The Police – Shambelle (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
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 B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Q=138
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N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El Gtr.)
W W 8x
|----------||------------------||-| |----------||o----------------o||-| |----------||------------------||-| |----------||------------------||-| |----------||o----------------o||-| |----------||------------------||-|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| PM------| PM-----
| W e e e e e Q e 8x
|----------||------------3-----||-|
|----------||o---------1------o||-|
|----------||---------------3--||-|
|----------||--2-2-3-3---------||-|
|----------||o----------------o||-|
|----------||------------------||-|
Bb C Bb
H. +E E +H. +E E
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o-6------------(6)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3--|
||--7------------(7)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3--|
||--8------------(8)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3--|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------||
|------------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e ||-------------3-------|-------------3--------| ||o----------1---------|-----------1----------| ||-------------------3-|-------------------3--| ||--2--2-3-3-----------|--2--2-3-3------------| ||o--------------------|----------------------| ||---------------------|----------------------| +W +W |------------------|------------------| |-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------| |-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------| |-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|
|
| PM-------| PM------------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e |-------------3----|-------------3----| |-----------1------|-----------1------| |----------------3-|----------------3-| |--2--2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| Bb C Bb H. +E E +H. +E E |--------------------|---------------------| |-6------------(6)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3-| |-7------------(7)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3-| |-8------------(8)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3-| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
|
|----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|------------3-------|-------------3-------|
|----------1---------|-----------1---------|
|------------------3-|-------------------3-|
|-2--2-3-3-----------|--2--2-3-3-----------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
C Bb C
+Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(3)-----5-(5)----6-|-(6)------8--(8)------|
|-(3)-----5-(5)----7-|-(7)------9--(9)------|
|-(3)-----5-(5)----8-|-(8)-----10-(10)------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------||
| PM-------| PM-------------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e |---------------3----|-----------------3----| |------------1-------|--------------1-------| |------------------3-|--------------------3-| |--2--2-3-3----------|--2--2-3--3-----------| |--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------| Bb C Bb EbD Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. S S |-------------------|--------------------6s5s=| |-3------5-(5)----6-|-(6)------8--(8)----8s7s=| |-3------5-(5)----7-|-(7)------9--(9)----8s7s=| |-3------5-(5)----8-|-(8)-----10-(10)---------| |-------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------------|
|
|----------| PM-------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e |--------------3----|-----------------3-------| |-----------1-------|--------------1----------| |-----------------3-|--------------------3----| |-2--2-3-3----------|--2--2-3--3--------------| |-------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------------| Eb F Bb H +E Q. H +E Q. |-6-------(6)--8\----|-5-------(5)-6\----| |-8-------(8)-10\----|-6-------(6)-6\----| |-8-------(8)-10\----|-5-------(5)-7\----| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM------| PM----------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|--------------3-----|-------------3-----|
|----------1---------|----------1--------|
|------------------3-|-----------------3-|
|-2-2-3-3------------|-2-2-3-3-----------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Eb
W H. +E S S
|-3--------------|------------------6s5s=|
|-4--------------|-3------------(3)-8s7s=|
|-3--------------|-0------------(0)-8s7s=|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------||
|---------| PM-----------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|-----------3----|------------3----------|
|---------1------|----------1------------|
|--------------3-|------------------3----|
|-2-2-3-3--------|-2--2-3-3--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
1.
H +E Q. H +E Q. W +W
|-6-------(6)--8\----|-5-------(5)-6\----|-3--------------|-(3)---------------||
|-8-------(8)-10\----|-6-------(6)-6\----|-4--------------|-(4)--------------o||
|-8-------(8)-10\----|-5-------(5)-7\----|-3--------------|-(3)---------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|||
| PM------| PM----------| PM----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|--------------3-----|-------------3-----|-----------3----|-------------3-----||
|----------1---------|----------1--------|---------1------|-----------1------o||
|------------------3-|-----------------3-|--------------3-|----------------3--||
|-2-2-3-3------------|-2-2-3-3-----------|-2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3---------||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
2.
Dadd4/A
W +E +Q. +H W +W
|-3--------------|-(3)-(3)-----(3)------||-----------------|------------------|
|-4--------------|-(4)-(4)-----(4)------||-^3--------------|-(3)--------------|
|-3--------------|-(3)-(3)-----(3)------||-^0--------------|-(0)--------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-^4--------------|-(4)--------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-^5--------------|-(5)--------------||
| PM------| PM--------------| PM------------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e |-----------3----|-----------------3----||------------3----|-------------3----| |---------1------|--------------1-------||----------1------|-----------1------| |--------------3-|--------------------3-||---------------3-|----------------3-| |-2-2-3-3--------|--2---2--3-3----------||--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------| |----------------|----------------------||-----------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------------||-----------------|------------------| +W W |------------------|----------------| |-(3)--------------|----------------| |-(0)--------------|----------------| |-(4)--------------|----------------| |-(5)--------------|----------------| |-(5)--------------|----------------|
|
| PM-------| PM----------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|-------------3----|-----------3----|
|-----------1------|---------1------|
|----------------3-|--------------3-|
|--2--2-3-3--------|-2-2-3-3--------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
Bb F Bb
E. S Q E Q E 7x E. S E E +E S S Q
||--------------------------||---------------------------------|
||o-11----11-11-----11p=10-o||-11----11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11----|
||--10----10-10-----10--10--||-10----10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10----|
||--12----12-12-----12p=10--||-12----12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12----|
||o------------------------o||---------------------------------|
||--------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-----------------| PM-------------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e 7x e e e e e Q e
||-------------------3------||----------------------3----------|
||o---------------1--------o||------------------1--------------|
||-----------------------3--||------------------------------3--|
||---2--2-----3-3-----------||--2--2-----3--3------------------|
||o------------------------o||---------------------------------|
||--------------------------||---------------------------------|
Am
E. S E E +E S S Q 4x
||---8-----8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8----||-|
||o-10----10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10---o||-|
||---9-----9--9--9--(9)--9--9--9----||-|
||----------------------------------||-|
||o--------------------------------o||-|
||----------------------------------||-||
| PM------------| PM-----
| e e e e e Q e 4x
||-----------------------3----------||-|
||o------------------1-------------o||-|
||-------------------------------3--||-|
||---2--2-----3--3------------------||-|
||o--------------------------------o||-|
||----------------------------------||-|
Bb F
E. S Q E Q E 3x E. S Q E Q.
||--------------------------||-------------------------||
||o-11----11-11-----11p=10-o||-11----11-11-----11------||
||--10----10-10-----10--10--||-10----10-10-----10------||
||--12----12-12-----12p=10--||-12----12-12-----12------||
||o------------------------o||-------------------------||
||--------------------------||-------------------------|||
|-----------------| PM------------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e 3x e e e e e Q e
||-------------------3------||------------------3------||
||o---------------1--------o||---------------1---------||
||-----------------------3--||----------------------3--||
||---2--2-----3-3-----------||--2--2-----3-3-----------||
||o------------------------o||-------------------------||
||--------------------------||-------------------------||
To Coda
C Bb A
W W W +W
||--^8--------------|-^6--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)----------------||
||o-^8--------------|-^6--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)---------------o||
||--^9--------------|-^7--------------|-^6--------------|-(6)----------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||
| PM------| PM-----------| PM-----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
||-------------3----|------------3----|------------3----|-------------3------||
||o----------1------|----------1------|----------1------|-----------1-------o||
||----------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|----------------3---||
||---2-2-3-3--------|--2-2-3-3--------|--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3----------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D.S. al Coda
Dadd4/A
W +W +W +W
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-^3--------------|-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------|-(3)---------------||
|-^0--------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)---------------||
|-^4--------------|-(4)--------------|-(4)--------------|-(4)---------------||
|-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)---------------||
|-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)---------------|||
| PM------| PM------------| PM------------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|------------3----|-------------3----|-------------3----|-------------3-----||
|----------1------|-----------1------|-----------1------|-----------1-------||
|---------------3-|----------------3-|----------------3-|----------------3--||
|--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3---------||
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
&
Dadd4/A D7add4
W +W W +W 6x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-^3--------------|-(3)--------------|-^1--------------|-(1)---------------o||
||--^0--------------|-(0)--------------|-^0--------------|-(0)----------------||
||--^4--------------|-(4)--------------|-^4--------------|-(4)----------------||
||o-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)---------------o||
||--^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)----------------|||
| PM------| PM------------| PM-----------| PM------------| PM | e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e 6x ||-------------3----|-------------3----|------------3----|-------------3------|| ||o----------1------|-----------1------|----------1------|-----------1-------o|| ||----------------3-|----------------3-|---------------3-|----------------3---|| ||---2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3----------|| ||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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