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Police Every Breath You Take Bass Tab

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Every Breath You Take by Police


Verse

G---------------------
D---------------------
A-------------5---7---
E----5----2---------5-
plays the 1st 2 notes x16 each
and the next 2 x8
and the last note x16

Verse fill

G---------------------
D-------------------4-
A-------------5---7---
E----5----2-----------
sam deal as above

Chours "oh can't you see.." bit

G-----------------
D-----------------
A-5-3-0-2-7-------
E-----------------
play the 1st 2 notes x8
and the last 3 x16

Bridge

G-----------------------------|-----------------------------
D-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|------3------3------3------3-
A------3------3------3------3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--
E-----------------------------|-----------------------------
play x2

2nd fill

G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D4444444444444444-------------------44444444444444444-------44444444-
A----------------55555555-77777777----------------------------------5
E----------------------------------------------------2222222---------
play once

playing order
verse x1
verse fill x1
verse x1
Chours x1
verse fill x1
bride x2
verse fill x1
verse x1
Chours x1
verse fill x1
2nd fill x1
verse till fade out

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/police,_the/110438.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Badass
#1 by Nirvana at May 10, 1972 at 10:13 AM EST
I saw a Behind the Music on VH1 and he said that it was supposed to be not quite stalkerish, but leave that sort of feeling. On the other hand, part of it was just about loving her. I think it seems more like that, and I'd be disappointed if it really was about the cold war, cuz the stalking/loving thing seems more emotional.
 
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jay
Average
#2 by jay culver at Oct 10, 1974 at 10:43 PM EST
I actually have heard Sting say that this song is about him imagining his ex-wife stalking him. I do believe that I heard it on one of the many VH1 shows. Either way, I think the song is much more interesting when you think it's about stalking someone, because when I was growing up, so many thought it was such a great LOVE song. So, by at least having a different take on it, it makes me want to listen to the song over again and make new opinions about it, just as the "big brother" idea puts a new spin on this song.
 
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Senour
Average
#3 by Senour Dakota at Oct 24, 1974 at 5:16 PM EST
i heard this was about the government watching their every step, but since i've listened to this song since i was in diapers, thats really hard to believe
 
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Ali
Wanna Be
#4 by Ali Friesen at Nov 16, 1979 at 11:30 AM EST
We all feel hurt when one we love breaks a promise, or doesn't meet an expectation. We feel 10,000 times as bad as when we can not live up to a loved one's expectation.
 
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Steve
Wanna Be
#5 by Steve at May 12, 1986 at 5:51 PM EST
I know that the typical take on this song is that it has a stalkerish aspect to it. However, another take on it might be the love and devotion a parent feels towards their child. The parent watches their baby grow up and eventually away from them. They feel pain when the child leaves for his or her first day of school, first date, prom, and eventually leaves to go to college or whatnot. But no matter where or what happens to the child that parent will always be watching over them.
 
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† The Jester †
Average
#6 by † The Jester † at Dec 3, 1988 at 1:23 PM EST
get real nofx....pretty clever lyrics though.
 
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Cody
Professional
#7 by Cody Noneyobizones at May 6, 1995 at 8:22 PM EST
im not positive but a friend has told me that he wrote this song about the media and how the paparazzi follow him around and hang on his every word