From [email protected] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Message in a Bottle TAB (repost)
Date: 8 Oct 1993 14:22:18 -0500
Sting spake:
From uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!mozart
Wed May 13 15:51:14 PDT 1992
Article: 3632 of alt.guitar
From: [email protected] (Sting)
Subject: Message in a Bottle
Date: 12 May 92 15:46:16 GMT
The chord outline for Message looks like this:
Verse:
C#add9 Aadd9 Badd9 F#add9 (sliding up to m3) 😐
«Chorus» 1 (I’ll send an S.O.S….)
A D E 😐
«Chorus» 2 (I hope that some one gets my…)
F#m D 😐
«Chorus» 3 (Message in a bottle…)
C#m A (repeat) resolve to F#m then back to verse.
From watching the old Police live tapes, you can see that
Andy plays the add9 chords something like this:
1———————————————————————1
2———————————————————————2
3———-8————4———-6————————————3
4——6————2———-4—————6-7———————-4
5—4————0———-2—————4—————————-5
6————————————2———————————6
I recommend doing the troups of three with fingers 1, 3, 4. This way,
you can slide up from 6-7 on the final chord with your pinky and your
index will be in position over fret 4 to begin the cycle again.
I recommend barres for the chorus chords, to reproduce the original
feeling. Try the 5th position A and D, 7th position E, 2nd position
F#m, and 4th position C#m.
Enjoy!
-Michael
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Michael J. Fromberger |
Composer, Guitarist |
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