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Song: Officer
Band: Operation Ivy
Album: Energy (1989)
Written by Jesse Michaels, Lint Armstrong, Matt McCall, and Dave Mello

[Intro]: (heavily palm muted)
E----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D--7--7--7--7----
A--7--7--7--7----
E--5--5--5--5----
AA Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 


(intro con't., not palm muted)
E------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G--7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7-----
D--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5--
A--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--
E---------3-3-3---------3-3-3---------3-3-3---------3--
DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 


[Verse]: (Play this 4x)
DmDm Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

E----5----3----
B----6----3----
G----7----4----
D----7----5----
A--------------
E--------------

[Bridge]:
(Played 4x)
E----------
B----------
G----------
D--7---5---
A--7---5---
E--5---3---
AA Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 


[Chorus]:
E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G---7-------7-------7------------
D---7---5---7---5---7---5----7---
A---5---5---5---5---5---5----7---
E-------3-------3-------3----5---
DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 


(after chorus)
E--------------------             ---------------------
B--------------------             ---------------------
G---7--7--6-7--------             --7--7--6-7----------
D---7--7--6-7--5--7-- (3x, then)  --7--7--6-7--5-------
A---5--5--4-5--5--7--             --5--5--4-5--5-------
E--------------3--5--             -------------3-------
DD Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  C#-D GG Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  C#-D GG Piano Chord 


Then repeat verse, bridge and chorus chords

Next is solo: (this is played 2x)
E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--5-5-4-5-5-5---0-2-3-5-3-2-0---
E--------------3-----------------

Then play G G G G  over the "yeah, yeah. . ." part,
and play chorus chords to the end.

Lyrics:
(Verse) Why do you have to force yourself with power and control? Why do
you have to live your life playing up a role? Intimidating people with
your wall of sight and sound, you and your kind destroy our underground.
(Bridge) All of the happiness that you have destroyed, all the brutal
tactics that you always employ. All the fucking bullshit, when will it
ever stop? The comparison is obvious, you're just a fucking cop.
(Chorus) Officer-you act like an animal you're out of control.
Officer-what the hell is wrong with you?
(Verse) Wear a tie if you want to wear a uniform, join the army if you
want to conform. Tough guy, big man, do what you can. Whatever you
destroy we'll create it again.
(Bridge) (Chorus)

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Luke