The Police - Police Collection Chords & Tabs

 

Police Collection Chords & Tabs

The Police Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Police Collection Bass Tab

   
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From: code@wam.umd.edu (kevin gardner)
Subject: BASS TAB: POLICE COLLECTION

Police Bass TAB version 1.0
===========================

The following represents my personal collection of 
stringsŐs bass lines from his police years.
For the most part sting used a pick on a fender
jazz bass, occasionally there was a slight slap-back
echo delay applied to his lines.  The lines a simple
however they are not nessaraly easy maske sure to
listen to the recod carefullly to obtain stingŐs 
reggae and jazz syncopation was the bass drum.
I have been playing bass for about three weeks,
so any contructive critisizm or insight in to singŐs
style would be greatlly apreaciated.

Hal-Lenard publishing does have a police bass-tab book out
however I have yet to see it.  I also donŐt have the money
to spend on a potentianlly incorrect tab book.


Eventually I hope to transcribe the compleate Police for
bass.  Each time I transcribe more songs I will post them
in this newsgroup and in nevada.

legend
h=hammeron
p=pull off
s=slide
pound=continueous 8th notes
====================================================
Demoltion Man
by the Police
transcribed by Andy Aleodort
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu

bass line for the entitre song
                     
|-------------------------5h6--|
|---5-7------5-7------5-7------|
|-7--------7--------7----------|
|------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|
|---5-5-7-----5-7---------------|
|-7---------7----------3-5------|
|--------------------5-----5----|

====================================================
When the World is Running Down,
   You Make the Best of whatŐs Still Around.
by the Police
transcribed by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu

bass line for the entire song
eventually there is song slap-back echo added
to the bass.
                     
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---1-3-----1-3------3-5----3-5-|
|-3-------3--------5------5-----|

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---5-7----5-7------5-7----5-7---|
|-7------7-----0--7------7-----0-|

====================================================
Walking on the Moon
by the Police
transcribed by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu

bass line for most of the song

|------------------|
|------------3-2---|
|-3-3-5----------3-|
|------------------|

bass line for chorus

|------------------|
|------------5-5-5-|
|-3-3-5----5-------|
|------------------|

                        --------
|---------------------|         |
|---------------------|         |
|-1-1-1-1---3---------|         |
|-------------1-1-1-1-|         |
                                3X
|--------------------------|    |
|--------------------------|    |
|---3-3-3-3---5------------|    |
|-3-------------3-3-3-3--5-|    |
                                |
                        --------

|---------------------|         
|---------------------|         
|-1-1-1-1---3---------|         
|-------------1-1-1-1-|         
                               
|---------------------|   
|---------------------|    
|---3-3-3-3-------3---|    
|-3-------------3-----|    

====================================================
Roxxane
by the Police
transcribed by Andy Aleodort
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu

bass line for most of the song

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-10-10----8-8----6-6----5-5----3-3-|
|-----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_police/police_collection_btab.html ]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1----1-3------------------------|

bass line for pre-chorus

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-3-3---------------|
|--------1-1----3-3-|

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-3-3-------------------|
|--------1-1----3-pound-|

bass line for chorus
|-------------------------------|
|-----------1-3-pound-----------|
|-3-1-pound---------------------|
|---------------------1-3-pound-|

bass line for interlude
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-1-3--3-1-----1-3--3-1---|
====================================================
Invisible Sun
by the Police
transcribed by Andy Aleodort and Kevin Gardner
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu

bass line for intro, verse, and solo
|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------------|

bass line for pre-chorus
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0---------|
|--------------------------4-4-4-4-|
 of a statistic on a government chart


bass line for chorus
                     
|---------------------------------|
|-----3---3-5---------3---3-2-----|
|---5---5-----------5---5-----3---|
|-3---------------3-------------3-|
====================================================
CanŐt Stand Losing You
by the Police
transcribed by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu

bass line for intro

|-----------------------------|
|-----7-5-7-7---------7-5-----|
|-5-8-------------5-8-----8-5-|
|-----------------------------|
                        
bass lines for verse 

|---------| --
|---------|   \
|-5-5-----|  4X
|-----3-3-| -/

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-1-----1--------3------3-pound-|
|---1-1---1-1------3-3----------|

bass line for chorus

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-1-pound-------------------------|
|----------3-pound---5-pound------|

bass lines for interlude

|-------------------------------| ----
|-------------------------------|     |
|---5---5-6-7-7------5---5-6-7--|     |
|-6---6------------6---6--------|     |
                                     2X
|-------------------------------|     |
|-------------------------------|     |
|---7---7-8-9-9------7---7-8-9--|     |
|-8---8------------8---8--------| ----

|-------------------------------|
|-0-pound-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

====================================================
Next to You
by the Police
transcribed by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu
prepared for computer tab by kevin gardner code@wam.umd.edu
                        
bass lines for verse one

|---------------------------------| --------
|---------------------------------|  8X    |
|-5-5-0-0-0-----------------------|        |
|--------------0-pound------------|  8th time 
                                    --donŐt pound

bass line for chorus one
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4-pound--5-pound----5-5h7--5-5-5-5h7-|
|-------------------0------------------|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4-pound--5-pound----5-5h7---5-5------|
|-------------------0------------------|

bass lines for verse two 

|---------------------------------| --------
|---------------------------------|  4X    |
|-5-5-0-0-0-----------------------|        |
|--------------0-pound------------|  4th time 
                                    --donŐt pound

bass line for chorus two
|--------------------------------------| <----
|--------------------------------------|     2X
|-4-pound--5-pound----5-5h7--5-5-5-5h7-|     |
|-------------------0------------------| <----

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-5-pound--7-pound----5-pound|
|----------------------------|