...GHOST TOWN... by The Specials
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*Released 1981*


Intro:

Cdim  C#dim  Ddim  D#dim  Edim  Fdim

Cm  G7b9 (x2), Cm  D  G7b9, Csus2  G
Cm  G7b9 (x2), Bbm6  Bbm, E

Verse 1:

Cm         G7b9              Cm         G7b9
 This town, is coming like a ghost town.
Cm                 G7b9         Cm   G7b9
 All the clubs are being closed down.
Cm          G7b9              Cm         G7b9
 This place, is coming like a ghost town.
Bbm6   Bbm           E
 Bands won't play no more; too much fighting on the dance floor.

Interlude:

Cm              Cm/maj          Cm7                     Cm6
 La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
   Bdim7 Bb7                 Cm  G7#9
La la...  la la la la la la, la.

Cm              Cm/maj          Cm7                     Cm6
 La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
   Bdim7 Bb7                 Cm  G7b9
La la...  la la la la la la, la.

Break:

Cdim  C#dim  Ddim  D#dim  Edim  Fdim

Bridge 1:

F#/C#      C#         F#/C#    C#              F#
 Do you re–member the good old days before the ghost town?
   F#/C#      C#          F#/C# C#                 F#        G7
We danced and sang as the music played in our dear boom town.

Interlude:

Cm  G7b9 (x2), Cm  D  G7b9, Csus2  G
Cm  G7b9 (x2), Bbm6  Bbm, E

Verse 2:

Cm         G7b9              Cm
 This town, is coming like a ghost town.
             G7b9                     Cm      D  G7b9
Why must the youth fight against them–selves?
Csus2                   G
 Government leaving the youth on the shelf.
Cm          G7b9              Cm
 This place, is coming like a ghost town.
             G7b9
No job to be found in this country.
Bbm6   Bbm      E
 Can't go on no more; the people getting angry.

Interlude:

Cm              Cm/maj          Cm7                     Cm6
 La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
   Bdim7 Bb7                 Cm  G7#9
La la...  la la la la la la, la.

Cm              Cm/maj          Cm7                     Cm6
 La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
   Bdim7 Bb7                 Cm  G7b9
La la...  la la la la la la, la.

Coda:

Cm          G7b9               Cm
 This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Cm          G7b9               Cm
 This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Cm          G7b9               Cm
 This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Cm          (n.C)
 This town... is comin' like a ghost town.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Cdim   C#dim    Ddim   D#dim    Edim    Fdim     Cm     G7b9

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx1212  xx2323  xx3434  xx4545  xx5656  xx6767  x35543  353434

   D      Csus2    G      Bbm6     Bbm     E     Cm/maj    Cm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  x35533  355433  x1x021  x13321  022100  x35443  x35343

   Cm6    Bdim7    Bb7    G7#9    F#/C#    C#      F#      G7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x3x243  x23131  x13131  xx3244  x44322  x46664  244322  353433


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2011 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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