Bass tabs
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'
Q=138
$
4/4
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
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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
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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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda