• Song:

    Policemen And Pirates

  • Artist:

    Ocean colour scene

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

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                    D                    A                   D/A
      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                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                    F
      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               D               A
 4/4
  Gtr II
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q   Q  Q
  |  |  | | |     |  |  | | |     |  |   |  |
  /  /  / / /     /  /  / / /     /  /   /  /

  Gtr I
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-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  a  E  e  e  e  a     +E        +E.  +S
|---------12----12-15b17-(15)pb17==(15)r(15)-|
|---12s15----15------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


  E                                 D
   Q  Q   E     E     E         E     Q   Q     E     E  E  E
   |  |   |     |     |               |   |     |     |  |
   /  /   /     /     /               /   /     /     /  /

   H      S  S  S  S  S     +E.      +Q   E  e  S  S  e  E  E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-12-----15-12-15-12-15b17-(15)---|-(15)----------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------12-||
|---------------------------------|------------------12-12----||
|---------------------------------|---------12-13-14----------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||


   Verse
    $
    $$
    A                         D/A
     W            +W          E E E E E E E E
     |             |          |   |   |   |
     /             /          /   /   /   /

     Q  Q  H       W          E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-----------|-8---8---8---8---|
||o-------------|-----------|-7---8---8---8---|
||--------------|-----------|-7---7---7---7---|
||--14----------|-----------|-7---7---7---7---|
||o-------------|-----------|-----------------|
||--------------|-----------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-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
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-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     E   E      E   E      E   E      E
  |         |          |          |
  /         /          /          /

  E    +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   E      E   E      E   E     E   E
   |          |          |         |
   /          /          /         /

  +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
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /

  W                 E E E E E E E E   H    +E  E E E
|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------||
|-----------------|-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                 D                 AV      Asus4     AV
  Gtr II
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |      |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /      /

  Gtr I
  W                 W                 H       E E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------3-2-3-2-|-(2)----(2)--------|
|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-7---------------|-5---------------|-0---------------|------------0------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-2--|


  E                 D                 AV      Asus4     AV
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |      |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /      /

  W                 W                 H       E E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2-------3-2-3-2-|-(2)----(2)--------|
|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-9---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-7---------------|-5---------------|-0---------------|------------0------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-2--|


  E                 D                 AV      Asus4     AV
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |      |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /      /

  W                 W                 H       E E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-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                 D                 AV        AsusAV   E
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   | |      | | | | | | |
  /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /   /   /   / /      / / / / / / /

  W                 W                 E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|-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
  Q  H.        Q      Q     Q    Q
  |  |         |      |     |    |
  /  /         /      /     /    /

  W            E E   +E  E +E  Q   E
|------------|-----------------------|
|-2----------|-----------------6---6-|
|-2----------|---5b7r(5)-3-(3)-------|
|-2----------|-----------------------|
|-0----------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|


  F                       E
   Q    Q    Q     Q        Q     E  E   Q     Q
   |    |    |     |        |     |  |   |     |
   /    /    /     /        /     /  /   /     /

  +E  Q   E +E   Q    E    +E   Q    E  +E   Q    E
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-(6)s8---6-(6)s10---11-|-(11)-10---10-(10)S13---13--|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|


  D
    Q              Q       S  E. Q
    |              |       |  |  |
    /              /       /  /  /

   +E        +E   +E   E  +Q.       +E
|----------------------------------------|
|-(13)pb15==(13)r(13)-13-(13)------(13)\-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


  Bb                              F
  Q     Q     Q              Q    Q       E   E   Q    Q
  |     |     |              |    |       |   |   |    |
  /     /     /              /    /       /   /   /    /

  E S S S S e S   +S     +E  Q    E a E a E a E a E Q.
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------5b7-(5)pb7r(5)-3--|--------------------------|
|-------3h5-3-------------------|---3h5-3h5-3h5-3h5-3------|
|---3h5-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|


                             D.S. al CodD.S.
  E                     D
    Q   Q    Q    Q      Q    Q    Q   Q
    |   |    |    |      |    |    |   |
    /   /    /    /      /    /    /   /

  a E E E E +E  Q   E   +E  q   E +H
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------7-|-(7)-3-------------||
|-----1-1-2-(2)-4-----|---------5-(5)-----||
|-0h2-2-2-4-(4)-6---7-|-(7)-4-------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||


 S. al Dbl. Coda     &&
  A                  A
  W                  W
  |                  |
  /                  /

  Q  E a E Q.   E    H    +E  E E E
|----------5------||-----------------||
|-----------------||-2----(2)--------||
|------4s6--------||-2----(2)--------||
|-----------------||-2----(2)--------||
|-----------------||-0----(0)-0-0----||
|-----------------||--------------4--||


   Outro
    E                 D                 AV      Asus4     AV
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |      |
    /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /     /   /   /   /      /

    W                 W                 H       E E E E   +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   - 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
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