I noticed that the only L.A.P.D. tabs you can find online are for Listen (Do What I Say)
Place In France, which are usually pretty off to begin with. So, rather than search
I decided to make my own tabs!
P.M.S.
All strings half a step up from E standard, except for low E string which you drop a
step to D#. I believe this is the tuning of the guitar for the whole L.A.P.D. album.
Listen to the CD; I didn’t tab the exact strumming, but if you play along and hear by
it’s easier to figure out than me trying to explain it.
Little notation:
Xxxx are palm muted notes (fingered open)
//// means slide down neck
\\\\ means slide up neck
~~~ means sustain (no pitch modulation)
So here's the first song off of their self-titled album, L.A.P.D.
Riff 1
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-12-0-0-0-00-12--12-0-0-0-00-8-13-x4--------------------------------|
Bb-12-0-0-0-00-12--12-0-0-0-00-8-13-----------------------------------|
Eb-12-0-0-0-00-12--12-0-0-0-00-8-13-----------------------------------|
Riff 2
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-xxxx-12-xxxx-8-13-xxxx-12-xxxx-13-10—x4----------------------------|
Bb-xxxx-12-xxxx-8-13-xxxx-12-xxxx-13-10-------------------------------|
Eb-xxxx-12-xxxx-8-13-xxxx-12-xxxx-13-10-------------------------------|
then repeat riff 1 x4, repeat riff 2 x4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lapd/pms_tab.html ]
Riff 3
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-7-7-7-8-7-7-7--3--2--1-x4------------------------------------------|
Bb-7-7-7-8-7-7-7--3--2--1---------------------------------------------|
Eb-7-7-7-8-7-7-7--3--2--1---------------------------------------------|
then repeat riff 2 x4, then riff 1 x4, then riff 2 x4, then riff 3 x4
riff 4
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-12///\\\-0-0-3-0-2-0-3-2-7-5-3-2-0-0-3-0-5-7-10-12-6-5-x8----------|
Bb-12///\\\-0-0-3-0-2-0-3-2-7-5-3-2-0-0-3-0-5-7-10-12-6-5-------------|
Eb-12///\\\-0-0-3-0-2-0-3-2-7-5-3-2-0-0-3-0-5-7-10-12-6-5-------------|
riff 4 riff 5
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-3~~-2~~-0000-------------0000-3-7-6-2-3-x8-------------------------|
Bb-3~~-2~~-0000----------x4-0000-3-7-6-2-3----------------------------|
Eb-3~~-2~~-0000-bass part---0000-3-7-6-2-3----------------------------|
then play riff 5 palm muted x8 then riff 4 x4 then riff 5 x4 then riff 5 palm muted x8
riff 4 x4 (but there is no bass in between struck open Eb chord)
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--------8-7----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-3-7-6~~8-7-00000-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
Bb-3-7-6~~6-5-00000-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
Eb-3-7-6~~6-5-00000-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
That’s it!
If you have any comments, questions, or corrections, email me at
I’m trying to tab the whole album, so any help would be much appreciated!
