Stereotype chords by The Specials

Chords with lyrics

Stereotype (Dammers)


Basically, I will transcribe the chord progression. This song is so strange
because it changes keys and because of all the different instruments in it.
Please escuse me if the lyrics are screwed up, it is so difficult to
understand what he is saying. Oh, well, here it is:

A minorAm     DmDm
He~s just ....
A minorAm      DmDm
He drinks his ....
A minorAm      DmDm
He has girls ...
    C majorC    BB    E MajorE
And he doesn~t ....

A minorAm    DmDm   A minorAm   DmDm   A minorAm    DmDm   C majorC  BB  E MajorE
Aaah....

  FF            E MajorE
He spends his weekends ...
  FF             E MajorE
He forgets the punchline ...
  FF               E MajorE
He wants to stay out, he ....
     C majorC    C#C#     D MajorD
Till his prickly fingers are .....

DmDm     G+G
He~s just ....
C# minorC#m      F#F#
He drinks his ....
C minorCm       FF
He drives home ....
    Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb    C majorC
And he listens to ....

A minorAm    DmDm   A minorAm   DmDm   A minorAm    DmDm   C majorC  BB  E MajorE
Aaah....

  FF           E MajorE
He drank his fiancee ....
  FF            E MajorE
The doctor said no drink ....
  FF           E MajorE
He wants to go out but ...
   C majorC    C#C#   D MajorD
So he watches colour ....

DmDm     G+G
He~s just ...
C# minorC#m      F#F#
He drinks his ....
C minorCm       FF
He drives home .....
    Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb    C majorC
And he listens to ....

A minorAm

  B* B*  B* B*   B*
The toplets ...
B* C*  D* C* B*
The cure .....
B* A*   B* A* G*  A* G* A* G* F*  E*
He hasn~t had a drink ....
B* B* B*  B* B* B* C* D* C* B*
Se-venteen punks to ....
B*  A*    B* A* G*  A* G*  A* G* F* E*
Goes straight to his head, ....

  FF              E MajorE
The polices chase him ....
  FF        E MajorE
The rest of... with....
  FF          E MajorE
His mom~s waking up....
     C majorC       C#C#       D MajorD
But he~s wrapped round the ....

DmDm     G+G
He~s just a s....
C# minorC#m      F#F#
He drinks ....
C minorCm      FF
He has girls ....
    Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb   C majorC
And he doesn~....

A minorAm    DmDm   A minorAm   DmDm   A minorAm    DmDm   C majorC  BB  E MajorE
Aaah....

About the bridge, I think I am pretty close. It is just too weird. Anyway,
to make this more understandable, here i the way how I play the chords:

  E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE
  -----------
A minorAm x 0 2 2 1 0
DmDm x x 0 2 3 1
C majorC  x 3 2 0 1 0
BB  x 2 4 4 4 x
E MajorE  0 2 2 1 0 0
FF  1 3 3 2 1 1
C#C# x 4 3 0 2 x <--- notice that this is not really the C#C# chord
D MajorD  x x 0 2 3 2
G+G  3 2 0 0 3 3
C# minorC#m x 4 6 6 5 4
F#F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
C minorCm x 3 5 5 4 3
B* x 2 4 x x x
C* x 3 5 x x x
D* x 5 7 x x x
A* 5 7 x x x x
G* 3 5 x x x x
F* 1 3 x x x x
E* 0 2 x x x x
Eb MajorEb x 6 8 8 8 x
Bb majorBb 6 8 8 7 x x


(This is just the basic transcription. I hope I came close to the actual
song. I know the lyrics did not come that close but oh well. Comments,
criticisms, praises, feel free to email. Bye-bye)