{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":756463,"song":"Gangsters","artist":"The Specials","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/756463-gangsters-chords-by-the-specials/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/756463?type=chord","rating":4.76395,"votes":90,"content":"...GANGSTERS... by The Specials\r\n---------------................\r\n\r\n*Released 1979*\r\n\r\n(modified from Winston Campbell's original tab: jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab](Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)\r\n    [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------------|\r\nD|-----------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------|\r\nE|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Why must you record my phone calls?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G#[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAre you planning a bootleg LP?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n You Said you've been threatened by gangsters[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow it's you that's threatening me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G#[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Can't fight corruption with con tricks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G#[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey use the law to commit crime.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G#[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I dread, dread to think, what the future will bring,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen we're living in gangster time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Don't call me Scarface)\r\n\r\n[tab][Bridge]\r\n    [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------------|\r\nD|-----------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------|\r\nE|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n(Guitar plays):\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (x3), [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------|\r\nB|--5------------5-6-5-------------|\r\nG|------8--5--8---------8-5-4-2-0--|\r\nD|---------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------| (x3)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--5--5-5-5--5--5-8--8-8-8--8--8--|\r\nB|---------------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|\r\nB|---------------------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Don't interrupt while I'm talking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G#[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr they'll confiscate all your guitars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA catch 22 says, if I sing the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]           c          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThey won't make me an overnight star.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]       \r\nDon't offer us legal protection,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G#[/ch]       \r\nThey use the law to commit crime.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I dread, to think, what the future will bring,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen we're living in real gangster time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------------|\r\nD|-----------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------|\r\nE|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n ........................[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n 577655  577555  466544  x57775  x35553  x79797  355433\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...GANGSTERS... by The Specials\n---------------................\n\n*Released 1979*\n\n(modified from Winston Campbell's original tab: jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu)\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Don't call me Scarface)\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n(Guitar plays):\n\nAm  G#  Am (x3), D  C  E7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   A       Am      G#      D       C       E7      G\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\n 577655  577555  466544  x57775  x35553  x79797  355433\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["A","B","G","D","E","Am","G#","C","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}