The Police - Every Breath You Take Chords & Tabs

 

Every Breath You Take Chords & Tabs

The Police Chords & Tabs

Version: 6 Type: Tab

Every Breath You Take Tab

   
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. 1 (elec. w/clean tone)'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. 2 (elec. w/dist.)'

 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=116
      Aadd9                               F#madd9
 1/8 4/4
  Gtr I
      PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|---|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|---|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|


  Dsus2   D5        Esus2    E5         Aadd9
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------6-------|---------6--------||
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9--||
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||


   1st Verse
    Aadd9
    PM---------------------------------
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||----------6-------|---------6-------|
||------9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|
||o---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|
||--5---------------|-5---------------|


  F#madd9                             Dsus2   D5
 ---------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-------|---------2-------|-----9---7--------|
|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6-|---7-------7---7--|
|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|-5-----5-----5----|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|------------------|


                      1.
  Esus2    E5         F#madd9
  PM-------------------------------------------------------
  E E  E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----11---9-----9\-|---------2-------|---------2-----2--||
|---9--------9------|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6------||
|-7------7-----7----|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---o||
|-------------------|-2---------------|-2----------------||


  2.
  Aadd9
 ---------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------6-------|---------6---------||
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9---||
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7-----||
|-5---------------|-5-----------------||


 Chorus
  $
  Dsus2   D5        D5/C    D7/C      Aadd9
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----7---5-------|---------6-------|---------6--------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7-------7-5-7-|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9--|
|-5-----------5---|-5-----5---------|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-5----------------|


  Badd9
  PM---------------------------------------
  E E  E E E  E E  E   E E  E E E  E E  E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------8---------|----------8---------|
|-----11-----11---11-|-----11-----11---11-|
|---9----9------9----|---9----9------9----|
|-7------------------|-7------------------|


  Esus2    E5        Esus2    E5
 -----------------------------------|
  E E  E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-----11---9-------|-----11---9--------||
|---9----9---9---9-|---9----9---9---9--||
|-7------------7---|-7------------7----||
|------------------|-------------------||


 2nd and 3rd Verse
  Aadd9                               F#madd9
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|


                                               To Coda
  Dsus2   D5        Esus2    E5         F#madd9                         F
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------2-------|---------2-----2---|
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------|-2-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                 W                   W                 H       Q   E S S
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------2-2-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-1-|


 Bridge
                          G                             F
  Gtr II
  W          +H     +Q.   S S   W          +H     +Q.   S S   W
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1----|
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1----|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---4-4-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-2-|-2----|
|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3----|
|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3----|
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1----|

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               G                             F
  +H     +Q.   S S   W          +H     +Q.   S S   W          +W
|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----||
|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----||
|-(2)----(2)---4-4-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-2-|-2--------|-(2)----||
|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----||


 Interlude
  Aadd9                               F#madd9
  Gtr I
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|


  Dsus2   D5        Esus2    E5         F#madd9
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------2-------|---------2-----2--|
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|


  Aadd9                               F#madd9
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|


                                                            D.S. al Coda
  Dsus2   D5        Esus2    E5         Aadd9
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------6-------|---------6--------||
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9--||
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||


 3rd Verse Cont.
  &
                    Dsus2   D5        Esus2    E5           F#madd9
  PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E      E E E E E E E E   4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||o------------------o||
|---------2-----2-|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-||----------2---------||
|-----6-----6-----|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------||------6-----6---6---||
|---4---4-----4---|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----||o---4---4-----4----o||
|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------------||--2-----------------||


   Outro
    Aadd9                               F#madd9           Dsus2
    PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||----------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|-----9---7--------||
||------9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|---7---7---7---7--||
||o---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|-5-----------5---o||
||--5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|------------------||


    Aadd9                               F#madd9           Dsus2
    PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   5x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||----------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|-----9---7---------||
||------9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|---7---7---7---7---||
||o---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|-5-----------5----o||
||--5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   5x
||----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---||
||o-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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