One of my first jobs was in a breezeblock factory. It was 12-hour shifts, 4 pm – 4 am. My main task was to man a machine that stacks the blocks, so I would order the blocks in the right pattern and move them onto the pallet and so forth.
It was very very boring as I was alone for 99% shift. However, I loved the job as I was allowed to wear headphones while working. I would look forward to listening to new albums as I could zone out and fully take them in. They wouldn’t be on in the background, they would be at the forefront of my mind. This is where I discovered The Clash. I had known the odd song and liked it but that’s as far as it went. I loaded it onto my iPod, clocked into work and hit play…
…wow. A melting pot of punk attitude, soulful songs, reggae skank and rock n roll over 19 tracks. It was truly a musical experience. I listened to it in full again straight away. I won’t ever forget those nights. A lot of these top 50 albums were realised during that job.
This video is part of a project I’m working on. I’m learning to play my favourite albums on a ukulele. If you enjoyed it why not check out some other classic albums that I arranged like Green Day or David Bowie.
The Clash Ukulele Tabs
Not sure how to read these? Check out this guide and you will be learning these ukulele tabs in no time.
london calling
Intro Chords Bass Riff
A|-2-------|-3-------|---------------------------------|---------------------7-------
E|-3-------|-0-------|-------------7-------------------|-------------7-5-6-7---------
C|-4-------|-0-------|-/4----7-4-7------0/4----7-4-7-0-|-4----4-4--------------------
G|---------|-0-------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------
guns of brixton
Chords
A|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----|-----2-----2-----2-----2----- E|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|-----3-----2-----3-----2----- C|-----1-----2-----1-----2-----|-----2-----2-----2-----2----- G|-----2-----4-----2-----4-----|-----0-----4-----0-----4-----
Vocal Line
A|---5-9----9-9-10-9-|-9----9-9-10-9-|-7-9-10----12-10-9-|-7-7-5-5----5-5-7-9- E|-7-----------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------- C|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------- G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------
wrong em boyo
Intro Riff
A|-----5-7----8-8-7-5-------|-5-5----5-5-|-5h7p5h7p5h7p5-|-12/-5-7-5----5-7-5---- E|-3-7----------------7-5-7-|-7-7----7-7-|---------------|-12/-7-7-7----7-7-7---- C|--------------------------|------------|---------------|---------------------- G|--------------------------|------------|---------------|----------------------
Chords
A|----2----3----2----5----2----
E|----3----0----3----2----3----
C|----2----0----2----2----2----
G|----0----0----0----2----0----
