The Police - Message in a bottle
bassver. 13
chords ver. 1
chords ver. 2
chords ver. 3
chords ver. 4
chords ver. 5
tabs ver. 1
tabs ver. 2
tabs ver. 3
tabs ver. 4
tabs ver. 5
tabs ver. 6
tabs ver. 7
tabs ver. 8
tabs ver. 9
tabs ver. 10
bass ver. 1
bass ver. 2
bass ver. 3
bass ver. 4
bass ver. 5
bass ver. 6
bass ver. 7
bass ver. 8
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bass ver. 11
bass ver. 12
drum ver. 1
drum ver. 2
drum ver. 3
drum ver. 4
ukulele ver. 1
Autoscroll
1 Column
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Transpose 0
Tuning: E A D G
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Police
(From the 1979 Album REGGATTA DE BLANC)
Words and Music by Sting
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Sting - Bass'
[Intro] [1st & 3rd Verses]
Q=150
Segno $
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
G|------------|-------------||----------------|-----------------|
D|------------|-------------||----------------|------4-(4)------|
A|------------|-----------4-||-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4--|
E|------------|-------------||----------------|-----------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)------|
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)------|
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)------|
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
[Chorus]
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
G|----------------|---------------||-----------------|--------------------|
D|----------------|------4-(4)----||-----------------|--------------------|
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2-------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
E|----------------|---------------||-----------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|---------------2-|---------------2--|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
G|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-|-------------2---|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
Q Q Q. E E Q E Q E E Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E
G|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0---------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|
E|--------------|--------4----4--|--------------|--------4----4-|
Q Q Q. E E Q E H W +W
G|--------------|-------------|----------|--------||
D|--------------|-------------|----------|--------||
A|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0------|----------|--------||
E|--------------|--------4----|-2--------|-(2)----||
[2nd Verse]
W W W H Q E E
G|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|-----------4--|
E|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)------|
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)------|
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +H
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------||
D|----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)----||
A|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4\---0-(0)---2-|-2-------------||
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------||
[Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2--|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E
G|---------------2-|-------------2--|--------------|----------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|--------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0---------|
E|-----------------|----------------|--------------|--------4----4--|
Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0---------|
E|--------------|--------4----4-|--------------|--------4----4--|
Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0---------|
E|--------------|--------4----4-|--------------|--------4----4--|
Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E Q Q
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|
E|--------------|--------4----4-|--------------|--------4------|
Dal Segno al Coda
W +W W +H E S S E E
G|----------|------------|----------|--------------------||
D|----------|------------|----------|--------------------||
A|----------|------------|----------|------------0h4-4---||
E|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)------2---------||
Coda &
Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E
G||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
D||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
A||o-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------o||
E||---------------|--------4----4-|--------------|--------4----4--||
Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E H
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
A|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0--------|-4--4--4----4-|-0-0--0------|
E|--------------|--------4----4-|--------------|--------4----|
[Interlude]
W +W Wx7 H Q E E
G|----------|------------||------------|--------------||
D|----------|------------||------------|--------------||
A|----------|------------||------------|-----------4--||
E|-2--------|-(2)--------||------------|--------------||
[Outro]
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E 10x
G||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
D||o----------------|------4-(4)-----|----------------|------4-(4)-----o||
A||o-4----0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-|-4----0-(0)---2-|-2------------4-o||
E||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
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