Low Life tab by The Police
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LOW LIFE As recorded by The Police (From the 1993 Boxset MESSAGE IN A BOX: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS) Words and Music by Sting Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=122 A F#m G D 12/8 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.) E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------14---------------10-------|----------12-------------7-----| |-------14----14---------11----11----|-------12----12--------7---7---| |----14----------14---11----------11-|----12----------12---7-------7-| |-12----------------9----------------|-10----------------5-----------| |------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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A F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|----------14---------------10--------|
|-------14----14---------11----11-----|
|----14----------14---11----------11--|
|-12----------------9-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|----------12-------------7-----|
|-------12----12--------7---7---|
|----12----------12---7-------7-|
|-10----------------5-----------|
|-------------------------------|
A F#m G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------2-----|
|-------2-----------------|-----------------3---3---|
|-----2---2---------2-----|-------4-------2-------2-|
|---2-------2-----4---4---|-----5---5---0-----------|
|-0-------------4-------4-|---5-------5-------------|
|-------------2-----------|-3-----------------------|
F#m E G A
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q. +H.
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-------------------|
|-------2-----------1-----|-4S=6-(6)---(6)------|
|-----4---4-------2---2---|-5S=7-(7)---(7)------|
|---4-------4---2-------2-|---------------------|
|-2-----------0-----------|-3S=5-(5)---(5)------|
|
| Gtr II(Clean El. Gtr.)
| W W
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
A F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-----------14-----------------10--------|
||---------14-----14----------11-----11----|
||------14-----------14----11-----------11-|
||o-12------------------9------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q.
||-------------9------------------5--------|
||o-----------10------------------7--------|
||-------------9------------------6--------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|
|-----------12----------------7------|
|--------12-----12---------7-----7---|
|-----12-----------12----7---------7-|
|-10------------------5--------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q.
|------------7---------------10------|
|------------8---------------10------|
|------------7---------------11------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
A F#m G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------14-----------------10--------|-----------12----------------7------|
|--------14-----14----------11-----11----|--------12-----12---------7-----7---|
|-----14-----------14----11-----------11-|-----12-----------12----7---------7-|
|-12------------------9------------------|-10------------------5--------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|------------9------------------5--------|------------7---------------10------|
|-----------10------------------7--------|------------8---------------10------|
|------------9------------------6--------|------------7---------------11------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|---------2--------------------|
|------2-----2----------2------|
|----2---------2------4----4---|
|-0-----------------4--------4-|
|----------------2-------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q.
|---------9-------------5------|
|--------10-------------7------|
|---------9-------------6------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
G D F#m E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------2------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------3-----3---|-----------------------------|
|--------4---------2---------2-|--------2-------------1------|
|------5----5---0--------------|------4----4--------2----2---|
|----5--------5----------------|----4--------4----2--------2-|
|-3----------------------------|-2-------------0-------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|--------7-------------10------|--------5-------------7------|
|--------8-------------10------|--------7-------------9------|
|--------7-------------11------|--------6-------------9------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Chorus
1. 2.
G A G A G C
Q E +Q. +H. Q E +Q. +H. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||---------------------||-------3-------------8------|
|-0-------------------o||-0-------------------||-------3-------------8------|
|-4S=6-(6)---(6)-------||-4S=6-(6)---(6)------||----------------------------|
|-5S=7-(7)---(7)-------||-5S=7-(7)---(7)------||-5---5---5---10---10---10---|
|---------------------o||---------------------||-5---5---5---10---10---10---|
|-3S=5-(5)---(5)-------||-3S=5-(5)---(5)------||-3---3---3----8----8----8---|
|
| W W W
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------o||---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------o||---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---|
G C A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------3-------------8------|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------3-------------8------|-------5-----------5-----|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5---5---5---10---10---10---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-5---5---5---10---10---10---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-3---3---3----8----8----8---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---|
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------8--------------8------|
|---------8--------------8------|
|-------------------------------|
|-10---10---10---10---10---10---|
|-10---10---10---10---10---10---|
|--8----8----8----8----8----8---|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E Q
|---------10--------------10------|-------12---------12----|
|---------10--------------10------|-------12---------12----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|-12---12----12---12---12----12---|------------------------|
|-12---12----12---12---12----12---|------------------------|
|-10---10----10---10---10----10---|------------------------|
|
| W W.
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-2----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0----------------------|
G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------7--------------10------|
|---------8--------------10------|
|--7----7----7-------------------|
|--9----9----9---12---12----12---|
|-10---10---10---12---12----12---|
|----------------10---10----10---|
|
| W
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
A F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------2--------------2------|----------------------2------|
|------2-----2--------2-----2---|--------2----------------2---|
|----2---------2----2---------2-|------4----4--------4------4-|
|-0--------------0--------------|----4--------4----4----------|
|-------------------------------|-2-------------2-------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|---------9--------------9------|--------5-------------5------|
|--------10-------------10------|--------7-------------7------|
|---------9--------------9------|--------6-------------6------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|---------2--------------2------|
|------2-----2--------2-----2---|
|----2---------2----2---------2-|
|-0--------------0--------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q.
|---------9--------------9------|
|--------10-------------10------|
|---------9--------------9------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
3rd Verse
F#m B G#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------7-------------4------|
|--------2-------------2------||------8-----8--------4----4---|
|------4----4--------4----4---||----9---------9----6--------6-|
|----4--------4----4--------4-||------------------------------|
|-2-------------2-------------||-7--------------4-------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|--------5-------------5------||--------11-------------7------|
|--------7-------------7------||--------12-------------9------|
|--------6-------------6------||--------11-------------8------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
A E B G#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5--------------9------|---------7-------------4------|
|------6-----6--------9-----9---|------8-----8--------4----4---|
|----7---------7----9---------9-|----9---------9----6--------6-|
|----------------7--------------|------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------|-7--------------4-------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|---------9-------------12------|--------11-------------7------|
|--------10-------------12------|--------12-------------9------|
|---------9-------------13------|--------11-------------8------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------5--------------9--------|
|------6-----6--------9-----9-----|
|----7---------7----9---------9---|
|----------------7----------------|
|-5-------------------------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q.
|---------9-------------12--------|
|--------10-------------12--------|
|---------9-------------13--------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
B G#m A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------7-------------4------|---------5--------------9------|
|------8-----8--------4----4---|------6-----6--------9-----9---|
|----9---------9----6--------6-|----7---------7----9---------9-|
|------------------------------|----------------7--------------|
|-7--------------4-------------|-5-----------------------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|--------11-------------7------|---------9-------------12------|
|--------12-------------9------|--------10-------------12------|
|--------11-------------8------|---------9-------------13------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G#m F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------4--------------2--------|
|------4----4--------3-----3-----|
|----6--------6----4---------4---|
|--------------------------------|
|-4-------------2----------------|
|
| Q. q. Q. q.
|--------7--------------9--------|
|--------9-------------11--------|
|--------8-------------11--------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Outro
AaddBadd11 E Bm11
Q E +Q. +H. Q E +Q. +H.
|-0---0-(0)---(0)--------||---0----0--(0)----(0)--------|
|-0----------------------||o--0----0--(0)----(0)--------|
|-6---8-(8)---(8)--------||--13---11-(11)---(11)--------|
|-7---9-(9)---(9)--------||--14---12-(12)---(12)--------|
|------------------------||o-14---12--------------------|
|-5---7-(7)---(7)--------||--12---10-(10)---(10)--------|
|
| H. Q. q. Q. q. Q. q.
|-------------------7----||------------7-----------7----|
|-------------------7----||o-----------7-----------7----|
|-------------------7----||------------7-----------7----|
|------------------------||-----------------------------|
|------------------------||o----------------------------|
|------------------------||-----------------------------|
AaddBadd11
Q E +Q. +H. 14x
|-0---0-(0)---(0)----------||
|-0-----------------------o||
|-6---8-(8)---(8)----------||
|-7---9-(9)---(9)----------||
|-7-----------------------o||
|-5---7-(7)---(7)----------||
|
| Q. q. Q. q. 14x
|--------7----------7------||
|--------7----------7-----o||
|--------8----------8------||
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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