Shambelle bass tab by The Police

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
---------------
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