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Lost In The Supermarket

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LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET (Clash)

Chords suggestions: (Std Tuning)
E     = 022100
Eadd9 = 024100 (pinky the 4; simple Esus (022200) works for alt change in places)
C#m7  = x46454
C#m   = x46654
A     = x02220
Amaj7 = x02120 (pre-anchor the 1 when fingering A's to make it easy)
B     = x24442

Intro: |E      |C#m7   |A      |E  Eadd9 
| (x1)

Chorus:
|E                                     |
 I'M ALL LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET
|C#m7                                  |
 I CAN NO LONGER SHOP HAPPILY
|A                                     |
 I CAME IN HERE FOB THE SPECIAL OFFER
|E            Eadd9    E   (Eadd9 E)   |
 A GUARANTEED PERSONALITY

Verse 1 & 2: (between |'s is 1 measure, 2nd and 3rd switches are on 3rd and 4th beats)
|E                B         C#m        |
 I WASN'T BORN SO MUCH AS I FELL OUT
|A                B      E             |
 NOBODY SEEMED TO NOTICE ME
|C#m                 B           A     |
 WE HAD A HEDGE BACK HOME IN THE SUBURB
|Amaj7        B           E   (Eadd9 E)|
 OVER WHICH I NEVER COULD SEE

E                      B           C#m
I HEARD THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE CEILING
A                     B    E
SCREAM AND FIGHT MOST SCARILY
C#m                       B          A
HEARING THAT NOISE WAS MY FIRST EVER FEELING
Amaj7                B          E
THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN ALL AROUND ME

[CHORUS]

Verse 3 & 4:
E                   B           C#m
I'M ALL TUNED IN, I SEE ALL THE PROGRAMS
A                   B          E
I SAVE COUPONS FROM PACKETS OF TEA
C#m                   B           A
I'VE GOT MY GIANT HIT DISCOTHEQUE ALBUM
Amaj7              B          E
I EMPTY A BOTTLE I FEEL A BIT FREE

E                             B            C#m
THE KIDS IN THE HALLS AND THE PIPES IN THE WALLS
A                  B    E
MAKE ME NOISES FOR COMPANY
C#m                        B             A
LONG DISTANCE CALLERS MAKE LONG DISTANCE CALLS
Amaj7                 B      E
AND THE SILENCE MAKES ME LONELY

[CHORUS]

Outro (w/ chorus progression):
|E                            |
|C#m7                         |
|A(maj7)                      |
|E             Eadd9 E        |

Then..

|E                            |
                  NO, IT'S NOT
|C#m7                         |
 HERE.                IT DISAP-
|A(maj7)                      |
-PEARED.
|E             Eadd9 E        |

Then.. (repeat this part to fade)

|E                            |
 I'M ALL LOST          I'M ALL
|C#m7                         |
 LOST  (I'M ALL LOST)  I'M ALL
|A(maj7)                      |
 LOST  (I'M ALL LOST)
|E             Eadd9 E        |

*END*

Intro/Chorus Details and Strumming:

Notes: The previous tabs made this so confusing. The basic chords seem simple enough. 
are just
a little repetitive and get spiced up a bit. I wouldn't take it too seriously as this is mostly
a very simple song. Check out some other tabs for riffs to play during these parts. Mix 
add9's on
E, use some Esus's, use some Emaj7's; for A's alternate the maj7's; for C#m, use the 7th 
throughout,
hammer it on and off, or don't use it. This seems to be what the Clash did, so why would 
try to get
too precise with it?

(Basics...)
|1  & A  2  & A  3  & A  4  & A  |
|E                               |
 /  / /  /  / /  /  /    /  / (//)
|C#m7                            |
 /  / /  /  / /  /  /    /  (////)
|A                               |
 /  / /  /  / /  /  /    /  / (//)
|E                               |
 /  /    /  / /  /          (////)

(In detail...)
|1  & A  2  & A  3  & A  4  & A  |
|E       Eadd9   E       Eadd9 E | (opt: add 9's or sus's in here for flare)
 /  / /  /  / /  /  /    /  /  //
|C#m7    C#m     C#m7    C#m     | (opt: lift your ring finger off and on for 7ths here)
 /  / /  /  / /  /  /    /    ///
|A       Amaj7   A       Amaj7   | (opt: finger open A with 7th on C note and pull
 /  / /  /  / /  /  /    /  /  //        middle finger off and on)
|E       Eadd9   E      (Eadd9 E)| (9's should be mixed in, but ignore if too difficult)
 /  /    /  / /  /           ////

I was surprise there wasn't a decent tab in this site for this song. Hopefully, this is one.
If not, let me have it - you Clash fans seem pretty picky/nasty.

-C.Hall

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