Tommy Gun - The Clash


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   (x5)  (single hit last time)

         
Tommy gun, you

              
 ain’t happy l

             
ess you got on

 
e
          
Tommy gun, ain

             
’t gonna shoot

              
 the place up 

           
just for fun  

     

             
Maybe he wants

         
 to die for th

e money
             
Maybe he wants

          
 to kill for h

is country
             
Whatever he wa

             
nts, he’s gonn

             
a get it

          
Tommy gun, you

             
 better strip 

             
it down for a 

 
custom run
         
Tommy gun, wai

              
ting in the ai

              
rport 'till ki

        
ngdom come

             
And we can wat

              
ch you make it

         
 on the nine o

'clock news
             
Standing there

              
 in Palestine 

 
lighting the f

use
             
Whatever you w

             
ant, you're go

                
nna get it

         
Tommy gun…    

       
       
         
Tommy gun

  
           
Ooooh, oooh, o

            
oooh, oooh, oo

               
ooh, oooh

         
Tommy gun, you

              
'll be dead wh

             
en your war is

    
 won
          
Tommy gun, but

             
 did you have 

             
to gun down ev

        
eryone?

             
I can see it's

      
 kill or be ki

lled
             
A nation of de

           
stiny has got 

to be fulfille

d
             
Whatever you w

             
ant, you're go

               
nna get it

         
Tommy gun, you

              
 can be a hero

             
 in an age of 

    
none
          
Tommy gun, I'm

             
 cutting out y

             
our picture fr

         
om page one

             
I'm gonna get 

          
a jacket just 

like yours
             
And give my fa

            
lse support to

 your cause
             
Whatever you w

             
ant, you're go

               
nna get it

           (x2)

             
Ok, so let’s a

            
gree   about t

      
he price
             
And make it on

             
e jet airliner

             
    for ten pr

 
isoners 
             
Boats and tank

             
s and planes, 

            
  it's your ga

 
me
             
Kings and quee

             
ns and general

             
s     learn yo

     
ur name
             
I see all the 

            
innocents,   t

              
he human sacri

  
fice
             
And if death c

             
omes so cheap 

             
then the same 

           
goes for life

 

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