Message In A Bottle by The Police transcribed by Jimmy Cafarella Author/Artist: The Police Title: Message in a Bottle intro C# A B F# -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|-----8-------4-------6----------| -|---6-------2-------4---------6/7| -|-4------0-------2----------4----| -|------------------------2-------| -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|-----8-------4-------6----------| -|---6-------2-------4---------6/7| -|-4------0-------2----------4----| -|------------------------2-------| verse -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|-----8-------4-------6----------| -|---6-------2-------4---------6/7|play 8 times -|-4------0-------2----------4----| -|------------------------2-------| chorus A D E -|----------------------------------| -|----------------------------------| -|-----------------7-7-7---9---9-9-9| -|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9---9-9-9|play twice -|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5---7---7-7-7| -|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------| F# D -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|play twice -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| -|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| F# D C# A -|------------------------------------| -|------------------------------------| -|------------------------------------| -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6--7| -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4--7| -|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4--5| C# A C# A F# -|--------------| -|--------------| -|--------------| -|-6--7--6--7--4|play fill over this -|-4--7--4--7--4| -|-4--5--4--5--2| fill -|--------------| -|--------------| -|-12b--9-11-11b| -|--------------| -|--------------| -|--------------| verse again 2nd chorus -|----------------------------------| -|----------------------------------| -|-----------------7-7-7---9---9-9-9| -|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9---9-9-9|play twice -|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5---7---7-7-7| -|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|--------------------------------| -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|play twice -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| -|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| -|------------------------------------| -|------------------------------------| -|------------------------------------| -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6--7| -|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4--7| -|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4--5| -|--------------------------------------| -|--------------------------------------| -|--------------------------------------|play lead over -|-6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7--4| -|-4--7--4--7--4--7--4--7--4--7--4--7--4| -|-4--5--4--5--4--5--4--5--4--5--4--5--2| play this lead over it(keep in mind this lead was hard to figure out because I could hardly hear it so it may be off but at least you'll be in the right area to fake something. But read the tab while listening and you'll see it's pretty darn close) -|--------------------| -|--------------------| -|-12b----11-9--------| -|-------------11-11-9| -|--------------------| -|--------------------| -|------------------------------| -|-----14-----------------------| -|-12b----12b----11-9-----------| -|--------------------11-11-9-11| -|------------------------------| -|------------------------------| -|-------------------------------------------------| -|-------------------------------------------------| -|-9-11b-11-9-------------------------------------9| -|------------11-11-9------11p9----9---------9h11--| -|------------------------------11---11-9-11-------| -|-------------------------------------------------| -|-----------| -|-9---------| -|-12b---9---| -|---------11| -|-----------| -|-----------| play verse again play 2nd chorus again (however I gave up on trying to figure out the second set of leads) now play verse over and over until fade email me with any questions,complaints,naughty words,etc. jcafarella@hotmail.com www.TAB6.com