POLICE - "message in the bottle" Tablature
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Song: Message in a Bottle - The Police
Tabbed By: Joe Holingshead (KSA-Tekken@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03/17/01
Comments: I tabbed out the whole song since the other versions of this song out
there didn't satisfy me. I hope it sounds good and is almost perfect. Shouldn't
kid myself =).
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Chords:
C#add9 Aadd9 Badd9 F#add9
x 4 6 8 x x x 0 2 4 x x x 2 4 6 x x 2 4 6 x x x
AV DV EVII AVtypeII
5 7 7 6 x x x 5 7 7 7 x x 7 9 9 9 x 5 7 7 6 x x
DVtypeII EVIItypeII F#IItypeII C#IVtypeII
x 5 7 7 7 x x 7 9 9 9 x 2 4 4 3 x x X 4 6 6 5 4
AV F#IItypeIII
5 7 7 6 5 5 2 4 4 3 2 2
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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Standard'
Tempo = 150
Guitar I:
E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E 10x
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o|
|-------8-------4-------6------------|
|----6-------2-------4----------6-7--|
|-4-------0-------2----------4------o|
|-------------------------2----------|
Just a castaway
An island lost at sea
Another lonely day
With no one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair
PM----------------|
E E E E E E E H Q
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------7---9-o||
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6---7---9--||
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7---9--||
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7---5---7-o||
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5----------||
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
PM----------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-o|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------------------|
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
H H H H H H W
|-4----5----4----5----4----5----2-|
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----2-|
|-6----6----6----6----6----6----3-|
|-6----7----6----7----6----7----4-|
|-4----7----4----7----4----7----4-|
|------5---------5---------5----2-|
Message in the bottle, Message in the bottle
E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E 8x
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------o|
|-------8--------4-------6------------|
|----6--------2-------4----------6-7--|
|-4-------0--------2----------4------o|
|--------------------------2----------|
A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life
But love can break your heart
PM----------------|
E E E E E E E H Q
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------7---9-o||
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6----7---9--||
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----7---9--||
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----5---7-o||
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------||
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
PM----------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------|
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H W
|-4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----2-|
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----2-|
|-6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----3-|
|-6----7----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----7----4-|
|------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5----2-|
Message in the bottle, Message in the bottle, Message in the bottle,
Message in the bottle, yeah
E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E 8x
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------o|
|-------8--------4-------6------------|
|----6--------2-------4----------6-7--|
|-4-------0--------2----------4------o|
|--------------------------2----------|
Walked out this morning
Don't believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles
Washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
Hundred billion castaways
Looking for a home
PM----------------|
E E E E E E E H Q
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------7---9-o||
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6----7---9--||
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----7---9--||
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----5---7-o||
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------||
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
PM----------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------|
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H W
|-4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----4----5----2-|
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----2-|
|-6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----3-|
|-6----7----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----7----4-|
|------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5----2-|
Message in the bottle, Message in the bottle, Message in the bottle,
Message in the bottle, yeah
E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E 27x
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------o|
|-------8--------4-------6------------|
|----6--------2-------4----------6-7--|
|-4-------0--------2----------4------o|
|--------------------------2----------|
(Play 4 times then start lyrics)
I'm sending out an SOS (repeat until fade out)
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Lyrics:
Just a castaway
An island lost at sea
Another lonely day
With no one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life
But love can break your heart
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Walked out this morning
Don't believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles
Washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
A hundred billion castaways
Looking for a home
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
I'm sending out an SOS (repeat until fade out)
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