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Man In A Suitcase

The Police

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The Police - Man In A Suitcase                                 

Notes: 1) In Verse 3 & Chorus 3, you might want to change the D major triad/chord
          voicing from    e-10-     to    e---
                          B-10-           B-7-
                          G-11-           G-7-
                          D-12-           D-7-
          
       2) Cut and paste this file into your favourite word processing application
          and set the whole text to 10- or 11-point MS Gothic for easy viewing.

** Intro **

      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  (4x) 
e||------5-----5-----8-----8--|-----5-----5-----6-----6---||
B||------6-----6-----8-----8--|-----5-----5-----6-----6---||
G||*-----5-----5-----9-----9--|-----5-----5-----7-----7--*||
D||*-----7-----7-----10----10-|-----7-----7-----8-----8--*||
A||---------------------------|---------------------------||
E||---------------------------|---------------------------||
 
** Verse 1 (Play Intro figure) **

** Chorus 1 **
 
  E  E  E  Q     E  E  E     E  E  E  Q     E  E  E
-----5-----5-----8-----8--|-(8)-5-----5-----5-----5--|
-----6-----6-----8-----8--|-(8)-6-----6-----6-----6--|
-----5-----5-----9-----9--|-(8)-7-----7-----7-----7--|
-----7-----7-----10----10-|-(10)7-----7-----7-----7--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
 
     E  E  E  Q     E  E  E     E  E  E  Q     E  E  E  (3x)
||--(5)-5-----5-----8-----8--|-(8)-5-----5-----5-----5---||
||--(6)-6-----6-----8-----8--|-(8)-6-----6-----6-----6---||
||*-(7)-5-----5-----9-----9--|-(8)-7-----7-----7-----7--*||
||*-(7)-7-----7-----10----10-|-(10)7-----7-----7-----7--*||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
 
** Verse 2 (same as Verse 1) **

** Chorus 2 (same as Chorus 1) **

** Bridge **

    Q   E E Q.    E   E E H.         W            W
||------6h8-------8-|-6h8---------|------------|-------------||------------|
||----------6-------|-----6-------|-(6)--------|-(6)---------||------------|
||*-----------------|-------------|------------|------------*||------------|
||*-----------------|-------------|------------|------------*||------------|
||------------------|-------------|------------|-------------||------------|
||------------------|-------------|------------|-------------||------------|
 
** Verse 3 **
 
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  (4x) 
||------7-----7-----10----10-|-----7-----7-----8-----8---||
||------8-----8-----10----10-|-----7-----7-----8-----8---||
||*-----7-----7-----11----11-|-----7-----7-----9-----9--*||
||*-----9-----9-----12----12-|-----9-----9-----10----10-*||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
 
** Chorus 3 & Coda **
 
  E  E  E  Q     E  E  E     E  E  E  Q     E  E  E
-----7-----7-----10----10-|-(10)7-----7-----7-----7--|
-----8-----8-----10----10-|-(10)8-----8-----8-----8--|
-----7-----7-----11----11-|-(11)9-----9-----9-----9--|
-----9-----9-----12----12-|-(12)9-----9-----9-----9--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
 
     E  E  E  Q     E  E  E     E  E  E  Q     E  E  E (repeat into fade)
||--(7)-7-----7-----10----10-|-(10)7-----7-----7-----7---||
||--(8)-8-----8-----10----10-|-(10)8-----8-----8-----8---||
||*-(9)-7-----7-----11----11-|-(11)9-----9-----9-----9--*||
||*-(9)-9-----9-----12----12-|-(12)9-----9-----9-----9--*||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
 

Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer on

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Man In A Suitcase

The Police