POLICEMEN AND PIRATES As recorded by Ocean Colour Scene (From the 1995 Album MOSELEY SHOALS) Words and Music by Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Oscar Harrison and Damon Minchella E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D/A (x00232@1) 0 7 9 9 9 x x 5 7 7 7 x x 0 2 2 2 x x x 7 7 7 x AV Asus4 (x02230@1) Eopen D7sus4/A 5 7 7 6 5 5 5 x 7 7 5 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 x x 7 7 8 8 Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) 6 8 8 7 6 6 1 3 3 2 1 1 Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 1 w/distortion' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 2 w/overdrive' Intro Q=120 E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)4/4 Gtr II Q Q EE EE Q Q EE EE Q Q Q Q | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr I Q Q EE EE Q Q EE EE Q EE Q EE |---------------|---------------|---------------| |-9--9--9-9-9---|-7--7--7-7-7---|-2--2-2-2--2-2-| |-9--9--9-9-9---|-7--7--7-7-7---|-2--2-2-2--2-2-| |-9--9--9-9-9---|-7--7--7-7-7---|-2--2-2-2--2-2-| |-7--7--7-7-7---|-5--5--5-5-5-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-| |-0--0--0-0-0---|---------------|---------------| Q Q Q Q | | | | / / / / E (022100@1)a (x02210@1)E (022100@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1)a (x02210@1) +E +E. +S |---------12----12-15b17-(15)pb17==(15)r(15)-| |---12s15----15------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) Q Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / H S S S S S +E. +Q E (022100@1)e (022000@1)S S e (022000@1)E (022100@1)E|---------------------------------|---------------------------|| (022100@1)|-12-----15-12-15-12-15b17-(15)---|-(15)----------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------12-|| |---------------------------------|------------------12-12----|| |---------------------------------|---------12-13-14----------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------|| Verse $ $$ A (x02220@1) D/A (x00232@1) W +W EE EE EE EE | | | | | | / / / / / / Q Q H W EE EE EE EE ||--------------|-----------|-8---8---8---8---| ||o-------------|-----------|-7---8---8---8---| ||--------------|-----------|-7---7---7---7---| ||--14----------|-----------|-7---7---7---7---| ||o-------------|-----------|-----------------| ||--------------|-----------|-----------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8----| |-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8----| |-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7----| |-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7----| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| AV EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-5---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---|-6---6---6---6---| |-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D/A E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) | | | | / / / / E (022100@1) +E +E +E +E +E +E +E |--------------------------------------------| |-7b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)--| |-7b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)--| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) | | | | / / / / +E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E |-----------------------------------------| |-(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8-(7)-(7)-| |-(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8-(7)-(7)-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| AV EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / W EE EE EE EE H +E EE E|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|| (022100@1)|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-2----(2)--------|| |-----------------|-6---6---6---6---|-2----(2)--------|| |-----------------|-7---7---7---7---|-2----(2)--------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-0----(0)-0------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------4-2--|| Chorus E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AV Asus4 (x02230@1) AV Gtr II EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr I W W H EE EE +H +E EE E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------3-2-3-2-|-(2)----(2)--------| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------| |-7---------------|-5---------------|-0---------------|------------0------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-2--| E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AV Asus4 (x02230@1) AV EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / W W H EE EE +H +E EE E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------3-2-3-2-|-(2)----(2)--------| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------| |-7---------------|-5---------------|-0---------------|------------0------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-2--| E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AV Asus4 (x02230@1) AV EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / W W H EE EE +H +E EE E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------3-2-3-2-|-(2)----(2)--------| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------| |-7---------------|-5---------------|-0---------------|------------0------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-2--| 1. To Coda To Coda E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AV AsusAV E (022100@1) EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / W W EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---2---2---3-2--|-----------------o|| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---2---2---2-2--|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|| |-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---2---2---2-2--|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| |-7---------------|-5---------------|-0---0---0---0-0--|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |-0---------------|-----------------|------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| Guitar Solo 2. AV Bb (x1333x@1) Q H. Q Q Q Q | | | | | | / / / / / / W EE +E E+E (022100@1) Q E|------------|-----------------------| (022100@1)|-2----------|-----------------6---6-| |-2----------|---5b7r(5)-3-(3)-------| |-2----------|-----------------------| |-0----------|-----------------------| |------------|-----------------------| F (133211@1) E (022100@1) Q Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q Q | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / +E Q E+E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) +E Q E (022100@1)+E Q E|-----------------------|----------------------------| (022100@1)|-(6)s8---6-(6)s10---11-|-(11)-10---10-(10)S13---13--| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| D (xx0232@1) Q Q S E. Q | | | | | / / / / / +E +E +E E (022100@1)+Q. +E |----------------------------------------| |-(13)pb15==(13)r(13)-13-(13)------(13)-| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Q Q Q Q Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q Q | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / ES (022100@1)S S S eS (022000@1) +S +E Q Ea Ea Ea Ea EQ. (022100@1)|-------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------5b7-(5)pb7r(5)-3--|--------------------------| |-------3h5-3-------------------|---3h5-3h5-3h5-3h5-3------| |---3h5-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------| D.S. al CodD.S. E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / aE EE E+E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) +E q E+H (022100@1)|---------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------7-|-(7)-3-------------|| |-----1-1-2-(2)-4-----|---------5-(5)-----|| |-0h2-2-2-4-(4)-6---7-|-(7)-4-------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| S. al Dbl. Coda && A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) W W | | / / Q Ea EQ. (022100@1) E (022100@1) H +E EE E|----------5------||-----------------|| (022100@1)|-----------------||-2----(2)--------|| |------4s6--------||-2----(2)--------|| |-----------------||-2----(2)--------|| |-----------------||-0----(0)-0-0----|| |-----------------||--------------4--|| Outro E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AV Asus4 (x02230@1) AV EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / W W H EE EE +W 4x ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|| ||o-9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------3-2-3-2-|-(2)----o|| ||--9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------------2-|-(2)-----|| ||--9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------------2-|-(2)-----|| ||o-7---------------|-5---------------|-0-------------0-|-(0)----o|| ||--0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b (x24432@1) - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths