{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2832781,"song":"Canary In A Coalmine","artist":"The Police","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2832781-canary-in-a-coalmine-chords-by-the-police/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2832781?type=chord","rating":4.67439,"votes":3,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                 Canary in a Coalmine – The Police\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Sting\r\nFrom: “Zenyatta Mondatta” (1980)\r\n\r\nTabbed by: maguri\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nThe rhythm guitar plays off-beats with a 16th delay\r\n(tempo: 145, delay time: 103 milliseconds). Here's a basic tab:\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse]\r\n  E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nG|--9---9---9---9-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------|\r\nD|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]  C                Am      F#dim    E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---5---5-|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|\r\nB|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---7---7-|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|\r\nG|--9---9---9---9-|--5---5---5---5-|--9---9---9---9-|--------%-------|\r\nD|--10--10--10--10|--7---7---7---7-|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro] / [Chorus]\r\n  E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nG|--9---9---9---9-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------|\r\nD|--9---9---9---9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]  E6      C#m7     E6      C#m7     C                Am      F#dim\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|----------------|----------------|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---5---5-|\r\nB|----------------|----------------|--8---8---8---8-|--5---5---7---7-|\r\nG|--------%-------|--------%-------|--9---9---9---9-|--5---5---5---5-|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|--10--10--10--10|--7---7---7---7-|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nIf you want a campfire accompaniment for acoustic guitar, I'd suggest\r\ntransposing this chord sheet -4 or -2 and using a capo 4th or 2nd fret\r\nto get back to the original key.\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\nrhythm guitar     acoustic guitar: transpose -4         transpose -2\r\nno capo                            capo 4th fret        capo 2nd fret\r\n      E-A-D-G-B-e                  E-A-D-G-B-e          E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nE6    x-x-9-9-9-9            C     x-3-2-0-1-0     D    x-x-0-2-3-2\r\nC#m7  x-x-9-9-9-9            Am7   x-0-2-0-1-0     Bm7  x-2-x-2-3-2\r\nC     x-x10-9-8-8            Ab    4-6-6-5-4-4     Bb   x-1-3-3-3-1\r\nAm    x-x-7-5-5-5            Fm    1-3-3-1-1-1     Gm   3-5-5-3-3(3)[/tab]\r\n[tab]F#dim x-x-7-5-7-5            Ddim  x-x-0-1-3-1     Edim 0-x-2-3-3-x\r\nA     x-x-7-6-5-5            F     1-3-3-2-1-1     G    3-x-0-0-0-3[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | % | % | % |\r\n| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | % | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F#dim[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C#m7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]C#m7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\n You live your life like a canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You get so dizzy even walkin' in a straight line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\n You live your life like a canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You get so dizzy even walkin' in a straight line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F#dim[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n Now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\n You live your life like a canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You get so dizzy even walkin' in a straight line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F#dim[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]|  [ch]A[/ch]  |  [ch]A7[/ch]  | [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] |  %  |\r\n(break)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4] (Verse 1 repeated)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C#m7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]C#m7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\n You live your life like a canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n You get so dizzy even walkin' in a straight line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F#dim[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n         Canary in a coalmine[/tab]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F#dim[/ch] |\r\n\r\n(repeat and fade)","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                 Canary in a Coalmine – The Police\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Sting\nFrom: “Zenyatta Mondatta” (1980)\n\nTabbed by: maguri\nTuning: Standard\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe rhythm guitar plays off-beats with a 16th delay\n(tempo: 145, delay time: 103 milliseconds). Here's a basic tab:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIf you want a campfire accompaniment for acoustic guitar, I'd suggest\ntransposing this chord sheet -4 or -2 and using a capo 4th or 2nd fret\nto get back to the original key.\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n| E C#m7 | % | % | % |\n| E C#m7 | % | C | Am F#dim |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n| C | Am F#dim | E C#m7 | % |\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n| C | Am F#dim | E C#m7 | % |\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4] (Verse 1 repeated)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n| C | Am F#dim |\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n| C | Am F#dim |\n\n(repeat and fade)","chords":["E6","C#","B","G","D","A","E","C","Am","F#dim","Ab","Bb","Fm","Gm","Ddim","Edim","F","C#m7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}