CHARLIE DON'T SURF
As recorded by The Clash
(From the 1980 Album SANDINISTA!)

[Intro]
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[Chorus]
             
Charlie don't 

            
surf and we th


ink he should
             
Charlie don't 

             
surf and you k


now that it ai

n't no good
             
Charlie don't 

             
surf for his h


amburger Momma

Charlie's goin

g to be a napa

lm star

[Verse 1]

Everybody want

s to rule the 

world

Must be someth

ing we get fro

m birth

One truth is w

e never learn

Satellites wil

l make space b

urn
              
We've been tol

     
d to keep the 

strangers out
             
We don't like 

     
them starting 

to hang around
             
We don't like 

     
them all over 

town

Across the wor

ld we are goin

g to blow them

 down

[Chorus]
             
Charlie don't 

            
surf and we th


ink he should
             
Charlie don't 

             
surf and you k


now that it ai

n't no good
             
Charlie don't 

             
surf for his h


amburger Momma

Charlie's goin

g to be a napa

lm star

[Verse 2]

The reign of t

he super power

s must be over

So many armies

 can't free th

e earth

Soon the rock 

will roll over

Africa is chok

ing on their C

oca Cola
              
It's a one a w

              
ay street in a

 
 one horse tow

n
             
One way people

 
 starting to b

rag around
             
You can laugh,

 
 put them down

These one way 

people going t

o blow us down

 cause

[Chorus]
             
Charlie don't 

            
surf and we th


ink he should
             
Charlie don't 

             
surf and you k


now that it ai

n't no good
             
Charlie don't 

             
surf for his h


amburger Momma

Charlie's goin

g to be a napa

lm star

[Guitar Solo]
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[Bridge]

Charlie don't 

surf he'll nev

er learn

Charlie don't 

surf though he

's got a gun

Charlie don't 

surf think tha

t he should

Charlie don't 

surf we really

 think that he

 should

Charlie don't 

surf

[Interlude]


[Outro]

Charlie don't 

surf and we th

ink he should

Charlie don't 

surf and you k

now that it ai

n't no good

Charlie don't 

surf for his h

amburger Momma

Charlie's don'

t surf

Charlie don't 

surf and we th

ink he should

Charlie don't 

surf and you k

now that it ai

n't no good

Charlie don't 

surf for his h

amburger Momma

Charlie's don'

t surf