...GANGSTERS... by The Specials ---------------................ *Released 1979* (modified from Winston Campbell's original tab: Intro: (Spoken): Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue! e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2) Verse 1: Why must you record my phone calls? Are you planning a bootleg L-P? Said you've been threatened by gangsters; Now it's you that's threatening me. Verse 2: Can't fight cor-ruption with con tricks, They use the law to commit crime. And I dread, dread to think, What the future will bring, When we're living in gangster time. (Spoken): Don't call me scar face! Interlude: e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2) Solo: (Guitar plays): (x3), 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: Can't inter-rupt while I'm talking, Or they'll confiscate all your gui-tars, And catch 22 says, if I sing the truth; They won't make me an overnight star. Verse 4: Don't offer us legal pro-tection, They use the law to commit crime. And I dread, dread to think, What the future will bring, When we're living in gangster time. (Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!) Outro: e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--5--3--0--3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x8) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx7655 xxx555 xx6544 xx7775 xx5553 xxx454 xx5433