Misc Mashups – The Specials - Rudy - The Tide Is High (Guitar)

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[Intro]
C                F        G
| x  C  x  C  | x  F  x  F | x  G  x  G |
(repeat 2x, or play trombone riff from original) [Verse 1] (Rudy)
C                        F   G
Stop your messin' around

C                            F   G
Better think of your future

C                                F         G           C   F   G
Time you straightened right out, creatin' problems in town
[Chorus] (Rudy)
C     F          G
Rudy, a message to you

C     F          G
Rudy, a message to you
[Verse 2] (Rudy)
C                         F   G
Stop your foolin' around

C                                F   G
Time you straightened right out

C                            F               G          C   F   G
Better think of your future, or else you'll wind up in jail
[Instrumental Break] (Rudy) (Play the riff or continue with CF–G skank for 8 bars) Then slowly ease into “Tide is High” feel — let tempo mellow slightly] [Verse 1] (The Tide is High)
C                          F       G
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on

C                    F      G
I'm gonna be your number one

C                      F            G          C       F  G
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no
[Verse 2] (Tide)
C                                       F     G
It's not the things you do that tease and hurt me bad

C                                       F     G
But it's the way you do the things you do to me

C                      F            G           C      F  G
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no
[Bridge] (Tide)
C                       F      G
Ev'ry girl wants you to be her man

C                                F      G
But I'll wait my dear, till it's my turn

C                      F            G           C     F  G
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no
[Chorus] (Tide)
C                         F       G
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on

C                    F      G
I'm gonna be your number one

F           G
Number one...
[Verse 3] (Rudy)
C                         F   G
Stop your messin' around

C                            F   G
Better think of your future

C                                F         G           C   F   G
Time you straightened right out, creatin' problems in town
[Chorus] (Mixed)
C     F          G
Rudy, a message to you
[The tide is high.....]
C     F          G
Rudy, a message to you
[The tide is high....] [Outro] Option 1: Trombone riff over CFG Option 2: Fade out on “Number one... Rudy…”]