Message in a Bottle The Police
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------2-- -------14--------7-------9-------4----- ----14--------7-------9-------4-------- -12--------5-------7-------2----------- I don't remember how the chorus goes; I think I just strummed c#m, A, g#m and f#m (but hearing it in my head, that last chord sounds like it should be a seventh ???) One thing to keep in mind is that chorus sounds great on this but with a little distortion, the constant sliding around sounds pretty crappy if you don't muffle the strings. That is one problem I had anyway. I hope that helps. [--]Keith D. Sprochi "Hard times? I'm used to them. CIS Hardware Staff The speeding planet burns, I'm used to that. College of Engineering My life's so common it disappears." sprochi@cis.ohio-state.edu From uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!mozart Wed May 13 15:51:14 PDT 1992 Article: 3632 of alt.guitar Path: nevada.edu!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!mozart From: mozart@coos.dartmouth.edu (Sting) Newsgroups: alt.guitar Subject: Message in a Bottle Message-ID: Date: 12 May 92 15:46:16 GMT Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 41 The chord outline for Message looks like this: Verse: C#add9 Aadd9 Badd9 F#add9 (sliding up to m3) : "Chorus" 1 (I'll send an S.O.S....) A D E : "Chorus" 2 (I hope that some one gets my...) F#m D : "Chorus" 3 (Message in a bottle...) C#m A (repeat) resolve to F#m then back to verse. >From watching the old Police live tapes, you can see that Andy plays the add9 chords something like this: 1---------------------------------------------------------------------1 2---------------------------------------------------------------------2 3----------8-----------4----------6-----------------------------------3 4------6-----------2----------4--------------6-7----------------------4 5--4-----------0----------2--------------4----------------------------5 6------------------------------------2--------------------------------6 I recommend doing the troups of three with fingers 1, 3, 4. This way, you can slide up from 6-7 on the final chord with your pinky and your index will be in position over fret 4 to begin the cycle again. I recommend barres for the chorus chords, to reproduce the original feeling. Try the 5th position A and D, 7th position E, 2nd position F#m, and 4th position C#m. Enjoy! -Michael [--]Michael J. Fromberger Composer, Guitarist Sting@Dartmouth.EDU From: "Donald W. Pope II" Message in a Bottle The Police This is the main riff: E- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- G- -------8--------4--------4------------------------------------------------- D- ----6--------2--------4-----------6-7-------------------------------------- A- -4--------0--------2-----------4------------------------------------------- E- ----------------------------2---------------------------------------------- Play these lightly muted power chords next: E- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- G- -----------------7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------- D- -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------- A- -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------- E- -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------- Lightly strum these bar chords: E- -4---------------5---------------2----------------------------------------- B- -5---------------5---------------2----------------------------------------- G- -6---------------6---------------2----------------------------------------- D- -6---------------7---------------4----------------------------------------- A- -4-------------------------------4----------------------------------------- E- ---------------------------------2-----------------------------------------
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