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Man In A Suitcase

The Police

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Original-From: honet7!mike (Michael P Herlihy +1 908 949 9592)

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MAN IN A SUITCASE

Original music by 	Sting
Performance by 		The Police
Bass performance by 	Sting

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VERSE 1:
       e e e e q q   q q q q   e e e e q q   q q q q   
+---+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+
|4:-|*-R-3-3-3-5---|---------|-R-3-3-3-5---|---------*|
|4:-|*-----------3-|-0-0-1-3-|-----------3-|-0-0-1---*|
+---+--------------+---------+-------------+-------3--+

CHORUS 1:
   e e e e e e e e   e e e e q q   e e e e e e e e   q e e e q q  
+------------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|*-R---------------|-0-0-0---0-3-|-R---------------|-0-0---0-0---*|
|*-------0-3-3-0-3-|-------3-----|-------0-3-3-0-3-|-----3-----3-*|
+----1-3-----------+-------------+---1-3-----------+--------------+


BRIDGE:
  e e e e q q   E s e e Q e   e e q e e q   q q q q   e e e e e e e e   q q h  
+---1-1-1-0---+-------------+-1-1-1-0-0---+---------+-----1-1-0-0-----+-------+
|-R---------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|-------R-|-R-1---------1-1-|-------|
|-------------|-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------|-1-1-1---|-----------------|-1-1-1-|
+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------+-----------------+-------+

  e e e e e e q   w   w    
+-----1-1-0-0---+---+-5>-+
|-R-1---------1-|---|----|
|---------------|-3-|----|
+---------------+---+----+


VERSE 2:
   e e e e q q   q q q q   e e e e q q   q q q q 
+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+
|*-R-5-5-5-7---|---------|-R-5-5-5-7---|---------*|
|*-----------5-|-2-2-3-5-|-----------5-|-2-2-3---*|
+--------------+---------+-------------+-------5--+

CHORUS 2:
   e e e e e e e e   e e e e q q   e e e e e e e e   q e e e q q  
+------------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|*-R---------------|-----------5-|-R---------------|-------------*|
|*---------5-5---5-|-7-7-7-5-7---|---------5-5---5-|-7-7-5-7-7-5-*|
+----3-5-7-----7---+-------------+---3-5-7-----7---+--------------+


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PERFORMANCE NOTES:

		Verse 1
		Chorus 1

		Verse 1
		Chorus 1

		Bridge

(The song shifts from the key of F to G)

		Verse 2 
		Chorus 2 REPEAT to fade
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     __         Created using the Bass Tab Creator
   +|oo|+       by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
   +|oo|+
     ||         NOTES:
     ||
     ||         Capital durations are dotted notes
     ||           (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
     ||
     ||         +----+                   +----+
  _  ||  _      |*--*+  = MEASURE        |4:--|  = TIME
  \\_||_//      |*--*+    REPEATS        |4:--|    SIGNATURES
   | [] |       +----+                   +----+
   | || |
  /  []  \      + = TIE         ^  = TRIPLET           > = BEND
  \______/      H = HAMMER ON   \  = SLIDE TO FRET     R = Rest
                P = PULL OFF    \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE  ~ = Trill