A Message To You Rudy Bass Tab

The Specials Tabs:

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This is a really easy bassline but the song is very catchy. The Specials are Undoubtingly 
the greatest ska band ever!
tabbed by Chris

This is played through out the whole song     h-hold note
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------2h---------------------------------|
A|----3------------------------------2h------|
E|--------------3----1h-----1---3------------|

Well am afraid thats all.feel free to make any any comments or rate this!

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture billy Professional	#1 by billy purkiss at Jul 26, 1972 at 4:00 AM EST
	actually i think AAA mite of covered it from Prop.... but im not really sure... i need to get that prop cd.... and the AAA song was originally on the Ska Sucks mix cd thingy... (check out my lyrics at Deranged Youth)

No Picture Black Rainbow Professional	#2 by Black Rainbow at Sep 18, 1974 at 1:05 AM EST
	Boss Man, I think your statement, 'most of the specials songs were self-penned' is incorrect. "Too Hot", and "Gangsters" were both originally by Prince Buster, "Guns of Navarone", was originally by The Skatellites. Those are the few i could think of off the top of my head. Once you start listening to first wave ska, you'll realize how many 2tone songs are covers.

No Picture anthony Rhythm Player	#3 by anthony kent at Feb 10, 1975 at 8:10 AM EST
	yeah this was a cover song but i think you'll find most of the specials songs were self-penned, devilreggae. this was the only single they didn't write themselves!

No Picture Ben Average	#4 by Ben at Feb 24, 1976 at 8:36 AM EST
	this is actually a cover song, as is most of the specials songs. the original was done by dandy livingston. the link to the past is rico rodriguez who also played trombone for dandy on the original cut of the song. he appears on the specials version as well, and even toured with the band. monkey man was also a cover song, originally done by the Maytals. and is a great song for all rude boys and rude girls.

No Picture hakan Wanna Be	#5 by hakan ozcelik at Oct 4, 1978 at 11:55 PM EST
	Also, check out The Clash's 'Rudie Can't Fail'. It's about the same group of people.

No Picture E Average	#6 by E F at Aug 1, 1997 at 2:53 PM EST
	Yes the Specials balanced own songs with ska covers. Two-tone was a hybrid of punk, RnB (blues derivative not the hijacked term for modern soul sounds) and UK Punk. Two-tone was founded on mixing the styles of predominately "white" punk with that of "black" ska/reggae - it did not want to associate itself with right-wing intentions (although some of the bands did have this fan base - Madness as an example). This is a great song like many other danceable two-tone songs.

No Picture klfsd Rhythm Player	#7 by klfsd at Sep 7, 1999 at 1:00 AM EST
	This, dubiously, is my favourite song by the Specials. I am lucky enough to have a mother who is very into ska and early punk (believe it or not!), and she turned me on the Specials. I am glad she did, too, because it opened my eyes to a lot of other great ska bands, like the Selecter. Hurrah for Two-Tone.