Police Station Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays484

Police Station by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, Am, D and F. 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
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16
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  G              C                     Em 
I saw you at the police station and it breaks my heart to say. 
  G                     C                Em 
Your eyes had wandered off to something distant, cold and grey. 
Am 
I guess you didn't see it coming, someone's gotten used to slumming. 
G 
Dreaming of the golden years,I see you had to change careers. 
Am 
Far away, but we both know its somewhere. 

  G              C                     Em 
I saw you on the back page of some pre press yesterday. 
 G              C                     Em 
The drip wood in your eyes had nothing short of love for pain. 
Am 
I know you from another picture, of someone with the most convictions. 
G 
We used to read the funny papers, fooled around and pulled some capers. 
Am 
Not today, send a message to her. 
D 
A message that I'm coming, coming to pursue her. 

F                 C                  D 
Tell your country I, rest my face on your bed. 
D             F           C                        D 
I got you ten times over, I'll chase you down 'til you're dead. 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante