Chords for Complete Control Guitar Lesson The Clash

[G] _ _ [D#] _ [G] Hello!
Today I'm going to be [B] showing you how to play The Clash's Complete [E] Control.
And because my sound system is being used to record my album,
[B] I'm actually using the very first electric guitar and amp I ever bought.
And it actually gives a really brilliant old-fashioned [E] 7-inch single sound. _ _ _ _ _
To [N] _ start with, you play an E power chord, which [E] is 7 on the A,
and a [G] 9 on the D and the G.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ [N] Then you play a single note, which is 6 on the D,
[G#] _ _ [E] and back to the E. _ _ _
The _ _ [N] _ second part is the E power chord again, [E] with the same rhythm.
_ _ _ [F#] But then you play the same chord, but with only your first [N] finger,
which is 9th fret of the D, [E] G and B.
_ _ [A#] And then on the B string, you hammer on and pull off from the 10th fret back [A] to the 9th.
[G#] _ _ [E] All together. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[N] E verse has the same flow as the intro, with slightly different chords.
You start off with that E power chord again, and add the 6th fret on the [E] D. _ _
But then you [B] go to a B major power chord, which is 7th fret on the E,
and [F] 9 on the [B] A and the D.
_ And back to the E [E] again.
So that's E, _ _ [B] B, _
[F#] [E] E.
_ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ [D#] OK, the [N] chorus is basic chords, or you could just play the root notes, however you feel.
You play a C sharp [C#m] minor to _ [A] an A, _ _ [E]
to a [B] B, _ to [E] an E, _ to a [C#m] C sharp minor to [A] A, _
and then to two [B] bars of B. _ _ _ _
_ [N] Now from there you go to the second verse, second chorus, and [E] now you're into the solo.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[E] The first part of the solo goes like this. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N]
You just play the basic rock and roll bending patterns,
where you place your first finger on the 12th fret of the B [Em] in the E,
_ [Bm] and then play 14th fret on the G.
_ [N] Then of course you bend the G string up, and then strum the [Em] bottom two strings.
_ _ _ _ _ And you play it in this pattern.
_ Then _ _ _ you go into the next part, which is _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ played, you hit the 12th on the B in the E,
and on the [A] G string you go 14, [G] 12, [A#] 14, [D#] [G] and then hit the B in the E string again, which is played.
[A] _ _
[Em] _ [D#] [E] Then you play that again, but this time go [F#] 14, 12, [A] 14, 12.
[G] _ _ _ [E] So first time round is 12.
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ Altogether slowly it sounds like [C#m] this.
[A] _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _ _
Then you go straight into the high bends, which are 15 on [Gm] the B,
slide up to the [A] 17th, _ [Bm] and on the 19th fret bend all the way [E] up,
[C#] hit the 19th on the E, _ [N] and then 19 on the B again.
_ _ [C] _ _ [B] Then you bend all the way up three times, _ release, [A#] and 17 on the [Em] B.
_ [C#] So that [G] all together.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [N] Then basically the rest is just big bends on the 19th fret [D] again.
You bend up, [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E]
and then to finish you go [C#] on the G string from the 7 [E] to the 9. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Coming out of the solo you have another verse, another chorus,
and [B] now you're into the breakdown section.
_ [A] _ _ [C#m] _
Which _ [B] is again just basic bar chords.
You have a B major, _ [A] down to an A, _ to a big [C#] C sharp minor.
_ _ _ [F#] To [D] a D, to [A] an A, [E] to an E.
This _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ repeats several times, and over the top of that you have this main lead guitar [A] part.
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] It's basically the same four notes over and over again.
You have this riff where you go from 10 on the B, _ pull off to 9 on [G#m] the B,
[E] and then with the same finger, struck the 9 on the G string.
_ _ [A] And repeat that. _ _
_ _ _ _ And then you bend the 10 on the B all the way up to the 12th fret.
[Bm] _ _ Bend down, and continue playing the same [A] riff.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [E] _
[N] You just keep bending and repeating the same part over and over again.
OK, to end the song you have an entire measure of the E major [E] chord. _ _ _
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