Stereotype chords by The Specials

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:

Am          Dm
He~s just ....
Am            Dm
He drinks his ....
Am           Dm
He has girls ...
       C       B       E
And he doesn~t ....

Am        Dm      Am      Dm      Am       Dm     C   B   E
Aaah....

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

Dm          G
He~s just ....
C#m           F#
He drinks his ....
Cm             F
He drives home ....
       Eb         Bb        C
And he listens to ....

Am        Dm      Am      Dm      Am       Dm     C   B   E
Aaah....

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

Dm          G
He~s just ...
C#m           F#
He drinks his ....
Cm             F
He drives home .....
       Eb         Bb       C
And he listens to ....

Am

    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, ....

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

Dm          G
He~s just a s....
C#m           F#
He drinks ....
Cm           F
He has girls ....
       Eb      Bb      C
And he doesn~....

Am        Dm      Am      Dm      Am       Dm     C   B   E
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 A D G B E
    -----------
Am  x 0 2 2 1 0
Dm  x x 0 2 3 1
C   x 3 2 0 1 0
B   x 2 4 4 4 x
E   0 2 2 1 0 0
F   1 3 3 2 1 1
C#  x 4 3 0 2 x <--- notice that this is not really the C# chord
D   x x 0 2 3 2
G   3 2 0 0 3 3
C#m x 4 6 6 5 4
F#  2 4 4 3 2 2
Cm  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  x 6 8 8 8 x
Bb  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)