the Specials
Gangsters

Song : 
E
Intro:
A

Am            G#        Am
 Why must you record my phone calls?
                   G#       Am
Are you planning a bootleg LP?
Am                    G#            Am
 You Said you've been threatened by gangsters
         D          C           E7
Now it's you that's threatening me.
 

Am              G#           Am
 Can't fight corruption 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
 
Bridge :
    A

Guitar :
 
Am   G#   Am 
Am   G#   Am 
Am   G#   Am 
 D   C    E7

Am          G#             Am
 Don't interrupt while I'm talking,
                      G#          Am
Or they'll confiscate all your guitars,
         G#         Am
A catch 22 says, if I sing the truth
           c          G         E7
They won't make me an overnight star.
 

  Am           G#
Don't offer us legal protection,
     Am          G#
They use the law to commit crime.
    G#              Am
And I dread, to think, what the future will bring,
      C              G             E7
When we're living in real gangster time.
 
Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!
 
Outro :
 
 A