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
