Message In A Bottle Bass
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Tuning: | E A D G |
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Capo: | no capo |
Author thewhoisawesome [a] 80. 1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 24, 2020
Message In A Bottle - The Police
Standard Tuning
Bassist: Sting
[Verse]
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------4-4-------------|
A|--4-4-------------------------------|
E|--------5-5---7-7-------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------|
[Chorus]
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
A|----------------7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-------|
E|----------------------------------------|
[Post-Chorus]
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-4-4---4--------------------------------------|
E|------------5-5-5-4------------------------------|
After last time repeat (skip last note)
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|--2~---------|
Song Structure
Verse x8
Pre-Chorus x2
Chorus x3
Post-Chorus + final note x3
Verse x6
Pre-Chorus x2
Chorus x3
Post-Chorus + final note x7
Verse x8
Pre-Chorus x2
Chorus x3
Post-Chorus + final note x7
Verse until fades
or you can play this for the final note of the song
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|---4/-------------------------|
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Message In A Bottle – The Police
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This tab doesn't allow the proper slide in the verse riff as heard in the original recording. Verse should start on E string fret 9 and slide down to fret 5.
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