Chords for The Edge inducts the Clash Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 2003
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[E] Ladies and [A] gentlemen, from YouTube, [E] The [A] Edge.
[E] How are you [A] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [Gb] doing?
I'm sure that the last thing that Mick or Paul or Topper or Terry or Joe [G] Blessum would want is for me to stand up here tonight and sell you all a load of emotional hype or [Ab] blarney about The Clash and how fantastic they were.
[G] But, sorry about that [B] lads, because that's exactly what I'm going to do.
[Bm] And not because they need to hear it, but because I don't think that the rest of you know [Dm] just how great they really were.
I love this band.
And to me, without doubt, they are, next to the [Ab] Stones, [Dm] the greatest rock and roll band of all [N] time.
[E] How are you [A] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [Gb] doing?
I'm sure that the last thing that Mick or Paul or Topper or Terry or Joe [G] Blessum would want is for me to stand up here tonight and sell you all a load of emotional hype or [Ab] blarney about The Clash and how fantastic they were.
[G] But, sorry about that [B] lads, because that's exactly what I'm going to do.
[Bm] And not because they need to hear it, but because I don't think that the rest of you know [Dm] just how great they really were.
I love this band.
And to me, without doubt, they are, next to the [Ab] Stones, [Dm] the greatest rock and roll band of all [N] time.
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_ [E] Ladies and [A] gentlemen, from YouTube, [E] The [A] Edge.
[E] How are you _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Gb] doing?
_ I'm sure that the last thing that Mick or Paul or Topper or Terry or Joe [G] Blessum would want is for me to stand up here tonight and sell you all a load of emotional hype or [Ab] blarney about The Clash and how fantastic they were.
_ [G] But, sorry about that [B] lads, because that's exactly what I'm going to do.
_ _ _ [Bm] And not because they need to hear it, but because I don't think that the rest of you know [Dm] just how great they really were. _
I love this band.
[N] _ _ _ _ [D] _
And to me, without doubt, they are, next to the [Ab] Stones, _ [Dm] the greatest rock and roll band of all [N] time. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And just in case there's any of you out there who are starting to think that maybe I'm going a bit [G] overboard, let me qualify that by saying, [Ab] I think Elton and Elvis are in the singer-songwriter category.
_ [G] The Beatles are obviously pop.
_ _ Sting, you're a sort of white reggae [Dm] different.
_ _ _ You two, I don't know, we're [Gb] some sort of supersonic folk.
But in rock and roll [Bb] terms, The Clash [Eb] are the shit.
The Beatles are the shit.
You [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ know, I know this because I saw it back in 1977 in a small hall in Trinity College, Dublin.
_ And it actually changed my life.
Bono was there, Adam and Larry, all the [A] local bands.
We [Bb] were like 16 [E] at the time.
_ And the first thing [F] I noticed were the road crew, like they're roadies.
They looked so incredible.
They were like they'd come from some Vivienne Westwood show on [N] acid.
And there seemed to be hundreds of them.
And they weren't doing anything, but they were just kind of wandering around on the stage with these huge mohawk [Ab] hairdos and like these kilts.
And we were completely mesmerized.
[A] But then when [F] the lights went down, it was like the place just absolutely exploded.
_ [E] And it was like they were possessed.
They went into the white riot.
And it was just the most intense thing anyone in that [Gb] building had ever seen.
[C] The rage, the commitment.
[Db] _
_ It was years later that someone [G] explained to me about something called amphetamine [D] sulfide.
_ _ [C] But _ [E] whatever was going on, [A] it went way past being just a rock and [G] roll show.
You know, it was truly shamanistic. _ _
[N] And by the end of the night, Dublin was a different place.
Because for everyone there, that show was a kind of an awakening.
We all caught a glimpse of something.
Something distant but now attainable.
A sense of possibilities.
Part political, part musical, part personal, but all completely inspirational.
_ The revolution had come to town.
_ _ There is no doubt in my mind that Sunday Bloody Sunday wouldn't and couldn't have been written if it wasn't for The Clash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Instead of just surviving, they moved beyond punk and gave us a string of truly amazing rock and roll records.
London Calling, Sandinista and Combat Rock. _ _ _
Looking back now, The Clash's contribution to the [G] survival of rock and roll, I [N] think is unique.
Because during the late 70s and early 80s, when punk was starting to wane,
mainstream rock had become hopelessly and awfully redundant.
_ The Clash, along with one or two other bands, carried the torch.
[Gb] They broke through barriers of perception and genre and [Eb] left behind them a thousand bands in garage land
who caught a glimpse of what they saw and strove for, including one [A] from Ireland called U2.
_ If they'd arrived ten years earlier, they would have given The Beatles, The Kinks and The [N] Stones a run for their money.
If they'd arrived ten years later, maybe they might have been able to resolve their internal conflicts and stayed the course.
_ Either way, we might have enjoyed a few more records and tours, but you know what?
They wouldn't have been The Clash.
[Ab] _ So, now it is my great [Gb] honour and pleasure to induct The [Abm] Clash into the Rock [N] and Roll Hall of Fame.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] How are you _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Gb] doing?
_ I'm sure that the last thing that Mick or Paul or Topper or Terry or Joe [G] Blessum would want is for me to stand up here tonight and sell you all a load of emotional hype or [Ab] blarney about The Clash and how fantastic they were.
_ [G] But, sorry about that [B] lads, because that's exactly what I'm going to do.
_ _ _ [Bm] And not because they need to hear it, but because I don't think that the rest of you know [Dm] just how great they really were. _
I love this band.
[N] _ _ _ _ [D] _
And to me, without doubt, they are, next to the [Ab] Stones, _ [Dm] the greatest rock and roll band of all [N] time. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And just in case there's any of you out there who are starting to think that maybe I'm going a bit [G] overboard, let me qualify that by saying, [Ab] I think Elton and Elvis are in the singer-songwriter category.
_ [G] The Beatles are obviously pop.
_ _ Sting, you're a sort of white reggae [Dm] different.
_ _ _ You two, I don't know, we're [Gb] some sort of supersonic folk.
But in rock and roll [Bb] terms, The Clash [Eb] are the shit.
The Beatles are the shit.
You [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ know, I know this because I saw it back in 1977 in a small hall in Trinity College, Dublin.
_ And it actually changed my life.
Bono was there, Adam and Larry, all the [A] local bands.
We [Bb] were like 16 [E] at the time.
_ And the first thing [F] I noticed were the road crew, like they're roadies.
They looked so incredible.
They were like they'd come from some Vivienne Westwood show on [N] acid.
And there seemed to be hundreds of them.
And they weren't doing anything, but they were just kind of wandering around on the stage with these huge mohawk [Ab] hairdos and like these kilts.
And we were completely mesmerized.
[A] But then when [F] the lights went down, it was like the place just absolutely exploded.
_ [E] And it was like they were possessed.
They went into the white riot.
And it was just the most intense thing anyone in that [Gb] building had ever seen.
[C] The rage, the commitment.
[Db] _
_ It was years later that someone [G] explained to me about something called amphetamine [D] sulfide.
_ _ [C] But _ [E] whatever was going on, [A] it went way past being just a rock and [G] roll show.
You know, it was truly shamanistic. _ _
[N] And by the end of the night, Dublin was a different place.
Because for everyone there, that show was a kind of an awakening.
We all caught a glimpse of something.
Something distant but now attainable.
A sense of possibilities.
Part political, part musical, part personal, but all completely inspirational.
_ The revolution had come to town.
_ _ There is no doubt in my mind that Sunday Bloody Sunday wouldn't and couldn't have been written if it wasn't for The Clash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Instead of just surviving, they moved beyond punk and gave us a string of truly amazing rock and roll records.
London Calling, Sandinista and Combat Rock. _ _ _
Looking back now, The Clash's contribution to the [G] survival of rock and roll, I [N] think is unique.
Because during the late 70s and early 80s, when punk was starting to wane,
mainstream rock had become hopelessly and awfully redundant.
_ The Clash, along with one or two other bands, carried the torch.
[Gb] They broke through barriers of perception and genre and [Eb] left behind them a thousand bands in garage land
who caught a glimpse of what they saw and strove for, including one [A] from Ireland called U2.
_ If they'd arrived ten years earlier, they would have given The Beatles, The Kinks and The [N] Stones a run for their money.
If they'd arrived ten years later, maybe they might have been able to resolve their internal conflicts and stayed the course.
_ Either way, we might have enjoyed a few more records and tours, but you know what?
They wouldn't have been The Clash.
[Ab] _ So, now it is my great [Gb] honour and pleasure to induct The [Abm] Clash into the Rock [N] and Roll Hall of Fame.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
