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The Police Spirits in the material World A & M Records inc Bassist: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (AKA Sting) Tuning : E A D G Tempo : 141 bpm Drums +++ + + Opening riff: 00:01 G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|---3--2233----------------------| X4 E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--| Verse: 00:15 G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|---3--2233----------------------| X8 E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--| There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution Chorus: 00:41 G|------------------------| D|-----------0-2-3-5------| A|-5--3-5-3----------3----| X4 E|------------------------| We are spirits in the material world (Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world) Verse: 00:56 G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|---3--2233----------------------| X8 E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--| Our so-called leaders speak With words they try to jail you The subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of failure Chorus: 01:22 G|------------------------| D|-----------0-2-3-5------| A|-5--3-5-3----------3----| X4 E|------------------------| We are spirits in the material world (Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world) Bridge: 01:36 G|--------------------------------| D|----2--3---5--7---5--3---2--0---| A|-5------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| Instrumental: 01:43 G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|---3--2233----------------------| X4 E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--| Verse: 01:57 G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|---3--2233----------------------| X8 E|-5---------5--3-33--5--3--0--3--| Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't buy There must be another way Chorus: 02:23 G|------------------------| D|-----------0-2-3-5------| A|-5--3-5-3----------3----| X10 fading E|------------------------| We are spirits in the material world (Are spirits in the material world) (Are spirits in the material world...) repeat/fade End: 02:59