Born In The Fifties Tab by The Police

Born In The Fifties tab by The Police

Guitar Tab

Transcribed by gnolivos

I've seen only one tab of this song, and it is in the wrong (standard) tuning.
If you watch Andy play this song live, you can see his is playing these chords, on
an F-tuned guitar (half step UP).

Tuning: Half Step *UP*  (F tuning)

Guitar effect: light gain


 Intro     Chorus

|----3--||--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-2--3--||o-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
|-2--0--||--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-2--0--||--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|-0--x--||o-----------------------------|
|----3--||------------------------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


|-------------------------------------------3--|
|-(2)--(2)-(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)-2--3--|
|--2----2---2---2----2---2---2----2---2--2--0--|
|--2----2---2---2----2---2---2----2---2--2--0--|
|--0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0--0--x--|
|-------------------------------------------3--|


|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

                                   2x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


 Pre-Verse - loose feel
|-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-|--5---5---5---5--|--3---3---3---3--|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|--5---5---5---5--|--3---3---3---3--|
|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|--6---6---6---6--|--4---4---4---4--|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|--7---7---7---7--|--5---5---5---5--|
|---------|-x-x-x-x-|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|
|---------|-3-3-3-3-|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|


|-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3-|----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
|---------|-x-x-x-x--x-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--|
|---------|-3-3-3-3--3-|----------------------|


 Verse - reggae feel
|--2---2---2---2--|--3---3---3---3--|-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|
|--3---3---3---3--|--3---3---3---3--|-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|
|--2---2---2---2--|--0---0---0---0--|-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|


|--2---2---2---2--|--3---3---3---3--|-------------------3-|
|--3---3---3---3--|--3---3---3---3--|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--3-|
|--2---2---2---2--|--0---0---0---0--|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--0-|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-|


 Interlude - w/flanger                                      ...slide up
|-5------|-3------|-5------5--|-3------|-5------5--|-1------|-1s=======|
|-6------|-3------|-6------6--|-3------|-6------6--|-1------|-1s=======|
|-5------|-4------|-5------5--|-4------|-5------5--|-2------|-2s=======|
|-7------|-5------|-7------7--|-5------|-7------7--|-3------|-3s=======|
|-5------|-5------|-5------5--|-5------|-5------5--|-3------|-3s=======|
|-5------|-3------|-5------5--|-3------|-5------5--|-1------|-1s=======|


                                               continue to chorus...
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|-....
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-....
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....

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