Intro 1
F/C C F/C C
F/C C F/C C
F/C C F/C C
F C G C
F C G C
Verse 1
C
Now every cheap hood
G
strikes a bargain with the world
F
Ends up making payments
C G
on a sofa or a girl
C
"Love 'n' hate" tattooed
G
across the knuckles of his hands
F
Hands that slap his kids around
C G
'cause they don't understand how
Chorus 1
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
Verse 2
C
And every gimmick hungry yob
G
digging gold from rock 'n' roll
F
Grabs the mike to tell us
C G
he'll die before he's sold
C
But I believe in this
G
and it's been tested by research
F
He who fucks nuns
C G
will later join the church
Chorus 2
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
Bridge 1
G C G C
G C G C
G
Fear in the gun sights
C
They say "lie low"
G
You say "okay"
C
Don't wanna play a show
G
No other thinking
C
Was it death or glory now?
G
Playing the blues of kings
C
Sure looks better now
Chorus 3
F C
Death or glory
G C
Just another story
F C
Death or glory
G C
Just another story
Verse 3
C
In every dingy basement
G
on every dingy street
F
Every dragging hand clap over
C G
every dragging beat
C
That's just the beat of time,
G
beat that must go on
F
If you've been trying for years
C G
we already heard your song
Chorus 4
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
F C
Death or glory
G C
Just another story
Bridge 2
F/C C F/C C
F/C C
Gotta march a long way
F/C C
Fight a long time
F/C C
You got to travel over mountains
F/C C
Got to travel over seas
F C
We gonna fight your brother
F C
We gonna fight 'til you loose
F C
We gonna raise trouble
F C
We gonna raise hell
F C
We gonna fight your brother
F C
Raise hell
Chorus 5
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
Outro 1
F C
Death or glory
G C
Just another story
F C
Death or glory
G C
becomes just another story
Hey
Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world
And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl
"Love and hate" tattooed across the knuckles of his hands
Hands that slap his kids around 'cause they don't understand how
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
And every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us he'll die before he's sold
But I believe in this and it's been tested by research
He who fucks nuns will later join the church
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Oh, ah ah ah, ow, ow
Oh, ah ah ah, ow, ow
Oh, ah ah ah, ow, ow
Fear in the gun-sights, they say lie low
You say ok, don't wanna play the show
Now all you're thinking, "Was it death or glory now?"
Playing the blues for pennies sure looks better now
Death or glory
Just another story
Death or glory
Just another story
From every dingy basement, on every dingy street
Every dragging handclap over every dragging beat
It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
If you've been trying for years, we 'lready heard your song
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Just another story
Gonna march a long way
Fight a long time
Got to travel over mountains
Got to travel over seas
We're gonna fight you, brother
We're gonna fight 'til you lose
We're gonna raise trouble
We're gonna raise hell
We're gonna fight you, brother
Raise hell
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Just another story
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
From the album
London Calling
The Clash · 1979 · Track 0