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/ The Police / Reggatta de Blanc (1979) / Message in a Bottle guitar tab
Message in a Bottle--The Police
This is the really basic way of playing the song.

Intro/Verse

:--------------------------------------------:
:--------------------------------------------:
:----------8--------4--------6---------------:
:-------6--------2--------4-----------6--7---:       (x*)
:----4--------0--------2-----------4---------:
:-------------------------------2------------:

Chorus
:--------------------------------------:
:----------------------7-7-7-7--9-9-9--:
:----------------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7--:   (x2)
:----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5--7-7-7--:
:----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------:
:----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------:

:---------------------------------------:
:----------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--:
:----------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--:  (x2)
:----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--:
:----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------:
:----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------:

Verse 2

:--------------------------------------------:
:--------------------------------------------:
:----------8--------4--------6---------------:
:-------6--------2--------4-----------6--7---:       (x*)
:----4--------0--------2-----------4---------:
:-------------------------------2------------:


Play Chorus again, then repeat the intro for the 3rd verse and then just keep playing the intro and fade.
 There’s some overdubbed stuff in the outro, but I haven’t figured that out yet.

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