Lirik dan Chord Lagu Police & Thieves - The Clash

Lagu bergenre punk rock tersebut dirilis pada 1977 melalui label CBS Records.

“Police & Thieves” muncul dalam album studio pertama mereka yang bertajuk The Clash.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Police & Thieves” dari The Clash.

Intro: G   C D G   C D G   C D G   G   Am   G   Am
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Chorus:
G                                   Am                       G                                         Am
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah, scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition
G                                   Am                       G                                         Am
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah, fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
G                   Am                  G                              Am
From Genesis to Revelation, the next generation will be, hear me
G                   Am                  G                              Am
From Genesis to Revelation, the next generation will be, hear me
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Verse 1:
B                                        A                B                        A
All the crimes committed day by day, no one try to stop dem in any way
B                                      A                         C                   D
And all the peacemakers, turn war officers, hear what I say
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Chorus:
G                                   Am                      G                                          Am
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah, scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition
G                                   Am                      G                                          Am
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah, fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
G                 Am                   G                            Am
From Genesis to Revelation, the next generation will they, hear me
G                 Am          G                 Am
(vocal ad lib) oh yeah (vocal ad lib) oh yeah
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Verse 2 (Verse 1 repeated):
B                                       A                   B                   A
All the crimes committed day by day, no one try to stop dem in any way
B                                     A                           C                 D
And all the peacemakers, turn war officers, hear what I say
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G Am x4
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Chorus
G                                      Am                     G                                       Am
Police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah, police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah
G             Am                G                                         Am
From Genesis, oh yeah, police, police, police and thieves oh yeah
G                           Am                        G                                                                     Am
Scaring, fighting the nation, oh yeah, Shooting, shooting their guns and, guns and ammunition
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G Am

Police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah, Police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah

Here come, here come, here come, the station is bombed

Get out, get out, get out you people, if you don't wanna get blown up

The police, the police the....

You got an axe to grind, but you got trapped in the middle of the police, police, police