Police - Synhornicity 2 guitar tab
From (Chad English)
Subject: Re: TAB: Synchronicity II - different
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In article sd021@diana.di.fc.ul.pt (SDII-Grupo_sd021)
writes:
>Synchronicity 2 - The Police from "Synchronicity" album
> as played by Sting in Oslo (1994)
> Transcription: Luis Ferreira
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>e--7----7^5--7^5--|--7----7^5--7^5--|--7----7^5--7^5--|--7----7^5--7^5--
>B--5----5----5----|--5----5----5----|--5----5----5----|--5----5----5----
>G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
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>Then play it again 3 times singing "Yeee-ooo-ooo" ( you know what I mean :) )
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>e-------------
>B--3--3-------
>G--------2--2-
>D-------------
>A-------------
>E-------------
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>( I play it strumming 8 times each chord )
>( In every D Dsus2 part, alternate a few times between the two chords )
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>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>Another suburban family morning.
>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>Grandmother screaming at the wall.
>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>We can't hear anything at all.
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>A Bm7/11/nr B7/11/nr Bm7/11/nr
>Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration,
>A Bm7/11/nr B7/11/nr Bm7/11/nr
>But we know all her suicides are fake.
> F/A Dm6 F/A Dm6
>Daddy only stares into the distance
> F/A Dm6 E
>There's only so much more that he can take.
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>Esus4 Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7
>Many miles away something crawls from the slime
> E E? E
>At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake.
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>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>Another industrial ugly morning
>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>The factory belches filth into the sky.
>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>He walks unhindered through the picket lines today,
>A C#m7 D Dsus2
>He doesn't think to wonder why.
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>A Bm7/11/nr B7/11/nr Bm7/11/nr
>The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street,
>A Bm7/11/nr B7/11/nr Bm7/11/nr
>But all he ever thinks to do is watch.
> F/A Dm6 F/A Dm6
>And every single meeting with his so-called superior
> F/A Dm6 E
>Is a humiliating kick in the crotch.
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>Esus4 Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7
>Many miles away something crawls to the surface
> E E? E
>Of a dark Scottish lake.
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>( Play the intro again 4 times singing "Yeee-ooo-ooo" )
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>Another working day has ended.
>Only the rush hour hell to face.
>Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.
>Contestants in a suicidal race.
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>Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance,
>He knows that something somewhere has to break.
>He sees the family home now looming in the headlights,
>The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache.
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>Esus4 Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7
>Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
> E E?
>Of a cottage on the shore
> E E? E E? E?? E? E E? E E? E+11
>Of a dark Scottish lake
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>Chords used:
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> A 002220 C#m7 042100
> D x00232 Dsus2 x00230
> Bm7/11/nr 004230 B7/11/nr 004240 ( nr = NOROOT )
> F/A x03211 Dm6 x00201
> Esus4 002200 Fmaj7 033210
> G6 320000 E 022100
> E? 033200 E?? 044300
> E+11 012100
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> The names of the chords might not be completely correct, but then again,
>they're not completely wrong either :)
> Have fun!
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>| | "You see a city in the desert lies |
>| Luis Ferreira | The vanity of an ancient king |
>| | But the city lies on broken pieces |
>| sd021@diana.fc.ul.pt | Where the wind howls and the vultures sing" |
>| | Sting - The Soul Cages |
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I play it slightly different. Opening riff is the same but riff into verse I us
e:
E -----------------
B -----------------
G -------5-7-------
D ---7-7----------- (or could use 2 2; 0 2 up a string)
A -----------------
E -----------------
For the verses I use the riff:
PM........| PM...........|
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----2-----2----4-4-4-4-2-----4---4-4-4-4-2--
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--0-----4-----------------------------------
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2nd part of verse
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--6-6---7-7---8-8---7-7--
--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-- repeat
--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--
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3rd part of verse
PM.....| PM..........| PM..|
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----------5-5--------------5-5-------
------4-4-----4-4------3-3-----3-3---
--0-0--------------0-0--------------- repeat
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--9-9-9-7---9---9-9-9-7--
--9-9-9-7---9---9-9-9-7--
--9-9-9-7---9---9-9-9-7--
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chorus
lightly palm muted
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----2---2-2------2---2-2------4---4-4------2---2-2---
--2---2-----2-/3---3-----3-/5---5-----5-/3---3-----3-
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----1---1-1------2---2-2------1---1-1------2------5-7-
--2---2-----2--2---2-----2--2---2-----2--2----7-7-----
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I usually just bend 17 on the B string followed by sliding
the pick up and down the A and D strings for the solo break
back into the intro riff.
There is an extra 999/777 riff before the final chorus.
The outro riff I just play the chorus chords as full chords
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--2---------2---------4---------2-
--2---------3---------5---------3- repeat and fade
--0---------0---------0---------0-
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This was from memory so I might have screwed a couple of
numbers up. Hope this helps.
Chad
