...GANGSTERS... by The Specials
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*Released 1979*
(modified from Winston Campbell's original tab:
jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu)
Intro:
(Spoken):
Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!
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E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)
Verse 1:
Am G# Am
Why must you record my phone calls?
G# Am
Are you planning a bootleg L-P?
Am G# Am
Said you've been threatened by gangsters;
D C E7
Now it's you that's threatening me.
Verse 2:
Am G# Am
Can't fight cor-ruption with con tricks,
G# Am
They use the law to commit crime.
G#
And I dread, dread to think,
Am
What the future will bring,
C G E7
When we're living in gangster time.
(Spoken):
Don't call me scar face!
Interlude:
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E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)
Solo:
(Guitar plays):
Am G# Am (x3), D C E7
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/specials/gangsters_crd.html ]
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Verse 3:
Am G# Am
Can't inter-rupt while I'm talking,
G# Am
Or they'll confiscate all your gui-tars,
G# Am
And catch 22 says, if I sing the truth;
D C E7
They won't make me an overnight star.
Verse 4:
Am G# Am
Don't offer us legal pro-tection,
G# Am
They use the law to commit crime.
G#
And I dread, dread to think,
Am
What the future will bring,
C G E7
When we're living in gangster time.
(Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)
Outro:
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E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x8)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
