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Message in a Bottle  The Police

Tabbed my boyofmystery
This is message in a bottle by the police
any questions? email tombilly76@hotmail.com
Tuning
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]  
Inro riff
 
 |------------------------------------------------| For intro play x2 at the
 |------------------------------------------------|start.For each verse play
 |--------8---------------------------------------|x8.
 |-----6-------------9----------11----------6\7---|
 |--4-------------7----------9-----------4--------|
 |-------------5----------7-----------2-----------|

Pre-chorus play this x2 (palm muted)
 
 |----------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------7--7--7--9----9--9--|
 |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9----9--9--|
 |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--7----7--7--|
 |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----------------------|

Pre-chorus continued (play this x3 palm muted)
 
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------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-------------------------0--|

Chorus #1 Play this bit x3
 
 |--4-------5-------|
 |--5-------5-------|
 |--4-------6-------|
 |--6-------7-------|
 |--4-------7-------|
 |----------5-------| 

Finish each chorus with...
|--2---|
|--2---|
|--2---|
|--2---|
|--4---|
|--2---|
Solo #1 (both solos are played over the 1st two chorus chords...C#m7 and A by
repeating the 2 chords, from * use F#m7 till the end of the solo)
(both solos are quite hard to hear aswell)
 
 |------------------------------------------------------9-------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--11b13~~~~~--(13)rb11--9-----------------------11b13----11b13~~~~--|
 |----------------------------11--11-9---11~~~------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--(13)rb11---11b13~~~~---(13)rb11-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------11-11--11-9--11~~~---------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_police/message_in_a_bottle_tab_ver_4.html )
 
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--9--11b13--11--9---------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------11~~---11p9-------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------11/9---7~----------------7---9\11--|
 |---------------------------------------------9~~~----7h9------------|
 *--with flanger--------|
 |-------------------------------------------||--------------------9--|
 |----------------------9--------------------||------------10---------|
 |-------9~------------(13)rb11---9~---------||-----9-----------9-----|
 |-9h11------11~~~---------------------11~~--||--------11-------------|
 |-------------------------------------------||--9--------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------||-----------------------|

Solo #2
 
 |--------------------------------------------9-----------------------|
 |---------------(14)rb12--10/9---------------------------------------|
 |--11b13~~~~----------------------11b13~~~------11b13--(13)rb11p9--11|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------9---12/10--10/9~~|
 |-----9~-------------------------------------9--11-------------------|
 |-11------11-----9h11~~~--11~~~------11--13--------------------------|
 |-------------11-----------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--(13)rb11p9-----11----9~~~~----------------------------------------|
 |--------------11-------------11~~~-----9---------------------------9|
 |------------------------------------------11/9--7--7------------11--|
 |------------------------------------------------------9p7h9---------|

*
 
 |-------------------------------------9------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------12b14----9---------------------|
 |------9---11b13---9~--------------------------11b13---(13)rb11--9h11|
 |--11-------------------11~~~----------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------|
 |------------------------|
 |--11b13~~~--(13)rb11p9--|
 |------------------------|
 |------------------------|
 |------------------------|

Harmony guitar part for intro riff and verse riff
 
 |-----------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|
 |--------11---------8----------9-----------8\9--|
 |-----9----------6----------7-----------6-------|
 |--7----------4----------6-----------4----------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|

Order of song...
Intro
verse 1
Pre chorus
chorus
verse 2
pre chorus
solo 1
verse 3
per chorus
solo 2
Outro (play the intro till fade)
Thats it folks! please rate and all comments to tombilly76@hotmail.com
Thanks!!!!!!!

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