Should I Stay Or Should I Go (ver 3) by The Clash
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Bpm=113
Key of D , 4/4 time
Uploaded by Pablo Clark G. Dobarganes
All the other tabs I have seen are wrong because they simply don’t fit into the 12-bar
structure of the song. I do not take entire credit for this tab as I didn’t originally
it, I am just writing it down for you guys to play The Clash as good as you can. The
in the recording has a bit of a distortion to it but if played without it, it sounds
normal. I can assure you this is exactly as it is played in the record.
Bass Fig. 1
D G D N.C. D G D N.C. End Fig 1
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||-3h5-r-5---2-3--|5--r--r--r---r-|--5--r-5----2-3-|5--r--r--r---r--||
||--------3-3-----|---------------|--------3-3-----|----------------||
Bass Fig. 2
--Play on 1st time-|-Play on 2nd time-
D G D N.C. D G
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||-5--r-5---2-3---|-3h5-r-5----2-3-|5--r--r--r---r--|--5--r-5----2-3-|
||.-------3-3-----|--------3-3-----|----------------|---------3-3----|
D N.C.
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|5--r--r--r---r--|
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G F G D G D N.C.
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|---------------|----------------|--5--r-5----2-3-|5--r--r--r---r--|
|-3-r-3-1-1-1-1-|3--r--r--r---r--|--------3-3-----|----------------|
A A7 N.C. D G D N.C. End Fig 2
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|----------------|----------------|--5--r-5----2-3-|5--r--r--r---r--||
|-r-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5--r--r--r---r--|--------3-3-----|---------------.||
Bass Fig. 3
Double-time feel
D G D G D
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||--------4-5-6-7-|------------7-5-|--------4-5-6-7-|------------6-4-|
||-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5---------|
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G F/C G D G G End Fig. 3
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|----------------|---------5-3----|--------4-5-6-7-|------------7-5-||
|---------3-3-4-5|-------------5-3|-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5---------||
|3-x-3-3-3-------|3-x-3-3-3-------|----------------|----------------||
Bass Fig. 4
A7 D Dsus4 G D N.C.
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||----------7-5---|----------------|----------------||
||-------------7-5|-------5-5-5----|-5--------------||
||-5-x-5-5-5------|-5-r-5-5------3-|----------------||
Bass Fig. 5
G F G D G D N.C.
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||---------------|----------------|--5--r-5----2-3-|5--r--r--r---r--|
||-3-r-3-1-1-1-1-|3--r--r--r---r--|--------3-3-----|----------------|
A N.C. D G D N.C.
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|----------------|----------------|--5--r-5----2-3-|5--r--r--r---r--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-5-5--r--r---r--|--------3-3-----|----------------||
Bass Fig. 6
A7 D G D
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||----------7-5---|--------7-5-----|--------4-5-6-7-|-----------7-4--|
||-------------7-5|------------7-5-|-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5---------|
||-5-x-5-5-5------|-5-x-5-5-5------|----------------|----------------|
D G D G F/C G
|----------------|-------7-5------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------4-5-6-7-|-----------7-4--|----------------|---------5-3-----|
|-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5---------|---------3-3-4-5|-------------5-3-|
|----------------|----------------|3-x-3-3-3-------|3-x-3-3-3--------|
D G D A7 End double-time D
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|--------4-5-6-7-|-----------7-5-|----------7-5---|-------------------|
|-5-5--5---------|-5-5--5--------|-------------7-5|--------5-5-5----|5|
|----------------|---------------|-5-x-5-5-5------|-5-r-5-5------3----|
Structure
Intro – Bass Fig. 1
Verse 1 – Bass Fig. 2
Chorus 1 – Bass Fig. 3 and Bass Fig. 4
Verse 2 – Bass Fig. 2
Interlude – Bass Fig. 1 and Bass Fig. 5
Chorus/Outro – Bass Fig. 3 and Bass Fig. 6
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