The Police: Canary in a Coalmine
Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M Records)
1980
Bass Performance by Sting
Transcribed by Andrew Martin([email protected])
Main Riff:
e s s s s e q e e 4 e s s s s e q q e s s s s e q e e
+——r—————-|—r————-|—r—————+
|4:-2-e-2-2-2-4——-*|—e————-|—e———4——|
|4:—s———4-2-4-*|—s———7—|—s————2-4-|
+——t—————-|-5-t-5-5-5-5—5-|-2-t-2-2-2-2——-+
e s s s s e q e e 2
+—r—————-+ The repeats vary sometimes, play with the song,
|-2-e-2-2-2-4——-*| it isn’t hard to figure out.
|—s———4-2-4-*|
+—t—————-+
Other Part
e s s s s e q e e 2 w +w
+——r—————-|—|—+
|4:-2-e-2-2-2-4——-*|—|—|
|4:—s———4-2-4-*|—|—|
+——t—————-|-5-|-5-+
Notes:
It’s played on a fretless, but sounds good either way.