Year: 1979 - Album: Essential Clash
Written by Mick Jones/Joe Strummer
Intro/Verse: Guitar 1 e|--55-5--5-5-5-5--5-5--55-5-5-5--3-5--55-5-5-5-5--55--| B|--55-5--5-5-5-5--7-5--55-5-5-5--3-5--55-5-5-5-5--77--| G|--66-6--6-6-6-6--7-6--66-6-6-6--4-6--66-6-6-6-6--66--| D|--77-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--77-7-7-7--5-7--77-7-7-7-7--77--| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----2----------------22----------------2------------| A|-----0----------------00----------------0------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|------0-4------2--------0-4-------| A|--0-4------0-4---4--0-4------0-0--| E|----------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|------2-2--2-0-4--------2-2--2-0-4--------2-2-------| A|--0-4------------0--0-4------------0--0-4-----------| E|-----------------------------------------------2-2--| Guitar 1: "Rudie Can't Fail" e|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| G|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| Guitar 2 e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|------0-4------2--------0-4-------| A|--0-4------0-4---4--0-4------0-0--| E|----------------------------------| Guitar 1: I went to the market... e|--5---4---5--|--5---7---5--| B|--5---5---7--|--7---9---5--| G|--6---4---6--|--7---9---6--| D|--7---6---7--|--7---9---7--| A|-------------|-------------| E|-------------|-------------| Guitar 2 e|--5---5---9--|--5---7---5--| B|--5---7---7--|--7---9---5--| G|--6---7---6--|--7---9---6--| D|--7---7---7--|--7---9---7--| A|-------------|-------------| E|-------------|-------------| END Lyrics: Sing, Michael, sing-on the route of the 19 Bus Hear them sayin' How you get a rude and a reckless? Don't you be so crude and a feckless You been drinking brew for breakfast Rudie can't fail So we reply I know that my life make you nervous But I tell you that I can't live in service Like the doctor who was born for a purpose*** Rudie can't fail I WENT TO THE MARKET TO REALISE MY SOUL 'CAUSE WHAT I NEED I JUST DON'T HAVE FIRST THEY CURSE, THEN THEY PRESS ME TILL I HURT WE SAY RUDIE CAN'T FAIL We hear them sayin' Now first you must cure your temper Then you find a job in the paper You need someone for a saviour Oh, Rudie can't fail We reply Now we get a rude and a reckless We been seen lookin' cool an' a speckless We been drinking brew for breakfast So Rudie can't fail Okay! So where you wanna go today? Hey boss man! You're looking pretty smart In your chicken skin suit You think you're pretty hot In your pork pie hat But...Rudie can't fail Look out, look out... Sky juice!...10 cents a bottle!
