Ghost In The Machine Tabs:
- Spirits In The Material World
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic »
- Invisible Sun
- Demolition Man
- Too Much Information
- Omegaman
- Darkness
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The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
Intro:
(x2)
|---------|----------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|*---------|---------|---------|---------*|
|-r-r-r-r-|*---------|---------|-2-------|-4-------*|
|---------|--3-------|-5-------|---------|----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse:
|----------|---------|---------|----------|
|*---------|---------|---------|---------*|
|*---------|---------|-2-------|-4-------*|
|--3-------|-5-------|---------|----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(x3)
|-------------|---------|
|*-----------*|---------|
|*-5-5-2-----*|-5/------|
|--------3-5--|---------|
1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chorus 1:
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|---------5-7-|-----------|-------------|
|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-7-----|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-4-----|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------7-5-|
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-----------|---------5-7-|-----------|---------|-3-------|
|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-7-----|-0---4-----|-1-------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|-3-------|-5-------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chorus 2:
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|---------5-7-|-----------|-------------|
|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-7-----|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-4-----|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------7-5-|
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-----------|---------5-7-|-----------|---------|-3-------|
|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-7-----|-0---4-----|-1-------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|
|---------|-3-------|
|-1-------|---------|
|---------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Middle-eight:
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|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-1-------|-0-------|---------|-0-------|---------|-0-------|
|---------|---------|-3-------|---------|-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
(x4)
|---------|---------|----------|----------|-----------|---------|
|---------|---------|*---------|---------*|-----------|---------|
|-1-------|-0-------|*-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-*|-5-5-2-----|-5-------|
|---------|---------|----------|----------|-------3-5-|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4
Last Chorus/End:
|------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
|*-----------|---------5-7-|-----------|-------------*|
|*-0---4-----|-5-5-5-7-----|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-4-----*|(x3)
|------------|-------------|-----------|---------7-5--|
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-----------|---------5-7-|-----------|---------|-3-------|
|-0---4-----|-5-5-5-7-----|-0---4-----|-1-------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|---------|
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|(there's still a little
|---------|---------|-1-------|---------| bit of the end left)
|-3-------|-5-------|---------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Taylor Average |
#1 by Taylor Enokson at Dec 13, 1970 at 5:57 AM EST |
| ^ same here. i don't think this song needs an explanation... it's simply about loving that one girl who could slap you across the face and make it seem like 'magic'. cheesy, i know. so catchy though. | |
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mark Badass |
#2 by mark at Mar 17, 1972 at 10:10 PM EST |
| The happiest song ever | |
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daniel Wanna Be |
#3 by daniel seaward at Oct 8, 1972 at 7:10 PM EST |
| As a girl I always wished a guy would feel this way about me | |
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Fresh Average |
#4 by Fresh at Dec 11, 1973 at 9:56 AM EST |
| BEST SONG EEEEEVER It's self explanitory though. Infatuation! | |
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josh Lead Player |
#5 by josh brock at Jan 11, 1976 at 1:34 AM EST |
| To me, this song's about a guy who is always rejected, and he can't bring himself to confess his feelings to the girl he likes. Great song to listen to if you're in that boat! | |
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nick Professional |
#6 by nick Sutliff at Mar 27, 1977 at 8:14 AM EST |
| when my boyfriend and i first started dating, he told me that this song reminded me of him...and i felt like the luckiest girl in the world :] | |
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Kev Rhythm Player |
#7 by Kev at Nov 26, 1977 at 12:43 AM EST |
| I heard this song on the radio but I didn't now who sung it. But I think it describes a guy's infatuation with a girl perfectly. In that stage when you're in the begininning of a relationship of something, that feeling of complete bliss with your significant other is unmatched. This song is catchy, especially the chorus, and does a great job of illustrating a man's very vivid feelings. | |
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Tom Rhythm Player |
#8 by Tom at Mar 12, 1978 at 12:17 AM EST |
| i think its easy to see what this song is about but i dont get the park when it says " Do I have to tell the story Of a thousand rainy days since we first met It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet" if you like someone isnt everything seem good? | |
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KT Average |
#9 by KT Brown at Sep 28, 1979 at 8:45 AM EST |
| To me this song is about a girl who is most likely a belle-laide. EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC! Come on now -- only a belle laide would have charm like that! He is so smitten with her! The way the song is sung, to me, doesn't match the lyrics. I love the song, though. I especially like how he says "MET" at the WAY END of the song. That gets to me -- pure heartache in the way "met" is sung. | |
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Dale Rhythm Player |
#10 by Dale Diaz at Feb 13, 1981 at 11:17 PM EST |
| I love this song, its happy, happy, happy, yet so tragic at the same time. In my all time Top 5. | |
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Simon Average |
#11 by Simon Donovan at Jan 1, 1982 at 1:35 AM EST |
| its about unrequieted love basically. anyway, i love this song | |
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Zach250 Wanna Be |
#12 by Zach250 at Sep 29, 1984 at 7:07 AM EST |
| The big hit and the classic, of course, was 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic', which borrows the majority of its title from the Beatles and invents it gorgeous vocal melody from nowhere, and it's hardly possible to dislike, especially the way they get to accelerate the tune near the end when Sting goes into the 'every little, every little, every little thing she does is MAGIC MAGIC MA-A-A-GIC' rave-up. [George Starostin] | |
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Craigy Average |
#13 by Craigy t at Nov 24, 1985 at 1:08 AM EST |
| Mrs D.V., I wonder if a guy has ever felt that way about you. The problem is, it's usually the ONE person we're least attracted to! Always seems to be the way. Have you felt this way about a guy before? It always surprises me that a guy as great looking as Sting has a couple songs where he says he's tongue tied and lonely. | |
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drew Average |
#14 by drew huh at Aug 10, 1988 at 7:27 AM EST |
| great looking guys can get sad too you know..(usually over great looking chicks) | |
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Brian Wanna Be |
#15 by Brian "The Funkmaster" at Feb 24, 1989 at 8:43 PM EST |
| it's about a guy who REALLY likes a girl and everytime he wants to tell her he's too affraid to say it but everything she does is just magical to him and his fear is of rejection | |
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Toxic Wanna Be |
#16 by Toxic Tension at Feb 17, 1990 at 4:52 PM EST |
| I think its about the feelings a guy has for a girl from start to end the fears of starting something "I just lose my nerve As I've done from the start" The feelings he has if he loses her: "Long before my tongue has tripped me Must I always be alone"..at least thats part of what its about, mostly the feeling a guy would go through for someone else. | |
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knob Wanna Be |
#17 by knob head at Mar 12, 1992 at 9:33 AM EST |
| The intro from the song is great. The tune is kind of happy for what it actually means. | |
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PYRO Average |
#18 by PYRO is in the navy seals at Mar 20, 1993 at 8:10 AM EST |
| This was originally an acoustic ballad Sting wrote while The Police were known as Strontium 90 (and included bassist Mike Howlett). You can hear the first recording of this song if you find their rare CD, Police Academy, released in 1997 and produced by Mike Howlett. Sting used a lyric from this, "Do I have to tell the story of a thousand rainy days since we first met? It's a big enough umbrella but it's always me that ends up getting wet," on some other songs he wrote, including The Police's "O My God" from Synchronicity and "Seven Days" from his solo album Ten Summoner's Tales. This was recorded in Montserrat. It appeared on the soundtrack of “The Wedding Singer”. | |
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Phil Wanna Be |
#19 by Phil Cifone at May 2, 1997 at 3:47 PM EST |
| My favorite part of the song is this verse: I resolved to call her up a thousand times a day And ask her if she'll marry me some old fashioned way But my silent fears have gripped me Long before I reach the phone Long before my tongue has tripped me Must I always be alone Sting is a romantic, nuff said... | |
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Super Average |
#20 by Super Unknown at Apr 27, 2001 at 2:18 AM EST |
| this song is just so cute! | |
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adam Average |
#21 by adam c at Aug 13, 2001 at 7:46 AM EST |
| If you check out the vid for this song and watch when they sing the line "Must I always be alone?" Andy Summers make a very silly face, it makes me laugh every time. | |
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*+♥+hazz Wanna Be |
#22 by *+♥+hazzy+♥+* at May 21, 2003 at 2:23 PM EST |
| This song makes me smile, no matter how mad/sad/cranky i am | |
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Moctezum@ Average |
#23 by Moctezum@ The Great at Oct 2, 2004 at 7:04 PM EST |
| Hmm. I have to disagree with this being an image of people are new to each other. To me it's more about someone that's known the object of their affection for a while. The bit about "a thousand rainy days since we first met", I take to mean that they have been through their ups and downs as they've known each other. "It's always me that ends up getting wet" means to me that he just keeps getting pushed out into the "rain", basically meaning that even though he's there for her and they are maybe even friends, he's not the top priority in her life and gets the short end of the stick. | |
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Nic Rhythm Player |
#24 by Nic F at Sep 29, 2005 at 10:44 AM EST |
| I would have to side most with the first poster. Here we have arguably the most perfect song ever written about becoming absolutely infatuated with a girl. Totally happy, though, it is not. "Every little thing she does is magic" is merely an observation from a far distance, he doesn't totally know her and can't truly connect ("[My silent fears have gripped me"). Ultimately he's left to ask why he "must ... always be alone." Every guy has had these feelings before. The thought of her studying, or working, or brushing her just absolutely kills you and then the inevitable happens: either reality sets in or the breakup occurs. Sting hopes to avoid that here, consciously or not. He doesn't want to make the phone call. It's tragic, and it's true. Imagining the wedding is a lot more fun that actually confessing your feelings and getting rejected. Irregardless, it's what one has to do. At some point, we all "end[...] up getting wet." | |
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Roman Average |
#25 by Roman Rozic at May 7, 2006 at 6:55 AM EST |
| Do I have to tell the story Of a thousand rainy days since we first met It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet The above verse basically talks about his days of loneliness and rejection by other girls. 'It's always me that ends up getting wet' refers to him being the one always getting rejected. And thus that's why he feels alone...those sad memories are like a thousand rainy days to him. | |
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