Chords for The Clash - Police And Thieves

Tempo:
78.7 bpm
Chords used:

G

A

Am

D

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Clash - Police And Thieves chords
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[G] [C] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G] Goodbye
[A] Police have the keys in their sleeves Oh [G] yeah
Scaring [A] the nation with their
[G] guns and ammunition
[A] Police have the keys in their sleeves [G] Oh yeah
Fighting [A] the nation with their
[B] guns and [G] ammunition
Well Jenny [A] says [Gb] The revelation
[G] The next generation
[A]
[Am] Will be him
[G] Well Jenny says
[A] [Am] The revelation
[G] The next generation
[A]
[Am] [B] And all the [A] crowd come in
[B] Day by day
[A] And no one stops it
[B] Anyway
All the [A] peacemakers
[N] Turn [C] war officer
Yeah, well [D] that's that
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Police have the [A] keys in their [Am] sleeves
[G] Oh yeah
Scaring [A] the nation with their
guns and [G] ammunition
Police have the keys in [A] their sleeves Oh [G] yeah
Fighting [A] the nation with their
[G] guns and ammunition
Jenny says [A] The [G] revelation
The next generation
[A] [Am] Oh [Em] [Ab] [Am] [G] yeah
[A] [Ab] [D] [B] [D]
[A] [B] Day by day
No one [A] stops it
[Cm] Anyway
[B] All the [A] peacemakers
[Ab] Turn war [C] officer
Yeah, [D] well that's that
Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, [Em] yeah
[A] [E] [G] [Em]
[A] [D] [G]
[Am] [G] [C]
[A] [E] Police [G]
[Am] have the keys Oh [G] yeah
In
[Am] their sleeves Oh [G] yeah
And Jenny says
[Am] [G] Police [Am] have the [C] keys Oh [G] yeah
Scaring [A] the nation [G] with their She says She says
[Am] The guns and
guns [G] and ammunition Oh [Am] [G] yeah
[Am] [G] Oh yeah
Oh [A] [G] yeah
[Am] Oh [G] yeah
Hey
[A] [G]
[A] [Em] [G] [Am]
[G] [A]
[Em] [G] come, hey come, hey [A] come
This is a new song Oh [G] yeah
Get out, get out, get out of the [A] car
Oh, this is so [G] loud
The police are on
[A]
[G] Start on up the [Am]
crime
[G] Crack, crack, and the metal
[A] Oh, [Am] police, police, [G] police
Police, police, [Am] police
Police, [G] [A] police, [Am] police
Police, police, police
[G] Police, [A] police, [G] [Am]
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
A
1231
Am
2311
D
1321
B
12341112
G
2131
A
1231
Am
2311
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To learn The Clash - (Remastered) Police & Thieves chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, A, Am, G, A, G and Am. A strategic approach would be to train at 39 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 79. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Ab Major.

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[G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] Goodbye
[A] Police have the keys in their sleeves Oh [G] yeah
Scaring [A] the nation with their
[G] guns and ammunition
[A] Police have the keys in their sleeves [G] Oh yeah
Fighting [A] the nation with their
[B] guns and [G] ammunition
Well Jenny [A] says [Gb] The revelation
[G] The next generation
[A] _
[Am] Will be him
[G] _ Well Jenny says
[A] _ [Am] The revelation
[G] The next generation
[A] _
_ [Am] _ [B] And all the [A] crowd come in
_ [B] Day by day
[A] And no one stops it
_ [B] Anyway
All the [A] peacemakers
_ [N] Turn [C] war officer
_ Yeah, well [D] that's that
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Police have the [A] keys in their [Am] sleeves
[G] Oh yeah
Scaring [A] the nation with their
guns and [G] ammunition
Police have the keys in [A] their sleeves Oh [G] yeah
Fighting [A] the nation with their
[G] guns and ammunition
Jenny says [A] _ The [G] revelation
The next generation
[A] _ [Am] Oh [Em] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] yeah _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Ab] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] Day by day
_ No one [A] stops it
_ [Cm] Anyway
[B] All the [A] peacemakers
_ [Ab] Turn war [C] officer
_ Yeah, [D] well that's that
Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, [Em] yeah _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[A] _ [E] Police [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] have the keys Oh [G] yeah
In _ _
[Am] their sleeves Oh [G] yeah
And Jenny says
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] Police _ [Am] have the [C] keys Oh [G] yeah
Scaring [A] the nation _ _ _ [G] with their She says She says
[Am] The guns and
guns [G] and ammunition _ Oh [Am] _ _ _ [G] yeah _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] Oh yeah
Oh _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] yeah _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Oh [G] yeah
Hey _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [G] come, hey come, hey [A] come
This is a new song Oh [G] yeah
Get out, get out, get out of the [A] car
Oh, this is so [G] loud
The police are on
[A] _
_ _ _ [G] Start on up the _ [Am] _
_ crime
[G] Crack, crack, and the metal
[A] Oh, [Am] police, police, [G] police
Police, police, [Am] police
_ Police, [G] _ _ _ [A] police, [Am] police
Police, police, police
[G] Police, _ _ [A] police, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Lee Scratch Perry and Junior Murvin.