CHEAT

 (Jones/Strummer)

 Album: Burning London: The Clash Tribute 

 [Note: Since I haven't heard this entire song, the positions 
  of the chords may be slightly wrong. Corrections are welcome!]


 INTRO

 D (hit once- hold out), E (hit once- hold out) [x3]

 E (hit in an eight note rhythm for two measures)

 VERSE 1

       A (let ring)     D (let ring)
 I get violent when I'm fucked up
       A (let ring)    D (let ring)
 I get silent when I'm drugged up
              A (let ring)     D (let ring)    E (build up)
 I want excitement, if I don't get none I go...wild

 VERSE 2

 A            D
 I don't know what the fuck to do about it
 A                        D
 If you play the game you get nothing out of it
        A                          D            E (build up)
 You'll find out for yourself your trying to be good...good

 CHORUS

 C
 You better cheat, cheat
 F
 No reason to play fair
 G                      A
 Cheat, cheat you can't get anywhere
 C                         E   D C# A E
 Cheat, cheat if you can't win

 VERSE 3 (same guitar part as verse 2)

 Nobody knows what the fuck they're doing
 It's beyond your control and Friday nights a ruin
 If you wanna survive you better learn how to..lie

 CHORUS

 C
 You better cheat, cheat
 F
 No reason to play fair
 G                A
 Cheat, cheat you can't get anywhere
 C                         D     E (hit on 1 count- rest on 2,3,4)
 Cheat, cheat if you can't win

 (Guitar 1 builds on E)
 (Guitar 2 enters with a pick scrape)

 B         A   E
 Don't you use the rules
 B               A           E
 They're not for you, they're for the fools
 B            A           E
 And you're a fool if you don't know that
 B               A     E
 So just use the rules you fucking fool

 SOLO (one guitar continues to play the B A E rhythm)

 The rhythm for the solo is easy to figure out.
 The notes are:

 FIRST SECTION

 E (9th fret on the G string) and G (7th fret on the G string)

 SECOND SECTION

 Begins on G# (9th fret on B string) then repeats
 A (10th fret), B (12th fret), G# (9th fret)- all on B string.

 The solo fades out during the second section.


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|Transcribed by 'M. Mehaffey'                       |
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|The Complete Rancid Guitar Tab Compilation         |
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Last revised: September 5, 1999.