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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 95 16:37:00 EDT From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu> Subject: STEREOTYPE by The Specials Stereotype (Dammers) Basically, I will transcribe the chord progression. This song is so strange because it changes keys and because of all the different instruments in it. Please escuse me if the lyrics are screwed up, it is so difficult to understand what he is saying. Oh, well, here it is:
AmHe~s just a Dmstereotype AmHe drinks his Dmaging wines AmHe has girls Dmevery night And he Cdoesn~t Breally eExist
AmAaah.... Dm Am Dm Am Dm C B E He Fspends his weekends with Ewhatever floats He Fforgets the punchline when Ehe tells a joke He Fwants to stay out, he doesn~t Ewant to go home Till his Cprickly C#fingers are Dstuck down his throat
DmHe~s just a Gstereotype C#mHe drinks his F#aging wines CmHe drives home Fpissed at night And he Eblistens to Bbthis ever Chour
AmAaah.... Dm Am Dm Am Dm C B E He Fdrank his fiancee when Ehe went his peak The Fdoctor said no drink for Eseventeen weeks He Fwants to go out but he Ehas to stay home So he Cwatches C#colour TDV on his own
DmHe~s just a Gstereotype C#mHe drinks his F#aging wines CmHe drives home Fpissed at night And he Eblistens to Bbhis stereCo
Am B* B* B* B* B* The toplets are finished B* C* D* C* B* The cure is complete B* A* B* A* G* A* G* A* G* F* E* He hasn~t had a drink for se-ve-en-teen weeks B* B* B* B* B* B* C* D* C* B* Se-venteen punks to li-mit his night B* A* B* A* G* A* G* A* G* F* E* Goes straight to his head, he ends up in a fight
The Fpolices chase him through a Edark rainy night The Frest of... with Eflashing lights His Fmom~s waking up, she Ehopes he~s alright But he~s Cwrapped round C#the lampost on DSaturday night
DmHe~s just a Gstereotype C#mHe drinks his F#aging wines CmHe has girls Fevery night And he Ebdoesn~t Bbreally eCxist
AmAaah.... Dm Am Dm Am Dm C B E About the bridge, I think I am pretty close. It is just too weird. Anyway, to make this more understandable, here i the way how I play the chords:
E A D G B E ----------- Am x 0 2 2 1 0 Dm x x 0 2 3 1 C x 3 2 0 1 0 B x 2 4 4 4 x E 0 2 2 1 0 0 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 C# x 4 3 0 2 x <--- notice that this is not really the C# chord D x x 0 2 3 2 G 3 2 0 0 3 3 C#m x 4 6 6 5 4 F# 2 4 4 3 2 2 Cm x 3 5 5 4 3 B* x 2 4 x x x C* x 3 5 x x x D* x 5 7 x x x A* 5 7 x x x x G* 3 5 x x x x F* 1 3 x x x x E* 0 2 x x x x Eb x 6 8 8 8 x Bb 6 8 8 7 x x (This is just the basic transcription. I hope I came close to the actual song. I know the lyrics did not come that close but oh well. Comments, criticisms, praises, feel free to email. Bye-bye)