The Police – Shambelle (Bass Tab)

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SHAMBELLE (Bassline) As recorded by The Police (From the 1993 Boxset MESSAGE IN A BOX: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS) Music by Andy Summers Arranged by Andy Summers Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Sting - Bass'
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  Gtr I
  W            Q  Q  E Q  E  8x     Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|----------||----------------||-||---------------|---------------|
|----------||o--------------o||-||o--------------|---------------|
|----------||o---------5----o||-||o---------5----|---------5-----|
|----------||--5--7-------7--||-||--5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7--|

  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|

  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|

  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|

                               1.
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----o||
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7--||

  2.
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
|---------5----|---------5----||---------5----|---------5----|
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-||-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|

  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E     Q  Q  E Q  E  7x Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------||----------------||--------------|
|--------------|--------------||o--------------o||--------------|
|---------5----|---------5----||o---------5----o||---------5----|
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-||--5--7-------7--||-5--7-------7-|

    Q  Q  E Q  E  4x     Q  Q  E Q  E  3x Q  Q  E Q  E
||----------------||-||----------------||---------------||
||o--------------o||-||o--------------o||---------------||
||o---------5----o||-||o---------5----o||---------5-----||
||--5--7-------7--||-||--5--7-------7--||-5--7-------7--||

                                                       To Coda
    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||o---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5-----o||
||--5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7---||

                                                D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5-----||
|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7--||

    &
    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   6x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||o---------5----|---------5----|---------5----|---------5-----o||
||--5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7-|-5--7-------7---||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line 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. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths