The Police And The Private Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays449

The Police And The Private by Metric is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			I tried to tab this out on guitar.  I know the Chorus isn't 100 percent correct  
but it sounds alright when you play it along with the song.   

Verse 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
d|-----------3---5-|---5-3-----3-----|---0-1---1-3---0-|---0-1---1-3---1-| 
a|-3-5-6-3-6---3---|-0-----0-6---0-5-|-1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---| 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|---3---2---0---0-| 
d|-----------3---5-|---5-3-----3---4-|---4-7-----8---7-|-----------------| 
a|-3-5-6-3-6---3---|-0-----0-6---0---|-5-----5-----5---|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---| 

Pre Chorus  

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-|-----------------| 
d|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-0---------------| 
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-3------3----3---|-----------------|-----------------| 

Chorus 

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|       
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|---3-2---2-0---3-|---3-2---2-0---0-|---3-2---2-0---3-|---3-2---2-0---0-| 
d|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---| 
a|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-3------3----3---|-----------------|-----------------| 
                                                                       x4 

Verse2 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
d|-----------3---5-|---5-3-----3-----|---0-1---1-3---0-|---0-1---1-3---1-| 
a|-3-5-6-3-6---3---|-0-----0-6---0-5-|-1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---| 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 

                                                                       x3 

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|---3---2---0---0-| 
d|-----------3---5-|---5-3-----3---4-|---4-7-----8---7-|-----------------| 
a|-3-5-6-3-6---3---|-0-----0-6---0---|-5-----5-----5---|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---| 

Pre Chorus 2 

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-| 
d|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------| 
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-3------3----3---|-----------------|-3------3----3---| 

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-|---0-2---3-2---0-|-----------------| 
d|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-0---------------| 
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-3------3----3---|-----------------|-----------------| 

Chorus 2 

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|       
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
g|---3-2---2-0---3-|---3-2---2-0---0-|---3-2---2-0---3-|---3-2---2-0---0-| 
d|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---| 
a|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------| 
e|-----------------|-3------3----3---|-----------------|-----------------| 
                                                       until end 
    	

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