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The Police - Synchronicity II Transpose up Transpose down

Originally in A, I play in D

Bmadd4

Oh, oh, oh, oh x 4

CG

DAnother subD/F#urban family Cmorning GCG

DGrandmother sD/F#creaming at the wCall GCG

DWe have to sD/F#hout above the dCin of our Rice Krispies GCG

DWe can’t hear aD/F#nything at aCll GCG

Down to the 3 of the chord, which will feel low in D

DMother chants her lG/Ditany of borE7/Dedom and frusG/Dtration

But Dwe know all her sG/Duicides are E7/Dfake G/D

Vox on the 5 of the chord

If you’re playing in D, play the Gm7→Gm6 as 3x333→3x233

Gm7Daddy only stares Gm6into the distanceGm7Gm6

There’s oGm7nly so much mGm6ore that he can taG/Ake AG/AA

DmMany miles A#maj7/Daway something C6crawls from the D#maj7/A#slime

At the bAottom of a dark A#/AScottish Alake CG

DAnother indD/F#ustrial ugly Cmorning GCG

DThe factory belches fD/F#ilth intoCthe sky GCG

DHe walks unhiD/F#ndered through the pCicket lines today GCG

DHe doesn’t thD/F#ink to wonder whyCGCG

The sDecretaries pouG/Dt and preen like E7/Dcheap tarts in a G/Dred light street

But aDll he ever G/Dthinks to do is E7/Dwatch G/D

And eGm7very single mGm6eeting with his soGm7-called superior Gm6

Is a hGm7umiliating kick in the croGm6tch G/AAG/AA

DmMany miles awA#maj7/Day something C6crawls to the suD#maj7/A#rface

Of a darAk Scottish lochA#/AA

Bmadd4

DAnother worD/F#king day has Cended GCG

DOnly the rushD/F#-hour hell to facCe GCG

DPacked like lD/F#emmings into shinCy metal boxes GCG

ConDtestants in a sD/F#uicidal race CGCG

DDaddy grips the wheG/Del and stares aloE7/Dne into the distaG/Dnce

He kDnows that something sG/Domewhere has to bE7/Dreak G/D

He sGm7ees the family hGm6ome now lGm7ooming in his heGm6adlights

The pGm7ain upstairs that mGm6akes his eyeballs ache G/AAG/AA

One extra round on this this time

G/AAG/AA

DmMany miles A#maj7/Daway there’s a C6shadow on the doD#maj7/A#or

Of a cotAtage on the shore A#

Of a Adark A#/A

ScottishAlakeA#/AC6/AA#/A

Many miles away AA#/AC6/AA#/A