The Police - Synchronicity II
Originally in A, I play in D
Bmadd4
Oh, oh, oh, oh x 4
C→ G
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 C→ G
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