Stereotype

Date: Wed 13 Sep 95 16:37:00 EDT From: Winston Campbell Subject: STEREOTYPE 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 excuse me if the lyrics are screwed up it is so difficult to understand what he is saying.  Oh well here it is: He’s just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He has girls every night And he doesn’t really exist Aaah....                                                   He spends his weekends with a load of blokes He forgets the punchline when he tells a joke He wants to stay out he doesn’t want to go home Till his nicotined fingers are stuck down his throat He’s just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He drives home pissed at night And he listens to his stereo Aaah....                                                   He blamed his fiancee when he caught VD The doctor said no drink for seventeen weeks He wants to go out but he has to stay home So he watches colour TV on his own He’s just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He drives home pissed at night And he listens to his stereo The tablets are finished The cure is complete He hasn’t had a  drink for se-ve-en-teen weeks Se-venteen pints to-night is the night Goes straight to his head he ends up in a  fight The polices chase him through a dark rainy night Fluorescent jam sandwich with flashing blue lights His mom’s waking up she hopes he’s alright But he’s wrapped round the lampost on Saturday night He’s just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He has girls every night And he doesn’t really exist Aaah....                                                   About the bridge I think I am pretty close.  It is just too weird.  Anyway to make this more understandable here is the way how I play the chords:     ----------- 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 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)