JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band asal Inggris, The Specials, melantunkan lagu berjudul “Gangsters” pada tahun 1979.
Lagu yang diproduseri oleh Elvis Costello tersebut direkam di TW Studios, Fulham, London.
“Gangsters” merupakan bagian dari debut album pertama band yang bertajuk The Specials.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Gangsters” dari The Specials.
[Intro]
(Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)
A
(x2)
[Verse 1]
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.
[Verse 2]
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 (x2)
[Solo]
(Gitar):
Am G# Am (x3), D C E7
[Verse 3]
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.
[Verse 4]
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 (x2)
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