Chords for The Specials / Specials 1979 (2-Tone)
Tempo:
113.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
D
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Some message to you why [F] the specials [G] LP's [C] it's special and you know, I made
[Bb] That [D] album [F] first album and [Gm] brilliant.
I mean Terry all genius
[C] [F] [C] It's where I started to live where I learned [G] to dance thing this style I learned to dance in it's [C] me read by down the sun
[Dm] [G]
[C] When we started [F] recording the [G] album [C]
it was a typical sort of
Late night [Dm] drinking [G] album [C] Neutrality [F] [G] wasn't
greatest asset [C] really but I was was very [F] keen [G] because
Two [C] years before that [G] I was on a building site and [N] I think the only ambition I had was to cut hair
Not on the building site.
I wanted to get off the building site to cut her
Well Elvis Costello produced that I'm there and I think they really captured the sound which is very unusual
To capture the sound of what it was like live.
[F] [Ab] I
Don't think I'd ever met a famous person before
[F] We met Elvis and then we'd be in a pub with him and the beast of a crowd of people
[Db] crowding around staring at [Gb] him
[Db]
There [G] [C] are songs from the album [N] I remember I like playing live
Like nightclub was always [Bb] pretty good
[Eb] Nightclub [Bb]
[Eb] [C] captured I think what [F] we were about and [Cm] it was raucous and [Fm] everybody was drunk [Cm] and
It's me [F] captured what [Cm] country was [F] about
[Cm] My [E] [G] favorite line in that song is I want dance in a club [Bm] like this
[E]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [Am] [D] [Gm]
[Abm] [Ab] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] We [G]
[A] [Gbm] [G]
[Dm]
[D] [G]
[A] [D] [G] [A] do
In the last two or three years I've become aware [D] the impact that the [Dbm] first specials album [Dm] made and [Db] that's by meeting
other musicians [D] who reference your album as a as [Ab] an influence, [E] I was like the [A] Libertines and
Blur and [Fm] it's [Gm] rewarding.
It means [D] that people listened and took something from it
After
[Bb] That [D] album [F] first album and [Gm] brilliant.
I mean Terry all genius
[C] [F] [C] It's where I started to live where I learned [G] to dance thing this style I learned to dance in it's [C] me read by down the sun
[Dm] [G]
[C] When we started [F] recording the [G] album [C]
it was a typical sort of
Late night [Dm] drinking [G] album [C] Neutrality [F] [G] wasn't
greatest asset [C] really but I was was very [F] keen [G] because
Two [C] years before that [G] I was on a building site and [N] I think the only ambition I had was to cut hair
Not on the building site.
I wanted to get off the building site to cut her
Well Elvis Costello produced that I'm there and I think they really captured the sound which is very unusual
To capture the sound of what it was like live.
[F] [Ab] I
Don't think I'd ever met a famous person before
[F] We met Elvis and then we'd be in a pub with him and the beast of a crowd of people
[Db] crowding around staring at [Gb] him
[Db]
There [G] [C] are songs from the album [N] I remember I like playing live
Like nightclub was always [Bb] pretty good
[Eb] Nightclub [Bb]
[Eb] [C] captured I think what [F] we were about and [Cm] it was raucous and [Fm] everybody was drunk [Cm] and
It's me [F] captured what [Cm] country was [F] about
[Cm] My [E] [G] favorite line in that song is I want dance in a club [Bm] like this
[E]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [Am] [D] [Gm]
[Abm] [Ab] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] We [G]
[A] [Gbm] [G]
[Dm]
[D] [G]
[A] [D] [G] [A] do
In the last two or three years I've become aware [D] the impact that the [Dbm] first specials album [Dm] made and [Db] that's by meeting
other musicians [D] who reference your album as a as [Ab] an influence, [E] I was like the [A] Libertines and
Blur and [Fm] it's [Gm] rewarding.
It means [D] that people listened and took something from it
After
Key:
G
C
F
D
Dm
G
C
F
[C] Some message to you why _ _ _ _ [F] the specials [G] LP's [C] it's special and you know, I made
[Bb] That _ _ [D] album [F] first album and [Gm] brilliant.
I mean Terry all genius _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] It's where I started to live where I learned [G] to dance thing this style I learned to dance in it's [C] me read by down the sun
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] When we started [F] recording the [G] album [C]
it _ was a typical sort of
_ Late night [Dm] drinking [G] album _ [C] _ Neutrality [F] _ _ [G] wasn't
greatest asset [C] really but I was was very [F] keen [G] because
Two [C] years before that [G] I was on a building site and _ [N] I think the only ambition I had was to cut hair _
Not on the building site.
I wanted to get off the building site to cut her _ _
Well Elvis Costello produced that I'm there and I think they really captured the sound which is very unusual
To capture the sound of what it was like live. _
[F] _ _ [Ab] I
Don't think I'd ever met a famous person before
[F] We met Elvis and then we'd be in a pub with him and the beast of a crowd of people
[Db] crowding around staring at [Gb] him
_ [Db] _
There _ _ [G] _ [C] _ are songs from the album [N] I remember I like playing live
_ Like nightclub was always [Bb] pretty good
_ _ [Eb] Nightclub _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [C] captured I think what [F] we were about and [Cm] it was raucous and [Fm] everybody was drunk [Cm] and
It's me [F] captured what [Cm] country was [F] about _
[Cm] _ _ My [E] _ [G] favorite line in that song is I want dance in a club [Bm] like this
_ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Abm] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ We [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] do
In the last two or three years I've become aware [D] the impact that the [Dbm] first specials album [Dm] made and [Db] that's by meeting
other musicians [D] who reference your album as a as [Ab] an influence, [E] I was like the [A] Libertines and
Blur and [Fm] it's [Gm] rewarding.
It means [D] that people listened and took something from it
_ _ _ After _
[Bb] That _ _ [D] album [F] first album and [Gm] brilliant.
I mean Terry all genius _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] It's where I started to live where I learned [G] to dance thing this style I learned to dance in it's [C] me read by down the sun
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] When we started [F] recording the [G] album [C]
it _ was a typical sort of
_ Late night [Dm] drinking [G] album _ [C] _ Neutrality [F] _ _ [G] wasn't
greatest asset [C] really but I was was very [F] keen [G] because
Two [C] years before that [G] I was on a building site and _ [N] I think the only ambition I had was to cut hair _
Not on the building site.
I wanted to get off the building site to cut her _ _
Well Elvis Costello produced that I'm there and I think they really captured the sound which is very unusual
To capture the sound of what it was like live. _
[F] _ _ [Ab] I
Don't think I'd ever met a famous person before
[F] We met Elvis and then we'd be in a pub with him and the beast of a crowd of people
[Db] crowding around staring at [Gb] him
_ [Db] _
There _ _ [G] _ [C] _ are songs from the album [N] I remember I like playing live
_ Like nightclub was always [Bb] pretty good
_ _ [Eb] Nightclub _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [C] captured I think what [F] we were about and [Cm] it was raucous and [Fm] everybody was drunk [Cm] and
It's me [F] captured what [Cm] country was [F] about _
[Cm] _ _ My [E] _ [G] favorite line in that song is I want dance in a club [Bm] like this
_ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Abm] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ We [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] do
In the last two or three years I've become aware [D] the impact that the [Dbm] first specials album [Dm] made and [Db] that's by meeting
other musicians [D] who reference your album as a as [Ab] an influence, [E] I was like the [A] Libertines and
Blur and [Fm] it's [Gm] rewarding.
It means [D] that people listened and took something from it
_ _ _ After _