The Police – Cant Stand Losing You (Guitar Tab)

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Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police (1978 - Album: Outlandos D’Amour) Tab was made by watching covers, watching Andy Summers playing it live, and a bit by ear in order to create the most accurate tabs for this song. Enjoy! [Intro]

e|-----1----------3-----|-----1----------3-----|-----1----------3-----|-----1----------3-----|
B|-----3----------3-----|-----3----------3-----|-----3----------3-----|-----3----------3-----|
G|-----2----------3-----|-----2----------3-----|-----2----------3-----|-----2----------3-----|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
*The D minor comes in on the 2nd beat and the G minor comes in on the 4th beat.
*You can pretty much use any Dm and Gm triads, this is just how I play it.

[Verse]

e|--1---1------5---5------3---3---3---3--|
B|--3---3------5---5------3---3---3---3--|
G|--2---2------5---5------3---3---3---3--|  Do 4 rounds of this - (song order is at the bottom!)
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

[Bridge/Pre-chorus]

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--3--------------------3------------------|
D|--3----------3---3-----3----------3---3---|
A|--1----------3---3-----1----------3---3---|
E|-------------1---1----------------1---1---|

e|----------------------------------5---5---|
B|----------------------------------5---5---|
G|--5--------------------5----------6---6---|
D|--5----------5---5-----5----------7---7---|
A|--3----------5---5-----3----------7---7---|
E|-------------3---3----------------5---5---|

[Chorus] - The entire Chorus is Palm Muted

e|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

[Solo]
e|----------------1--------------------3------------------1-------------------5--|
B|------------1--------------------3------------------1------------------3-------|
G|--------1-------------------3------------------1------------------3------------|
D|--1-------------------3------------------1-----------------3-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*The timing on this one is a bit weird, listen to the song to figure it out.

[Outro/Extended Chorus] - All of it Palm Muted

e|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| x2
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

e|-8------5------6----|
B|-8------5------6----|
G|-9--x8--5--x8--7--x8|  *8 times for each note, same rhythm as regular chorus.
D|-10-----7------8----|
A|-10-----7------8----|
E|-8------5------6----|

e|-8------5------|
B|-8------5------|
G|-9--x4--5--x4--|   *Same rhythm but this time it's 4 instead of 8.
D|-10-----7------|
A|-10-----7------|
E|-8------5------|
                    ^ Everything above is 1 complete outro/extended chorus.

SONG ORDER: Intro x1 Verse x4 Bridge/Pre-chorus x1 Chorus x1 Intro x2 Verse x4 Bridge x1 Chorus x2 Solo Rest x8 (for 8 bars) Bridge x1 Outro/Extended Chorus x1 Intro x1 (the song fades to an end)