...GANGSTERS... by The Specials ---------------................ *Released 1979* (modified from Winston Campbell's original tab: jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu) 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 Why must you ^G#record my ^Amphone calls? Are you planning a ^G#bootleg L-^AmP?

^Am Said you've been ^G#threatened by ^Amgangsters; Now it's ^Dyou that's ^Cthreatening ^E7me.

Verse 2:

^Am Can't fight cor-^G#ruption with ^Amcon tricks, They use the law ^G#to commit ^Amcrime. And I dread, dread to ^G#think, what the ^Amfuture will bring, When we're ^Cliving in ^Ggangster ^E7time.

(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 Can't inter-^G#rupt while I'm ^Amtalking, Or they'll confiscate ^G#all your gui-^Amtars, And catch 22 says, if ^G#I sing the ^Amtruth; They won't ^Dmake me an ^Covernight ^E7star.

Verse 4:

Don't ^Amoffer us ^G#legal pro-^Amtection, They use the law ^G#to commit ^Amcrime. And I dread, dread to ^G#think, what the ^Amfuture will bring, When we're ^Cliving in ^Ggangster ^E7time. (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 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Specials - Gangsters