DEAD KENNEDYS - "police truck" Tablature

From: juhkivij@utu.fi (Juha Kivijarvi)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 09:17:11 GMT
Subject: TAB: Police Truck (Dead Kennedys)


POLICE TRUCK by Dead Kennedys
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(words Biafra, music Biafra/Ray)


First the riffs used in the song:
("10" means ten everywhere except in the Riff 2 and in the solo)


Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4 Riff 5

e 6-6-7-7- -------- -------- 7-7-6-6- -------- -------- --------
h -------- 3--21--- 3310---- -------- -------- -------- --------
g -------- -------- -------- -------- 2-2-3-3- 2b3----- 3b2-0---
d -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------2-
a -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
e -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------

Riff 6 Riff 7 comp for Em parts

e 10-98--- 10-10-87 -------- -------- -------- --------
h -------- -------- 4---4--- 4---4--- -------- --------
g -------- -------- --3---3- --3---3- -------- --------
d -------- -------- -------- -------- 2-2-2-2- 2-2-2-2-
a -------- -------- -------- -------- 2-2-2-2- 2-2-2-2-
e -------- -------- -------- -------- 0-0-3-0- 0-0-3-0-



Intro:

e -------- -------- --------
h 3------- 2------- 1-------
g 2------- 1------- 0-------
d -------- -------- --------
a -------- -------- --------
e -------- -------- --------

Em D Em

e -------- -------- 7------- -10-9-8- 7------- --8-7-6- 5------- -------- ----
h 0------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --3-2-1- 0---
g -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----
d -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----
a -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----
e -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----



Em
Tonight's the night ....
We're going downtown gonna .....(Riff 1)
Your turn to drive ....
It's the late night ....(Riff 1)

B Bb A G Em
And ride, ....(Riff 2)
B Bb B Em
We ride, low__ri....(Riff 3) (Riff 3)


It's roundup time ....
We're gonna drag one ....(Riff 4)

And ride.....(Riff 5)

Got a black ....
Playin' cops for real, .....(Riff 4)

Let's ride....


Solo:

e -------- -------- --------
h -------- -------- --------
g -------- -------- --------
d -------- -------- (3x) 22110011 (4x)
a 22222222 1110-0-- --------
e -------- ------33 --------


e -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
h -------- 32323234 54545454 -------- -------- 32323234 54545454
g 43434343 -------- -------- 21212123 43434343 -------- --------
d -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
a -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
e -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------


e -------- --------
h 54545454 54545454
g -------- --------
d -------- --------
a -------- --------
e -------- --------


Em (Riff 3) (Riff 3)


Pull down your dress ....
Let's beat you blue ....(Riff 1)
Don't move, child ....
There's six of us, ....(Riff 1)

And ride, ....(Riff 2)
Let's ride, low....

B Bb A G
The left newspapers ....
B Bb A G
But the guys at the station ....
B Bb B D B Bb A
Dispatch calls "Are you ....
B Bb B D B Bb A G
"No siree, Jack, ....

As we ride, ....(Riff 2)
As we ride, .....(Riff 6)
As we ride.....(Riff 7)
Let's ride, l.....

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2b3 means bending from 2 to 3 and 3b2 is releasing it.
I would be quite surprised if there weren't anything wrong with this
tab so if you think you know some part better, please let me know:
"
Juha Kivijarvi
juhkivij@utu.fi