...A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY... by The Specials
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*from 'The Specials' (1979)*

(Originally by Dandy Livingstone)


x = mute strings with hand


Intro:

      C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)      Ge|--x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x--5-x-5-x--7-x-7--| (320003@1)B|--x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x--6-x-6-x--8-x-8--|
G|--x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x--5-x-5-x--7-x-7--|
D|--x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------| (x4)

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Stop your messin' around,
C (x32010@1)                          F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Better think of your future.
C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)Time you straightened right out,
         GCreatin' (320003@1)problems in town.

Chorus 1:

   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    CRu-dy, (x32010@1)a message to you Ru-dy;
  F (133211@1)        GA (320003@1)message to you.

Interlude:

C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G(x2) (320003@1)
Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)                       F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Stop your foolin' around,
C (x32010@1)                               F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Time you straightened right out.
C (x32010@1)Better think of your future,
F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Or else you'll wind up in jail.

Chorus 2:

   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    CRu-dy, (x32010@1)a message to you Ru-dy;
  F (133211@1)        GA (320003@1)message to you.

Solo:

C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G(x4) (320003@1)
Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Stop your messin' around,
C (x32010@1)                          F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Better think of your future.
C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)Time you straightened right out,
         GCreatin' (320003@1)problems in town.

Chorus 3:

   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    CRu-dy, (x32010@1)a message to you Ru-dy;
  F (133211@1)        GA (320003@1)message to you.

Verse 4:

C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Stop your messin' around,
C (x32010@1)                          F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Better think of your future.
C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)Time you straightened right out,
         GCreatin' (320003@1)problems in town.

Chorus 4:

   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    CRu-dy, (x32010@1)a message to you Ru-dy;
  F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)     CA (x32010@1)message to you, Ru-dy;

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)     G (320003@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx5553  xxx565  xxx787


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)