x...GANGSTERS... by The Specials ---------------................ *Released 1979* (modified from Winston Campbell's original tab: [email protected]) Intro: (Spoken): Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue! A e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| 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# Am And I dread, dread to think, what the future will bring, C G E7 When we're living in gangster time. (Spoken): Don't call me scar face! Interlude: A e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2) Solo: (Guitar plays): Am G# Am (x3), D C E7 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 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# Am And I dread, dread to think, what the future will bring, C G E7 When we're living in gangster time. (Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!) Outro: A e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x8) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- A Am G# D C E7 G EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 577655 577555 466544 x57775 x35553 x79797 355433 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
