Message In A Bottle Bass

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Tuning:	E A D G
Capo:	no capo

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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.