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Clampdown Chords

Music by: Bruce Springsteen
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[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G][C]
[G][Am][G][Gsus4][C]
[G][Bm][G][Am][G][C]
[Bm][G][Am]
[G][Gsus4][G][C][Bm][G]
[Am][Gm]

[Verse 1]
[F]What are we gonna [G]do now?
[C]Taking off his [F]turban, they said,
[Bb]"Is this man [C]a Jew?"
'Cause they're working for
[F]the [C]cla[G]mpdown
They [C]put up [F]a poster saying we
[Bb]earn more than you
[F]'Cause [C]we're working for
[F]the [C]cla[Bb]mpdow[F]n

[Verse 2]
We'll teach our twisted
[Bb]speech to the young
To the young be[F]liev[C]ers[G]
[F]We will train our blue-
eyed [Bb]men to be young
To be young be[F]liev[C]ers[G]

[Verse 3]
Now the judge [C]said five [F]to ten
but I say [Bb]double that again
[F]I'm not[C] working for the[F] cla[C]mpd[G]own[Am]
[C]No man [F]born with [Bb]a living soul
[C]Can be working for the[F][C]
[G]cla[F]mpdown

[Verse 4]
Kick over the wall 'cause
[Bb]gov ernment's to fall
How can you re[F]fuse [C]it?[G]
[F]Let fury have the hour,
an[Bb]ger can be power
Do you know that you can [F]use [C]it?[Dm]
[G]The voices

[Verse 5]
in your head are calling
Stop wasting time,
there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think [Dm]someone
[G]could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
[Dm]You don't owe noth[G]ing,
so boy, get running
It's the best years of your

[Interlude 1]
life they wanna steal
[G]

[Verse 6]
[G]One, [Gm]two, three
[C]You grow old[F] and you[Bb] calm down[F]
[C]Working for [F]the [C]cla[G]mpd[C]own
You start [F]wearing the [Bb]blue and [C]brown
Working for [F]the [C]clampdown

[Verse 7]
[F]You got someone to [Bb]boss around
It makes you feel [F]big [C]now
[G]You [F]drift until you brutalize
[Bb]Make your first kill[F] now[C][G]

[Verse 8]
[C]In these [F]days of evil [Bb]president[C]s
Working for [F]the [C]cla[G]mpd[C]own
But lately one or [F]two [Bb]has fully
paid their [F]due
Work[C]ing for [F]the [C]clampdown
Hah, get along, get [G]along [C]Working

[Verse 9]
for [F]the [C]clampdown
Hah, get along, get [G]along
[C]Working for [F]the [C]clampdown

[Verse 10]
Hah, get along, get [G]along
[C]Working for [F]the [C]clampdown
Hah, get along, get along
Working for [F]the[Bb][F][C]
clampdown
Working for [F]the [C]clampdown

[Verse 11]
Hah, get [G]along, get [C]along[F][Bb][F]
[C]Working for the[F] cla[C]mpdown

[Outro 1]
Hah, get along, get along
[C][F][Bb][F][C]
[F][C]
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