The Specials – Man At C And A Chords on Piano & Ukulele

The Specials – Man At C And A Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
N.C.
Warning, warning, nuclear attack
Gm Bb       Bm
     Atomic sounds designed
        Cm
     to blow your mind
Db Dm  F         Gbm
       World War Three
Gm  Bb  Gm  Bb
Gm  Bb  Gm  Bb Bm
Cm  B  Cm  B  Cm  B  Cm  F

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[Verse 1]
Gb Gm         Bb  Gm  Bb
Nuclear attack
Gm  Bb  Gm  Bb
Cm               B  Cm  B  Cm
 Rocking atomically
     B              Cm  F Gb Gm
This Third World War,
Bbm  B       Cm Db Dm F Gb
 Atomic sounds

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[Verse 2]
Gm                  Bb
The man in black he told me
    Gm            Bb
the latest Moscow news
 Bbm      Gm
About the storm across
    Bb           Gm
the red sea they drove
                 Bb   Bm
their ball point views
Cm             B
I'm the man in grey,
             Cm         B
I'm just the man at C & A
    Cm             B
And I don't have a say in the
Cm                  F   Gb Gm
war games that they play

[Bridge]
Bbm               B         C
Warning, warning, nuclear attack
Dbm             Dm
Shark attack to hit
            F   Gbm
you on your back

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[Guitar Solo]
Gm  Bb  Gm  Bb  Gm  Bb  Gm  Bb

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[Interlude]
Cm  B  Cm  B  Cm
      B        Cm  F Gbm
World War Three

[Verse 3]
    Gm                 Bb
The Mickey Mouse badge told,
   Gm            Bb
Ayatollah at his feet
Gm                 Bb
You drink your oil you schmuck,
                       Gm
we'll eat our heads of the
     Bb B
wheat
    Cm             B
But I'm the man in grey,
             Cm         B
I'm just the man at C & A
    Cm             B
And I don't have a say in the
Cm                  F
war games that they play
Gbm Gm Bbm Bm

[Outro]
Cm   Dbm       Dm  F Gbm
Boom shakalaka boom
Gm         Bb   Gm
 Nuclear nuclear,
         Bb  Gm  Bb  Gm N.C.
 nuclear war
Cm
Warning, warning,
  B           Cm  B
nuclear attack
    Cm            B
The boom never ban
Cm  Ebm Em Fm
N.C.
Shark attack!

How to play Man At C And A: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Man At C And A by The Specials on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Man At C And A by The Specials keeps coming home to G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭). You need 16 chords: Gm, Bb, Bm, Cm, Db, Dm, F, Gbm, B, Gb, Bbm and C and 4 more.

Listen for Cm – B – Cm – F (iv – III – iv – VII in G minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes F#m, A, Bbm, Bm, C, C#m, E, Fm, Bb, F (38% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 19% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Cm chord on guitar (x35543)
CmC E♭ G
Db chord on guitar (x46664)
D♭D♭ F A♭
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Gbm chord on guitar (244222)
G♭mG♭ A D♭
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
Gb chord on guitar (244322)
G♭G♭ B♭ D♭
Bbm chord on guitar (x13321)
B♭mB♭ D♭ F
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Dbm chord on guitar (x46654)
D♭mD♭ F♭ A♭
Ebm chord on guitar (x68876)
E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C

Man At C And A chords: questions

What key is Man At C And A in?

Man At C And A by The Specials is centred on G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭).

What chords are in Man At C And A?

Man At C And A uses 16 chords: Gm, Bb, Bm, Cm, Db, Dm, F, Gbm, B, Gb, Bbm, C and 4 more.

What is the chord progression of Man At C And A?

The main progression is Cm – B – Cm – F (iv – III – iv – VII).

Is Man At C And A easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes F#m, A, Bbm, Bm, C, C#m, E, Fm, Bb, F (38% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 19% without a capo).

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