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Fri May 22 14:43:11 PDT 1992
Article: 3993 of alt.guitar
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From: s1170796@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Phillip Grant (EVH))
Subject: THE POLICE - OMEGAMAN
Message-ID:
Keywords: GHOST IN THE MACHINE
Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill, 3842, Australia
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 09:37:54 GMT
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Here is a nice little version of one of my favourite Police songs.

In this TAB version, the solo might not be right as I can't see it in my head
at the moment.

In the solo, the ^ indicates a slide from 13th to 15th and back.

So sit back, relax, turn the music up loud and enjoy.

OMEGAMAN by THE POLICE from the album GHOST IN THE MACHINE

**intro**

E----12----11----12|----10------------|----12----11----12|----10------| R
B----13----12----13|----12------------|----13----12----13|----12------| E
G-10----10----10---|-10---------------|-10----10----10---|-10---------| P
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------| E
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------| A
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------| T

**1st verse**
Night came down jungle sounds were in my ears
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B--6---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
G--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
D--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

City screams are all I've heard in twenty years
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B--6---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
G--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
D--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

The razor's edge of night it cuts into my sleep
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B--6---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
G--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
D--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

I sit apon the edge now shall I make that leap?
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B--6---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
G--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
D--7---------------|------------------|--5---------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

**chorus**
I'm the o - mega - man
E----12----11----12|----10----------------------| R
B----13----12----13|----12----------------------| E
G-10----10----10---|-10---------------| P X 5-|
D------------------|----------------------------| E
A------------------|----------------------------| A
E------------------|----------------------------| T

Always talking to myself Oh.......
E--6---------------|--10--------------|--10--------------|------------------|
B--6---------------|--11--------------|--11--------------|------------------|
G--7---------------|--10--------------|--10--------------|------------------|
D--5---------------|---8--------------|--10--------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

**solo (also used in the outro overtop of chorus section)**
E------------------|--------------------| R
B-10---13-^-15-^-13|-^-15-^-13--10--10--| E
G------------------|--------------------| P
D------------------|--------------------| E
A------------------|--------------------| A
E------------------|--------------------| T

**lyrics**

**1st verse**
Night came down jungle sounds were in my ears
City screams are all I've heard in twenty years
The razor's edge of night it cuts into my sleep
I sit apon the edge now shall I make that leap?

**chorus**
I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
The omegaman
I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
Always talking to myself

**2nd verse**
Skys alive with turned on television sets
I walk the streets and seek another vision yet
The echo makes me turn to see the last frontier
The edge of time closes down as I disappear

**repeat chorus**

**3rd verse**
Times that's best is when surroundings fade away
The presence of another world comes close to me
It's time for me to throw away this paper knife
I'm not alone in reaching for a perfect life

**repeat chorus**

**outro**
(I'm so tired)
I'm the omegaman

repeat until fade.


Hope this helps someone who enjoys The Police and Andy Summers as much as I Do.
If anyone has any of STINGS songs, I would love them expecially FORTRACE
AROUND YOUR HEAT. Please e-mail me.


IF NO ONE COMPLAINS ABOUT YOUR MUSIC, THEN YOU'RE NOT
PLAYING IT LOUD ENOUGH.

Phil
(e-mail me on s1170796@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Zach
Average
#1 by Zach at Apr 2, 1971 at 2:58 AM EST
No, I'd say you're right. I would like to know where this line comes from though: "The sky's alive with turned on television sets", it reminds me very much of Neuromancer's opening line: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel". The songs's from '81, the book from '84. It looks like a meme that was around before Neuromancer, and considering that Sting read a lot during his Police days, it is not unthinkable he got the lines from somewhere else. Maybe from the novel the movie was based on, Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend"?
 
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Randy
Lead Player
#2 by Randy Lott at Oct 6, 1975 at 11:20 PM EST
… and Andy Summers' 'Omegaman', opening with a cool phased rhythm, manages somehow to merge a fast punkish rhythm with astral overtones. Besides, watch out for that phased solo; I've yet to hear something like that instrumental section. 'Psychedelic punk' - how's that for you? That's the best categorization for the song I can offer. [George Starostin]
 
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A.K.A. Steven
Average
#3 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Feb 11, 1979 at 6:40 PM EST
this track blows my mind
 
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skater-boy
Rhythm Player
#4 by skater-boy at Aug 18, 1988 at 7:59 PM EST
Is there absolutely any relation to the Charleton Heston flick in 1971 of the same name? It seems you could say it is. Tired of being the last sane man perhaps? I could be way off here Christopher Nicolaides
 
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That One Guy
Musical Genius
#5 by That One Guy at Nov 7, 1994 at 11:31 PM EST
PC: What was the quickest album you ever made? AS: The second Police album Regatta D'Blanc was made in 10 days. The Police records were all really fast. We were such a playing band that we would start with the songs and have them together within the week. We didn't need to spend a huge amount of time on it because we were constantly performing so we were always ready. We were a working band. We knew our style. We didn't need 10 years to work things out. When they gave us 6 weeks to go to Montserrat and record Ghost in the Machine we were done in 10 days and would then just sit around. Personally I think people spend too long on records and try to make them too perfect. There is a certain rush of energy that you get. You shouldn't take too long because I think you get a better feeling on the record. People take too much time and detailing and it ends up sounding a bit dead I think. PC: What about your old Police songs like 'Behind My Camel' or 'Omegaman', do you ever resurrect them live? AS: No. I can't actually. We should leave them for the right moment. PC: Would you like to take those old songs and reinvent them? AS: Not particularly. I think that was an era then. I don't have a great nostalgia for the past. I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music. We are about to play at Birdland in New York which is extremely tough and has some of the coolest musicians in the world. I am going to play this album and take it all away. I will be as cutting edge as anybody. It is a full frontal assault when we play this shit. Just the track Earth + Sky alone is a killer live. I pull it off exactly like the record. It is tough to do but it is fun. We practiced and I like the challenge of being able to do it. Mentally being able to get on top of these pieces and get the sequences right is in your hand to be able to play. If you can get through it in a live performance you feel comfortable because it pushes you on. It helps you grow and that is what it is all about. PC: I'm in Melbourne, Australia. Isn't this the city where the band broke up? AS: Yeah it was. It was sort of the official end because we did get back together and do those six dates with the Amnesty tour in '86. We did like a covert appearance where we appeared two years later. It was sort of the end but it wasn't. I remember that gig very well. It was a poignant moment because we all knew we were breaking up but the audience didn't know. [Paul Cashmere interview with Andy Summers]
 
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Ashley
Rhythm Player
#6 by Ashley 666 at Jun 14, 1996 at 11:20 AM EST
I heard Andy say in an interview that he was thinking of John Lennon when he wrote this song.