Chord/Tab song: Shah Shah a Go Go

The Stranglers - Shah Shah A Go Go
Tabbed By: Reecy
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


SHAH SHAH A GO GO


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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])
Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002

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intro (keyboard)
F5 Eb5 D5 (x4, keyboard bass enters 2nd time) C5
then: Bb Ab F (x4) Bb F Ab, Bb F
then a four note riff played by bass and keyboards (no chords), notes: G E F F# (x8)
n.b. if you are playing this on an acoustic guitar, just play the chord G.

[Bb]Did you hear about the [G]man, [Bb]used to live out in I[G]ran
[Bb]He was luxury's greatest [G]fan, [Bb]people ate out of his [G]hand
[Bb]People ate out of his [G]hand, shah shah[C] a go go
[G]Shah shah[C] a go go, [G]shah shah[C] a go go
[G]Shah shah[C] a go go[G]

[Bb]Sold the english all their [G]oil, [Bb]made the people work the [G]soil
[Bb]Thought his kind had got it [G]made, [Bb]but his kind just had to [G]pay to fade
[Bb]But his kind just had to [G]pay, shah shah[C] a go go
[G]Shah shah[C] a go go, [G]shah shah[C] a go go
[G]Shah shah[C] a go go[G]

[Bb]Then a priest in Paris, [G]France [Bb]made the people get up and [G]dance
[Bb]Sold cassettes for 60[G]p, [Bb]said he's set the people [G]free
[Bb]We shall see, we shall [G]see, shah shah[C] a go go
[G]Shah shah[C] a go go, [G]shah shah[C] a go go
[G]Shah shah[C] a go go[G]

[F] [Eb] [Db] [B] [Bb]
[F]Shah shah a go go (x6)

(note: at this point in the song there are no chords as such, just
ascending bass and keyboards, I'm unsure as to what Hugh plays
during this outro)

bass notes: Bb5 B5 Db5 Eb5, E5 F5 Gb5 G5,
Ab5 A5 Bb5 B5, C5 Db5 D5 Eb5,
keyboard ent[D5]ers[C5]: D[A5]5 C[Gb5]5 A5[E5]

the song ends on G, in which the band do a quick reprise of the main
riff of 'Ice'.