Robin Campbell`s Lead/Reggae Guitar & Ali Campbell`s Rhythm/Reggae Guitar and their Lyrics for UB40`s 'Watchdogs' single taken from the 1986 album 'Rat In The Kitchen'. (NOTE):The two Guitars play a different Chord & style for the Verse`s & Saxophone instrumentals but play the same for the Chorus`s.In the Verse Robin sort of plays like a ka-chunk-chunk chunk-a-chunk(for lack of a better way to describe it?playing A & Bm it`s easy to pick out as it`s the dominant Guitar). Ali play`s a soft staccato chop on the 2nd & 4th beat playing A & D, (D being the relative major of Robin`s Bm)I`ll leave an example of both together on the intro. For the Chorus`s they both play in the Reggae style using the same Chords. [G1 = Robin`s Guitar] [G2 = Ali`s Guitar] A Bm D E A D E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 577655 799777 X57775 X79997 577655 XX7775 X79997 [Intro] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D [Verse One] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm You tried to close your ears, And you tried to close your eyes, A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm But the blasphemies keep coming, Tempting you with lies. [Chorus One] D A D A Give thanks for your protection, Your watchdogs of the night, D A D E D Who hold the hungry wolves at bay, And keep them out of sight,Out of sight. [Verse Two] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm You just don`t understand it, But it strikes a distant chord, A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm So you look for a way of escaping, And sanity`s restored. [Chorus Two] D A D A Give thanks for your protection, Your watchdogs of the night, D A D E D Who hold the hungry wolves at bay, And keep them out of sight,Out of sight. [Verse Three] A Bm A Bm A Bm7 A Bm You focus your direction, Cloak tightly pulled around, A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm But somewhere in the distance, You can hear a haunting sound. [Chorus Three] D A D A Give thanks for your protection, Your watchdogs of the night, D A D E D Who hold the hungry wolves at bay, And keep them out of sight,out of sight. [Saxophone Middle] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm [Chorus Four] D A D A Give thanks for your protection, Your watchdogs of the night, D A D E D Who hold the hungry wolves at bay, And keep them out of sight,Out of sight. [Verse Four] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm You`re of in danger of corruption, And you`re always running scared, A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm You cannot make decisions, You`re completely unprepared. [Chorus Five] D A D A Give thanks for your protection, Your watchdogs of the night, D A D E D Who hold the hungry wolves at bay, And keep them out of sight,Out of sight. [Outro] A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm [`Till Fade] D A D A D A D E D
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