Song: Gangsters
Artist: The Specials
Composer: Gerry Dammers

Tabbed by DJ  29th April 2019

[Riff]
   A5   G5   E
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B|------------
G|------------
D|-(7)--(5)--(
A|-(7---(5)--(
E|--5----3----

5   G5     A  
--------|-----
--------|-----
--------|--6-6
2)--(5)-|--7-7
2)--(5)-|-----
0----3--|-----

    G      Em 
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--6-4--4---0-0
--7-5--5---2-2
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  G
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--4--| [x2]
--5--|
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IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.

A5 = 577xxx    D  = x57775    E *  = xx2100
G5 = 355xxx    C  = x35553    E7/D = xx0100
E5 = 022xxx    E  = 022100    E7/C = x30100
Am = 577555    G  = 355433    E7/B = x20100
G# = 466544    Em = 022000

^ = Emphasise the beats    N.C. = No chords

Please take a second to swipe down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
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[Intro]
 N.C.
(Bernie Rhodes knows!  Don't argue!)

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[Verse 1]
           
Why must you r

#        
ecord my phone

 calls?
            
Are you planni

            
ng a bootleg L

  
. P.?
            
Said you've be

            
en threatened 

   
by gangsters,
             
Now it's you t

             
hat's threaten

            
ing me   |  / 

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[Verse 2]
            
Can't fight co

            
r - ruption wi

   
th con tricks,
            
They use the l

           
aw to commit c


rime,
            
And I dread...

            
 dread to thin

            
k, what the fu

ture'll bring,
             
When we're liv

             
ing in gangste

   
r time
  *      
(Don't call me

     
 'Scar - face'

!)

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[Bridge - See bottom of page for tablature of solo]
          
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[Verse 3]
            
Don't inter - 

            
rupt while I'm

 
 talking,
            
Or they'll con

            
fiscate all yo

         
ur gui - tars,
          
And 'Catch 22'

          
 says, if I si

ng the truth,
             
They won't mak

             
e me an overni

       *   
ght star

[Verse 4]
            
Don't offer us

           
 legal pro - t


ection,
      ^        ^           ^
            
They use the l

           
aw to commit c


rimes,
      ^          ^          ^
            
And I dread to

            
 think what th

  
e future'll br

ing,
      ^        ^              ^
             
When we're liv

             
ing  ...in rea

           
l gangster tim

e
  *          
(Bernie Rhodes

          
 knows!  Don't

   
 ar -  gue!)

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[Coda]
             
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                 ^ ^    ^  ^        ^
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[Bridge - Guitar solo]   h = hammer-on   ~ = Vibrato


   Am   G#    
e|------------
B|-~5---4---4-
G|--------5---
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

    Am
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-|--5-h6-5----
-|----------7-
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5---------|
--7-5-4---| [x3]
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    D         
e|------------
B|-~10--~10---
G|----12---12-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

            C
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~10-----|--~13
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---~13---~13--
15----15------
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    E         
e|-~12-10-~12-
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

           E  
10-~12--|-~12-
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 E7/D E7/C E7/
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10------------
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