...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!

    Ae|--------------------------------| (x02220@1)B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)

Verse 1:

Am (x02210@1)          G# (xx1114@1)      Am (x02210@1)Why must you record my phone calls?
                   G# (xx1114@1)      AmAre (x02210@1)you planning a bootleg L-P?

Am (x02210@1)              G# (xx1114@1)          Am (x02210@1)Said you've been threatened by gangsters;
         D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)         E7Now (020130@1)it's you that's threatening me.

Verse 2:

Am (x02210@1)             G# (xx1114@1)         Am (x02210@1)Can't fight cor-ruption with con tricks,
                 G# (xx1114@1)      AmThey (x02210@1)use the law to commit crime.
                      G#And (xx1114@1)I dread, dread to think,
         AmWhat (x02210@1)the future will bring,
           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)      E7When (020130@1)we're living in gangster time.

(Spoken):

Don't call me scar face!

Interlude:

    Ae|--------------------------------| (x02220@1)B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)

Solo:

(Guitar plays):

Am (x02210@1)G# (xx1114@1)Am(x3), (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)E7 (020130@1)e|--------------------------------|
B|--5------------5-6-5------------|
G|------8--5--8--------8-5-4-2-0--|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------| (x3)

e|--5--5-5-5--5--5-8--8-8-8--8--8--|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Verse 3:

Am (x02210@1)         G# (xx1114@1)           Am (x02210@1)Can't inter-rupt while I'm talking,
                      G# (xx1114@1)         AmOr (x02210@1)they'll confiscate all your gui-tars,
                      G# (xx1114@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)catch 22 says, if I sing the truth;
           D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)       E7They (020130@1)won't make me an overnight star.

Verse 4:

      Am (x02210@1)     G# (xx1114@1)      AmDon't (x02210@1)offer us legal pro-tection,
                 G# (xx1114@1)      AmThey (x02210@1)use the law to commit crime.
                      G#And (xx1114@1)I dread, dread to think,
         AmWhat (x02210@1)the future will bring,
           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)      E7When (020130@1)we're living in gangster time.
(Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)

Outro:

    Ae|--------------------------------| (x02220@1)B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x8)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A (x02220@1)     Am (x02210@1)    G# (xx1114@1)    D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)     E7 (020130@1)    G (320003@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx7655  xxx555  xx6544  xx7775  xx5553  xxx454  xx5433


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)