Police And Thieves Chords

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Police And Thieves by Junior Murvin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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 G                       Am            
Police and thieves in the streets 

Oh yeah! 
G                              Am 
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition 
G                         Am 
Police and thieves in the streets 

Oh yeah! 
G                             Am 
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition 

G             Am 
From Genesis to Revelation 
     G                       Am 
 the next generation will be hear me 
D                       Am                
All the crowd comes in day by day 
D                       Am 
No one try to stop it in anyway 
D                       Am 
All the peacemaker turn war officer 
C           D 
Hear what I say 
G                         Am 
Police and thieves in the streets 

Oh yeah! 
G                                Am 
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition 
G                            Am 
Police and thieves in the streets 

Oh yeah! 
G                             Am 
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante