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Robin Campbell`s Lead/Reggae Guitar & Ali Campbell`s Rhythm/Reggae Guitar and their Lyrics for UB40`s 'Watchdogs' single taken from the 1986 album 'Rat In The Kitchen'. (NOTE):The two Guitars play a different Chord & style for the Verse`s & Saxophone instrumentals but play the same for the Chorus`s.In the Verse Robin sort of plays like a ka-chunk-chunk chunk-a-chunk(for lack of a better way to describe it?playing A & Bm it`s easy to pick out as it`s the dominant Guitar). Ali play`s a soft staccato chop on the 2nd & 4th beat playing A & D, (D being the relative major of Robin`s Bm)I`ll leave an example of both together on the intro. For the Chorus`s they both play in the Reggae style using the same Chords. [G1 = Robin`s Guitar] [G2 = Ali`s Guitar]

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[Intro] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D [Verse One]

^A You tried^Bm to close your e^Aars, ^Bm ^A And you ^Bmtried to close your ^Aeyes, ^Bm ^A But the bl^Bmasphemies keep ^Acomi^Bmng, ^A ^BmTempting you with ^Alies. ^Bm

[Chorus One]

^D Give thanks for your pro^Atection,^D Your watchdogs of^A the night, ^D Who hold the hungry wo^Alves at bay,^D And keep them out of ^Esight,Out ^Dof sight.

[Verse Two]

^A You just ^Bmdon`t underst^Aand it^Bm, ^A But it st^Bmrikes a distant ^Achord, ^Bm ^A So you look^Bm for a way of es^Acaping,^Bm ^A And sa^Bmnity`s resto^Ared. ^Bm

[Chorus Two]

^D Give thanks for your pro^Atection,^D Your watchdogs of^A the night, ^D Who hold the hungry wo^Alves at bay,^D And keep them out of ^Esight,Out o^Df sight.

[Verse Three]

^A You fo^Bmcus your dir^Aecti^Bmon, ^A Cloak ti^Bm7ghtly pulled ar^Aound, ^Bm ^A But som^Bmewhere in the ^Adistan^Bmce, ^A You can ^Bmhear a haunting so^Aund. ^Bm

[Chorus Three]

^D Give thanks for your pro^Atection,^D Your watchdogs of^A the night, ^D Who hold the hungry wo^Alves at bay,^D And keep them out of ^Esight,out o^Df sight.

[Saxophone Middle] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm [Chorus Four]

^D Give thanks for your pro^Atection,^D Your watchdogs of^A the night, ^D Who hold the hungry wo^Alves at bay,^D And keep them out of ^Esight,Out o^Df sight.

[Verse Four]

^A You`re of in ^Bmdanger of co^Arrupt^Bmion, ^A And you`re a^Bmlways running sc^Aared, ^Bm ^A You cannot^Bm make dec^Aisions^Bm, ^A You`re co^Bmmpletely u^Anprepared. ^Bm

[Chorus Five]

^D Give thanks for your pro^Atection,^D Your watchdogs of^A the night, ^D Who hold the hungry wo^Alves at bay,^D And keep them out of ^Esight,Out o^Df sight.

[Outro] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm [`Till Fade] D A D A D A D E D

Ub40 - Watchdogs