You gotta love Sting and his off-beat rhythms.
Tabbed by: BASSteve
Tuning: EADG
Time signature: 4/4
r = rest (listen for duration)
/ = slide (low to high)
()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on
{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)
x = muted note
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate
durations.
INTRO
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|r-------------------------------|r-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----5---5---r-------------------|----3---3---r-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----1---1---r-------------------|----0---0---r-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3---3---r-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----1---1---r---x---x---x---3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|{3}-----------------------------|{3}-----------------------------|
VERSE
2x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||----5---5---r-------------------|----3---3---r-------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----1---1---r-------------------|----0---0---r-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3---3---r-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----1---1---r---x---x---x---3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|{3}-----------------------------|{3}-----------------------------||
PRE-CHORUS
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3---3---r-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----1---1---r-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3---3---r-------------------|----3---3---r-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3---3---r-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----1---1---r---x---x---x---3---|
crescendo
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------3---r---|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3-----------|
CHORUS
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------1---r---|
|3---0-/(1)--1---1---0-/(1)--1---|1---0-/(1)--1---1---1-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|1---2-/(3)--3---3---2-/(3)--3---|3---2-/(3)--3---3---3-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------1---r---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------3---r---|
|1---2-/(3)--3---3---2-/(3)--3---|3---2-/(3)--3---3---3-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------1---r---|
|3---0-/(1)--1---1---0-/(1)--1---|1---0-/(1)--1---1---1-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|1---2-/(3)--3---3---2-/(3)--3---|3---2-/(3)--3---3---3-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------1---1---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---x-----------------------3---|1---x-----------------------1---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---x-----------------------3---|1---x---------------------------|
[VERSE]
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS] to fade
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