The Specials – Ghost Town (Guitar Tab)

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With much yrespect to the many talented tabbers that put work into the existing tabs for this song (and these tabs are perfectly serviceable), but in my humble opinion they made a lot of bizarre and sometimes outright wrong voicing choices. After watching a lot of videos of The Specials playing this song live, as well as the helpful YouTube video that I will list below, I believe this is the most accurate and fulfilling way to play this song. There are two guitar parts, but this is how I would suggest playing with one guitar.

[Intro]
e|-5-----6------7--8--9--10--|
B|-4-----5------6--7--8---9--|
G|-5-----6------7--8--9--10--|
D|(4)---(5)----(6)(7)(8)-(9)-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

[Verse]
e|-8---8---7---7---|
B|-8---8---6---6---|
G|-8---8---7---7---|   x6
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

e|--9----9----9----9--|
B|-11---11---11---11--|
G|-10---10---10---10--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

e|-12---12---12---12--|
B|-12---12---12---12--|
G|-13---13---13---13--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

[Chorus]
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|---0-------|---0-------|---0-------|---0-------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3-------3-|-2-------2-|-1-------1-|-0-------0-|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

e|----------|-----------|-----------|-7------------|
B|----------|-----------|-----------|-6------------|
G|----------|-----------|-----------|-7------------|
D|----------|---------3-|-5h6p5-----|-6------------|
A|----------|-----2-5---|-----------|--------------|
E|-4--------|-3-4-------|-----------|--------------|

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|---0-------|---0-------|---0-------|---0-------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3-------3-|-2-------2-|-1-------1-|-0-------0-|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

e|----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
B|----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
G|----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
D|----------|---------3-|-5h6p5-----|-1p0----------|
A|----------|-----2-5---|-----------|-----3p1------|
E|-4--------|-3-4-------|-----------|---------3----|

[Bridge] C# F# do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? C# F# G7 we danced and sang as the music played in our dear boom town ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************