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The Police - " De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - Bass Tab
Intro/Chorus/End:
|-----|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----|*---------------|---------------|-----------7-6-|
|-5-5-|*-0-0-0-0---5-4-|-0-0-0-0---5-4-|-7-7-7-7-------|
|-----|----------------|---------------|---------------|
& 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
__________ __________
|all except |last
|----------------|---------------|
|-----------7-6-*|---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-------*|-7-7-7-7---5-5-|
|----------------|---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
Verse:
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(x3)
|------------------|
|---------2---2---*|
|-4-4-4-4---4---4-*|
|------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------2---2---|-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4---4---4-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 3 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2---2---|
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4---4---4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|---------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-----7-----|-7-7-----7-----|
|---------|-------------|---0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-|
1 2 3 4 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 4 &
|-----------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|
|---0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-----7-----|-7---7-7---5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------|---0-0---0-0-|---0-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
Other Bit:
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----2---|---------|---------|---------|-----2---|---------|
|---------|-----3---|-----5---|-----0---|---------|-----3---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(x3) (x3)
|-------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-------------|*-------------*|*-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*|
|---0-0-0-0-0-|*-0-0-0-0-0-0-*|*-----------------*|
|-------------|---------------|-------------------|
1 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-|
|---------------|
|---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4
Song Structure:
intro
verse
chorus
verse
chorus
other bit
chorus
end
By: Johari Taylor
E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Mario Average |
#1 by Mario can't fail at Mar 21, 1970 at 11:20 AM EST |
| greetings, dadslildefect, fret no more, meaningmasta is here. ;-) first off, i want to say this is a very cool song, i love the energy, beat, the repeating guitar riff... My take on the meaning, is that words are often meaningless, especially in modern life. and that the actual words spoken often convey nothing true or real, they are often lies, or just pointless chit-chat. "De Do Do Do" etc sounds like baby talk, and i think that what hes comparing most everyday conversation to. "Dont think me unkind, Words are hard to find etc." in this verse, i think hes coming from the view of a deeper quiet person. He cant just babble meaninglessly all the time like everyone else. And because hes quiet, hes often seen as "unkind" or rude, stuckup etc. "And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me" i dont know exactly what hes getting at, but it may be that often people listen to a speaker emotionally, they are not being logical. in other words its more how you say it(eloquence) than what you actually say. It also may have to do with deeper thinkers(logic) not always being good at comminicating. While glib,shallow people are often great at schmoozing. "They're meaningless and all that's true" Goes back to my earlier points. Most everyday words/conversation that people say are meaningless, and thats the only true thing about the words spoken.(often being lies) | |
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Blades Average |
#2 by Blades at Dec 3, 1973 at 8:08 AM EST |
| That was The Police with do do do da da da their jibberish classic..! | |
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Nathaniel Average |
#3 by Nathaniel Harty at Jan 30, 1975 at 2:46 AM EST |
| Could be that he's in love with someone or is just getting to know a new friend and he's so sick of trying to find the right words. All other interpretations are equally plausible though. | |
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Dan Average |
#4 by Dan Johnson at Oct 7, 1980 at 11:34 PM EST |
| I think it's simply him pushing away "deep philosophy." A lot of the time philosophy (especially in religion, politics, poetry, etc.) just gets ridiculous and over-the-top. It's just fancy words and sophist logic that attempts to just catch you off guard (i.e. rape you). So essentially he could just be saying he just choses to hear gibberish when it comes to that stuff because he's so sick of it. However, knowing Sting it was probably just a temporary mood. He obviously enjoys that stuff at times. | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#5 by Chris Simmons at Sep 22, 1984 at 1:49 PM EST |
| Ooh I have Alive at Red Rocks... and I saw them do it in concert...AWESOME. But mmkay someone care to explain the meaning? | |
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vcbvcb Wanna Be |
#6 by vcbvcb at Nov 30, 1998 at 12:31 PM EST |
| This is my favorite police song, especially when covered by Incubus. If you check out the incubus alive from red rocks, they cover it in the middle of stellar because its in the same key...kinda cool | |
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Tim Average |
#7 by Tim Zichy-Woinarski at Jul 22, 2005 at 10:30 PM EST |
| For me, this song is about decolonization of the mind and shows the futility of using words as weapons. | |
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