Tea In The Sahara Bass

TEA IN THE SAHARA (Bassline)
 
As recorded by The Police
(From the 1983 Album SYNCHRONICITY)
 
 
Words and Music by Sting
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Sting - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=70(16=s16)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    E. S S S S S   S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S E. S
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------4-4-2-4-|-4-4-2-4----4-4-2-4----|-4-4-2-4----4-4-2-4------|
|---------4---------|-----------------------|-----------------------4-|
 
 
  S S S S E. S S S S S E. S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-4-4-2-4------4-4-2-4------|
|------------4------------4-|
 
 
  S S S S E. S S S S S Q    S S S S E. S S S S S E. S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-4-2-4------4-4-2-4----|-4-4-2-4------4-4-2-4------|
|------------4------------|------------4------------4-|
 
 
  S S S S E. S S S S S E. S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-4-4-2-4------4-4-2-4------|
|------------4------------4-|
 
 
  S S S S E. S S S S S E. S   S S S S E. S S S S S Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-4-4-2-4------4-4-2-4------|-4-4-2-4------4-4-2-4----||
|------------4------------4-|------------4------------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--2---2----2---2----|-5---5----5---5----|
 
 
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2---2----2---2----|-5---5----5---5-----|
 
 
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2---2----2---2----|-5---5----5---5----|
 
 
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-2---2----2---2----|-5---5----5---5------||
 
 
 Chorus
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7---7--------7----|-------------------|
|----------0--------|-5---5----7---7----|
 
 
                     1.
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-7---7--------7----|---------------------o||
|----------0--------|-5---5----7---7-------||
 
 
  2.,D.S.
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-7---7--------7----|
|-5---5----7---7----|----------0--------|
 
 
                                To Coda
  S E S Q  S E S Q    S E S Q  S E S Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-7---7--------7------|
|-5---5----7---7----|----------0----------|
 
 
                      Interlude
  S E S Q  S E S Q     S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  E. S E. S
|-------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||-4-4-2-4----4-4-2-4----|-4-4-2-4-------2----2-|
|-5---5----7---7----||-----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
                          1.,2.                    3.
                                                            D.S. al Coda
    S S S S Q  E. S E. S   S S S S Q  E. S E. S  3x S S S S Q  E. S +Q
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
||o----------------------|----------------------o||-----------------------||
||o-4-4-2-4-------2----2-|-4-4-2-4-------2----2-o||-4-4-2-4-------2-(2)---||
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
 
 
             Outro
  &
  W           S S S S Q  E. S E. S   S S S S Q  E. S Q
|----------||----------------------|--------------------|
|----------||----------------------|--------------------|
|----------||-4-4-2-4-------2----2-|-4-4-2-4-------2----|
|----------||----------------------|--------------------|
 
 
    S S S S Q  E. S Q    S S S S Q  E. S Q   6x
||---------------------|---------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------------o||
||o-4-4-2-4-------2----|-4-4-2-4-------2----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
X