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Message In A Bottle - The Police

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Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: No capo

BPM: 200

                                                                                  B
                                                                                  Asus2
                                                                                  C#sus2
    1st Guitar                                                                    B
    C#sus2                                                                        Asus2
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|------------8---------|--------------------|----------6---------|--------------------|----------8---------|
D|-------6--------------|-----6----9---------|-----4--------------|----------6/---7----|-----6--------------|
A|--4-------------------|---------------2----|--------------------|-----4--------------|4-------------------|
E|-----------------5----|--------------------|---------------2----|--------------------|---------------5----|

                                                                   Just a castJust a cast
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|----------6---------|--------------------|----------8---------|--------------------|
D|-------6----9---------|-----4--------------|----------6/---7----|-----6--------------|-----6----9---------|
A|-----------------2----|--------------------|-----4--------------|4-------------------|---------------2----|
E|----------------------|---------------2----|--------------------|---------------5----|--------------------|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

                                              island lost at sea, island lost at sea,

                         Another loneAnother lone

    no one here but me, no one here but me,                                             More More

                                                                   any man could bear any man could bear

                                              cue me becue me be

                         to despair, oh to despair, oh

    send an S. O. send an S. O.                                                         send an S. O. send an S. O.
    A5                                                                            A5    A5

                                                                   hope that someone hope that someone
                                                             A5    F#5

                                              hope that someone hope that someone
                                        F#5   F#5

                         hope that someone hope that someone
                   F#5   F#5                                                                           F#5

    sage in a bottle, sage in a bottle,
    C#m                                                                           C#m   C#m

                                                                   sage in a bottle, sage in a bottle,
                                                             C#m   C#m

                                        C#m   F#m                                       year has year has

                                                                   wrote my note wrote my note

                                              But I should have But I should have

                         start start

    Only hope Only hope                                                                 gether Love gether Love

                                                                   can mend your can mend your

                                              break your heart I'll break your heart I'll

                         send an S. O. send an S. O.
                         A5                                                                            A5

    send an S. O. send an S. O.                                                         hope that someone hope that someone
    A5                                                                            A5    F#5

                                                             F#5

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Instruments: Guitar
Tracks: 1
Tempo: 200 BPM
Time signature: 4/4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A major
Difficulty: Intermediate
Bars: 118
Frets used: Frets 2-9
Techniques: slides

Published 20 Jun 2020

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Message In A Bottle - The Police is a Guitar score arranged by Mk Guitar Classes. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 200 BPM. It is in A major, and the arrangement runs 118 bars. We grade it intermediate — it stays between frets 2 and 9 and there are 6 chord shapes to learn. Playing it calls for slides.

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