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Every Breath You Take
The Police
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Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. 1 (elec. w/clean tone)'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. 2 (elec. w/dist.)'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=116
Aadd9 F#madd9
1/8 4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|---|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|---|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
Dsus2 D5 Esus2 E5 Aadd9
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------6-------|---------6--------||
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9--||
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||
1st Verse
Aadd9
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||----------6-------|---------6-------|
||------9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|
||o---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|
||--5---------------|-5---------------|
F#madd9 Dsus2 D5
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-------|---------2-------|-----9---7--------|
|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6-|---7-------7---7--|
|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|-5-----5-----5----|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|------------------|
1.
Esus2 E5 F#madd9
PM-------------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----11---9-----9\-|---------2-------|---------2-----2--||
|---9--------9------|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6------||
|-7------7-----7----|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---o||
|-------------------|-2---------------|-2----------------||
2.
Aadd9
---------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------6-------|---------6---------||
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9---||
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7-----||
|-5---------------|-5-----------------||
Chorus
$
Dsus2 D5 D5/C D7/C Aadd9
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----7---5-------|---------6-------|---------6--------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7-------7-5-7-|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9--|
|-5-----------5---|-5-----5---------|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-5----------------|
Badd9
PM---------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------8---------|----------8---------|
|-----11-----11---11-|-----11-----11---11-|
|---9----9------9----|---9----9------9----|
|-7------------------|-7------------------|
Esus2 E5 Esus2 E5
-----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-----11---9-------|-----11---9--------||
|---9----9---9---9-|---9----9---9---9--||
|-7------------7---|-7------------7----||
|------------------|-------------------||
2nd and 3rd Verse
Aadd9 F#madd9
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
To Coda
Dsus2 D5 Esus2 E5 F#madd9 F
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------2-------|---------2-----2---|
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------|-2-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W H Q E S S
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------2-2-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-1-|
Bridge
G F
Gtr II
W +H +Q. S S W +H +Q. S S W
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1----|
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1----|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---4-4-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-2-|-2----|
|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3----|
|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3----|
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1----|
G F
+H +Q. S S W +H +Q. S S W +W
|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----||
|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----||
|-(2)----(2)---4-4-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-2-|-2--------|-(2)----||
|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-(3)----(3)---5-5-|-5--------|-(5)----(5)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-(1)----(1)---3-3-|-3--------|-(3)----(3)---1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----||
Interlude
Aadd9 F#madd9
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
Dsus2 D5 Esus2 E5 F#madd9
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------2-------|---------2-----2--|
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
Aadd9 F#madd9
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|
|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6--|
|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4----|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Dsus2 D5 Esus2 E5 Aadd9
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-|---------6-------|---------6--------||
|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------|-----9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9--||
|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||
3rd Verse Cont.
&
Dsus2 D5 Esus2 E5 F#madd9
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||o------------------o||
|---------2-----2-|-----9---7-------|-----11---9-----9\-||----------2---------||
|-----6-----6-----|---7-------7---7-|---9--------9------||------6-----6---6---||
|---4---4-----4---|-5-----5-----5---|-7------7-----7----||o---4---4-----4----o||
|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------------||--2-----------------||
Outro
Aadd9 F#madd9 Dsus2
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||----------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|-----9---7--------||
||------9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|---7---7---7---7--||
||o---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|-5-----------5---o||
||--5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|------------------||
Aadd9 F#madd9 Dsus2
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||----------6-------|---------6-------|---------2-------|-----9---7---------||
||------9-----9---9-|-----9-----9---9-|-----6-----6---6-|---7---7---7---7---||
||o---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---4---4-----4---|-5-----------5----o||
||--5---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x
||----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---||
||o-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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