Gangsters - The Specials
Intro + Kazoo:
[A] [A] [A] [A]
[Verse 1]
Am G# Am
Why must you record my phone calls?
G# Am
Are you planning a bootleg L P?
Am G# Am
You Said you've been threatened by gangsters
D C E7
Now it's you that's threatening me.
[Verse 2]
Am G# Am
Can't fight cor-ruption with con tricks,
G# Am
They use the law to commit crime.
G# Am
And I dread, dread to think, what the future will bring,
C G E7
When we're living in gangster time.
(Don't call me Scarface)
Intro + Kazoo:
[A] [A] [A] [A]
[Solo]
(Am) (G#) (Am) x3,
(D) (C) (E7) (E7)
[Verse 3]
Am G# Am
Don't inter-rupt while I'm talking,
G# Am
Or they'll confiscate all your gui-tars,
G# Am
A catch twenty two says, if I sing the truth
C G E7
They won't make me an overnight star.
[Verse 4]
Don't [Am*] offer us [G#*] legal [Am*] protection,
They [Am*] use the law [G#*] to commit [Am*] crime.
And I [Am*] dread, to [G#*] think, what the [Am*] future will bring,
C G E7
When we're living in real gangster time. [E7]
Kazoo Outro:
[A] [A] [A] [A]
[A - Single Strum]