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Specialist »
Untitled
Obstacle 1
NYC
PDA
Say Hello To The Angels
Hands Away
Obstacle 2
Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down
Roland
The New
Leif Erikson

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Interpol
Specialist

Bass intro
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------7-7-7-7-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---------7-7-7-7-5-5---5-5---5--|
|--5-5---5-------------------------5-5---5------------------------|

Paul's part:

Riff 1
|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---3---3--|
|--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---4---4--| x3
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Riff 1 bit
|--------------7-----7-----7------|
|--5-5-5---5-5---5-----5-----5----|
|--5-5-5---5-5-----5-----5-----5--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Then it's pretty much the same, with a few additions like this
|----------------7-----7-----7------|
|--5-5-5-5---5-5---5-----5-----5----|
|--5-5-5-5---5-5-----5-----5-----5--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
When the drums start

And before the "love..." part:
|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5--|
|--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

"Love will get you down..."
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-3-3-0-0-1-3-3-3-1-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then riff 1, then "love..." again... then riff 1 again

"If I get there early": don't play here

"All I want is to be the very best for you": 1st time don't play, then
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------10-----10---10-----9-----9---9-----5-----5---5-----5-----6---6--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8----8-8----8----7-7---7-7---7---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-4---4----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Played very softly

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|--------------------------------------|
|--7-(x8)--10-(x8)--14-(x12)--15-(x4)--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--7-(x7)-5-10-(x8)--14-(x12)--15-(x4)--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Back to riff 1, "love" part, then riff 1 again with riff 1 bit the last time

"If I get there early": don't play here

"When you wear that body glove"(just before the solo)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--7-----9------10------12--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
(In fact it may be keyboard notes)

Solo:
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|--10-8-8-10-8-8-13-10-8-10-10-8-13-10-8-10-5-5-6-6-8-8-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-----------------------------------------(0-0)-------------------------(0)--0-
-10-8-8-10-8-8-13-10-8-10-10-8-13-10-8-10-5-5-6-6-8-8-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-6-5---0-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--5-----------5-5---------------------------------------------5-----5-5----|
------------------5-------5----5----------------6-----6-6-6-6-----------5--|
------------------------------------7-------7-7----------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro: No guitar for 8 bars
|--6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-8-6-5-6--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Daniel's part:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--5---5---5---5---5---5--|
|--7---7---7---7---7---7--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Riff 2:
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------5---7-----5-----7----7-7-----5---7-----5--|
|--7---------7-7-----7----------7-7---7---7-7----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------5---7-----5-----7----7-7-----5---7-----5--|
|--7-----7---7-7---7-7----------7-----7---7-7----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

|--0-----|
|---0----|
|----5---|
|-----7--|
|--------|
|--------|

2nd time: 
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|--7-9-7--|
|---------|
|---------|

"Love, will get you down":
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-7-7-----5-5-7-7----7-7-----5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--5-5---------5-5----------------5-5----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Then riff 2, etc...

"If I get there early"
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5--//---5--//---5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-10--|
|--7--//---7--//---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|--8--//---0--//---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--5--//---5--//---5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-9-9-7-7--|
|--7--//---7--//---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--8--//---0--//---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5--//--5--//---5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7-5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7--| x2
|--7--//--7--//---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--8--//--0--//---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|------5-------5-------5-------5-------5------5-------5---6---6--|
|--6-6---6-6-6---6-5-5---5-5-5---5-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5-5--5-5-5-----5-5---5--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3:
|----------8-8-5-5-----5-5-8-8-5-5-----5-5-8-8-5-5---------6-6-5-5--|
|------6-6---------6-6-------------5-5-----------------5-5----------|
|--7-7---------------------------------------------5-5--------------| x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then riff 2, "love", riff 2, "if I get there early", solo with same chords
|-------------------------------5-----5-5-------------------|
|------------------6----6-6-6-6-----------5------5---5------|
|--7---7---7---7-7---------------------------------------7--| x2 
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

And then riff 3 x2

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Peter Wanna Be	#1 by Peter Lambden at Feb 11, 1970 at 8:17 PM EST
	"you sing songs into my lips", the way he sings that makes it sound so lovely.

No Picture Kevin Average	#2 by Kevin Toutkoushian at May 22, 1980 at 2:11 PM EST
	The Black EP. Best part of this song is- "If you're frustrated then go". Best lyric ever. But this song has too many parts and confusing lyrics to make a simple meaning. I could seriously write my midterm on this song. Probably the easiest explaination is that- he feels used.

No Picture Greg Lead Player	#3 by Greg Marshall at Oct 26, 1990 at 7:20 PM EST
	yeah, i'm really excited for their new album... i think it's called 'antics' and comes out late september-ish... i've heard a few of the songs, 'narc' and 'length of love', i think 'a time to be so small' is on it, too... at first i totally hated interpol, ignorantly thinking they were just a poor man's joy division... blah blah, anyway, now they're my favourite band... i'm such a sucker for paul banks and his aviators... i'm probably going to see them at curiosa, though i'm not a huge cure fan... hopefully they'll do a tour in the fall...

No Picture M.Fett Wanna Be	#4 by M.Fett B.Fett at Nov 8, 1997 at 11:57 PM EST
	it is on the black ep but it was originally on the interpol ep i believe

No Picture Alex Addicted Average	#5 by Alex Addicted ...why does my real last name matter? at Oct 11, 1998 at 11:23 AM EST
	I've never seen "The Specialist", but, goddamn... I love this song.

No Picture wrath Average	#6 by wrath child at Sep 26, 2007 at 10:09 PM EST
	My idea is this: The guy love the girl so much that he goes crazy and commits a crime. Even though he knows that it is his love that made him made, he continues to love the girl and hopes that she will love him too in his absence. Also, I think that he realized that he was just being used for sex but still believes that there is something more to be gained. He loves the girl for all that she is and all she did: "I love the way you put me in the big house (jail)" There's still a lot more to work with but this is all I could think of now.

No Picture Jimmy Wanna Be	#7 by Jimmy Withrow at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:04 AM EST
	this is my favorite song.

No Picture Jeff Average	#8 by Jeff Mensch at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:08 PM EST
	paul banks knows how to write lyrics like a frustrated romantic and this is the best example

No Picture dimebag 66' Average	#9 by dimebag 66' at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:42 AM EST
	i love this song too, the lyrics are so awesome. my love is a laboratory; i am speckled like a leopard, just like a leopard. you make me lose my buttons. man this whole song is just so good.

No Picture sam Lead Player	#10 by sam virtue at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:04 PM EST
	I LOVE THIS SONG. heard it on the o.c. mix 2. i have always wondered what they say near the end and i could never make it out. it's great that i know now! i guess i'll have to see the specialist movie to know exactly what it's saying. in the song when they say "if your frustrated then go" it doesn't sound like that on my cd. it kinda sounds like "get your sleep in you" even though that makes no sense! haha... and it's body glove, just for the record.

No Picture matthew Wanna Be	#11 by matthew dawkins at Oct 1, 2007 at 3:53 AM EST
	This is the song that got me into Interpol, and its still my favorite. 1

No Picture RANDOM Lead Player	#12 by RANDOM Doom at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:19 PM EST
	First Interpol song that I fell in love with, also the first song I put into my mp3 player. Was stuck in my head for 3 straight weeks. Got in trouble for listening to it in school. -jess

No Picture † james † Average	#13 by † james † at Oct 5, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST
	and by the way, i always heard, "when you wear that body clock" as "when you wear that body glove" and it rhymes with love, too