Spirits In The Material World Bass

The Police
Spirits in the
  material World
A & M Records inc
 
Bassist: Gordon Matthew
   Thomas Sumner (AKA Sting)
 
Tuning : E A D G
Tempo  : 141 bpm
 
Drums  +++ + +
 
Opening riff: 00:01
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|---3--2233----------------------| X4
E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--|
 
 
Verse: 00:15
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D|--------------------------------|
A|---3--2233----------------------| X8
E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--|
There is no political solution
To our troubled evolution
Have no faith in constitution
There is no bloody revolution
 
Chorus: 00:41
G|------------------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-5------|
A|-5--3-5-3----------3----| X4
E|------------------------|
We are spirits in the material world
(Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world)
 
Verse: 00:56
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D|--------------------------------|
A|---3--2233----------------------| X8
E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--|
Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
The subjugate the meek
But it's the rhetoric of failure
 
Chorus: 01:22
G|------------------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-5------|
A|-5--3-5-3----------3----| X4
E|------------------------|
We are spirits in the material world
(Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world)
 
Bridge: 01:36
G|--------------------------------|
D|----2--3---5--7---5--3---2--0---|
A|-5------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
Instrumental: 01:43
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D|--------------------------------|
A|---3--2233----------------------| X4
E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--|
 
Verse: 01:57
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D|--------------------------------|
A|---3--2233----------------------| X8
E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--|
Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
If it's something we can't buy
There must be another way
 
Chorus: 02:23
G|------------------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-5------|
A|-5--3-5-3----------3----| X10 fading
E|------------------------|
We are spirits in the material world
(Are spirits in the material world)
 
(Are spirits in the material world...)
[repeat/fade]
 
End: 02:59
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