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Police and Thieves

The Clash
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

the clash

police and thieves

this is one of favorite songs and i dont see too many tabs for it so i wrote

this. u dont like it, fuck you

tab written by melvin

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

Tuning:standard

intro

e|-----------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------
G|-------5---7-------5--5/7--4----5---7----12p---
D|--5----5---7---5-------------------------------
A|--5----3---5---5-------------------------------
E|--3------------3-------------------------------

slight pause for drum fill, then

pre verse

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------ska like------------------------------------------------------------
G|---12--12--12--12---14--14--14--14---12--12--12--12---14------------------
D|---12--12--12--12---14--14--14--14---12--12--12--12---14-~echo effect-----
A|---10--10--10--10---12--12--12--12---10--10--10--10---12------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

verse

e|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------12--------------14----------
D|---bass fill then---12---same fill--14----------
A|--------------------10--------------12----------
E|------------------------------------------------

chorus

e|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------7--7--7--7---9--9--9--9-
D|---9--9-----7--7--------7--7--7--7---9--9--9--9-
A|---9--9-----7--7---3x---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7-
E|---7--7-----5--5--------------------------------

do verse and chorus again then

solo

e|--7---7----5---3---0---3----5----0-----------
B|--------------------------------------5------
G|---------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------
e|--7---7---5----3---0-------------------------
B|----------------------3--5-----3-5-3-5-3-5--3
G|---------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------
e|--7--7----5----3-----8--8---7----5--3--------
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------
e|--H--5---7-----7----5------------------------
B|--------------------------8--10--12---15--12-
G|---------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---1212--1212--1212--1212--1414--1414--1414--1414-------------------------
D|---1212--1212--1212--1212--1414--1414--1414--1414---repeat as needed------
A|---1010--1010--1010--1010--1212--1212--1212--1212-------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

heres the lyrics

Police and thieves in the streets

Oh yeah!

Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition

Police and thieves in the street

Oh yeah!

Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition

From Genesis to Revelation

The next generation will be hear me

From Genesis to Revelation

The next generation will be hear me

And all the crowd comes in day by day

No one stop it in anyway

And all the peacemaker turn war officer

Hear what I say

Police, police, police and thieves oh yeah

Police, police, police and thieves oh yeah

From Genesis oh yeah

Police, police, police and thieves oh yeah

Scaring, fighting the nation

Shooting, shooting their guns and ammunition

Police, police, police and thieves oh yeah

Police, police, police and thieves oh yeah

Here come, here come, here come

The station is bombed

Get out get out get out you people

If you don't wanna get blown up

first tab so, yea, whatever.

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