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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canary in a Coalmine – The Police --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Sting From: “Zenyatta Mondatta” (1980) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The rhythm guitar plays off-beats with a 16th delay (tempo: 145, delay time: 103 milliseconds). Here's a basic tab: [Verse] E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|--9---9---9---9-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------| D|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C Am F#dim E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---5---5-|--9---9---9---9-|----------------| B|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---7---7-|--9---9---9---9-|----------------| G|--9---9---9---9-|--5---5---5---5-|--9---9---9---9-|--------%-------| D|--10--10--10--10|--7---7---7---7-|--9---9---9---9-|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| [Intro] / [Chorus] E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|--9---9---9---9-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------| D|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E6 C#m7 E6 C#m7 C Am F#dim 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---5---5-| B|----------------|----------------|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---7---7-| G|--------%-------|--------%-------|--9---9---9---9-|--5---5---5---5-| D|----------------|----------------|--10--10--10--10|--7---7---7---7-| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want a campfire accompaniment for acoustic guitar, I'd suggest transposing this chord sheet -4 or -2 and using a capo 4th or 2nd fret to get back to the original key. CHORDS rhythm guitar acoustic guitar: transpose -4 transpose -2 no capo capo 4th fret capo 2nd fret E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e E6 x-x-9-9-9-9 C x-3-2-0-1-0 D x-x-0-2-3-2 C#m7 x-x-9-9-9-9 Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0 Bm7 x-2-x-2-3-2 C x-x10-9-8-8 Ab 4-6-6-5-4-4 Bb x-1-3-3-3-1 Am x-x-7-5-5-5 Fm 1-3-3-1-1-1 Gm 3-5-5-3-3(3) F#dim x-x-7-5-7-5 Ddim x-x-0-1-3-1 Edim 0-x-2-3-3-x A x-x-7-6-5-5 F 1-3-3-2-1-1 G 3-x-0-0-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | E C#m7 | % | % | % | | E C#m7 | % | C | Am F#dim | [Verse 1]
E First to fall C#m7over when the Eatmosphere is C#m7less than perfect E Your sensiC#m7bilities are Eshaken by the C#m7slightest defect C You live your life like a caAmnary in a F#dimcoalmine E You get so C#m7dizzy even Ewalkin' in a C#m7straight line
[Verse 2]
E You say you C#m7want to spend the Ewinter in FiC#m7renza E You're so aC#m7fraid to catch a Edose of influC#m7enza C You live your life like a caAmnary in a F#dimcoalmine E You get so C#m7dizzy even Ewalkin' in a C#m7straight line
[Chorus] | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | C | Am F#dim | E C#m7 | % | [Verse 3]
E Now if I C#m7tell you that you Esuffer from deC#m7lusions E You pay your C#m7analyst to Ereach the same conC#m7clusions C You live your life like a caAmnary in a F#dimcoalmine E You get so C#m7dizzy even Ewalkin' in a C#m7straight line
[Chorus] | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | C | Am F#dim | E C#m7 | % | [Interlude] | A | A7 | E C#m7 | % | (break) [Verse 4] (Verse 1 repeated)
E First to fall C#m7over when the Eatmosphere is C#m7less than perfect E Your sensiC#m7bilities are Eshaken by the C#m7slightest defect C You live your life like a caAmnary in a F#dimcoalmine E You get so C#m7dizzy even Ewalkin' in a C#m7straight line
[Chorus] | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | C | Am F#dim | [Chorus] | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | E C#m7 | E C#m7 Canary in a coalmine | C | Am F#dim | (repeat and fade)