E[--5-5--5-5-5-5------2-5-------------------|
Ending:
G[------------------------------------------|
D[------------------------------------------|
A[------------------------------------------|
E[-555555555-0--5555555555-0-5555555555-0-5-|
I see a million walk the city mile
The tickertape kings and the juveniles
Will anybody tell me which way to go
Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio
I'm counting the stars and the telegraph poles
And each one represents the hopes of a soul
You'd think that God wouldn't be so hard
When you see all the little children running, running in the backyard
On a Mississippi gourd with a Sub-Sahran song
Somebody is wailing in the financial district sun
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
Gonna make like Eddie on my rockabilly train
Gonna beat out the blues on my ball and chain
Oh, you can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
There's people living now
Who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
Down on the border they crawl all the way
To get a clip of living with a clean-all spray
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
You can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
There's people living now
Who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
I hear a payphone ringing out on murder mile
The sucker who picks up gets his number dialled
And all the sparkling waters that ever flowed
Could never wash down this town so clean that it glowed
And I need to see in an x-ray style
I need some rock art that don't come in a vial
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
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version 4
Capo:no capo
Chords: E B A F#m
E B
I see a million walk the city mile
E B
The tickertape kings and the juveniles
A E
Will anybody tell me which way to go
A F#m A
Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio
E B
I'm counting the stars and the telegraph poles
E B
And each one represents the hopes of a soul
A E
You'd think that God wouldn't be so hard
A F#m A
When you see all the little children running, running in the backyard
E B
On a Mississippi gourd with a Sub-Sahran song
E B
Somebody is wailing in the financial district sun
A E
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
A F#m A
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
E B
Gonna make like Eddie on my rockabilly train
E B
Gonna beat out the blues on my ball and chain
A E
Oh, you can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
A
There's people living now
F#m A
who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
(surely, youve got it by now)
Down on the border they crawl all the way
To get a clip of living with a clean-all spray
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
You can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun
There's people living now
who aint got no heart and ain't never had none
I hear a payphone ringing out on murder mile
The sucker who picks up gets his number dialled
And all the sparkling waters that ever flowed
Could never wash down this town so clean that it glowed
And I need to see in an x-ray style
I need some rock art that don't come in a vial
Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile
I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile
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