Tabs
SHAMBELLE
As recorded by The Police
(From the 1993 Boxset MESSAGE IN A augmentedA BOX: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS)
Music by Andy Summers
Arranged by Andy Summers
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Q=138
$
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El Gtr.)
W W 8x
|----------||------------------||-|
|----------||o----------------o||-|
|----------||------------------||-|
|----------||------------------||-|
|----------||o----------------o||-|
|----------||------------------||-|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| PM------| PM-----
| W e e e e e Q e 8x
|----------||------------3-----||-|
|----------||o---------1------o||-|
|----------||---------------3--||-|
|----------||--2-2-3-3---------||-|
|----------||o----------------o||-|
|----------||------------------||-|
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb
H. +E MajorE E MajorE +H. +E MajorE E MajorE
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o-6------------(6)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3--|
||--7------------(7)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3--|
||--8------------(8)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3--|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
|
|------------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
||-------------3-------|-------------3--------|
||o----------1---------|-----------1----------|
||-------------------3-|-------------------3--|
||--2--2-3-3-----------|--2--2-3-3------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
+W +W
|------------------|------------------|
|-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------|
|-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------|
|-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|
| PM-------| PM------------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|-------------3----|-------------3----|
|-----------1------|-----------1------|
|----------------3-|----------------3-|
|--2--2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb
H. +E MajorE E MajorE +H. +E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-6------------(6)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3-|
|-7------------(7)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3-|
|-8------------(8)-5-|-(5)-----------(5)-3-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|------------3-------|-------------3-------|
|----------1---------|-----------1---------|
|------------------3-|-------------------3-|
|-2--2-3-3-----------|--2--2-3-3-----------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
+Q. E MajorE +Q. E MajorE +Q. E MajorE +H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(3)-----5-(5)----6-|-(6)------8--(8)------|
|-(3)-----5-(5)----7-|-(7)------9--(9)------|
|-(3)-----5-(5)----8-|-(8)-----10-(10)------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| PM-------| PM-------------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|---------------3----|-----------------3----|
|------------1-------|--------------1-------|
|------------------3-|--------------------3-|
|--2--2-3-3----------|--2--2-3--3-----------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb EbD
Q. E MajorE +Q. E MajorE +Q. E MajorE +Q. S S
|-------------------|--------------------6s5s=|
|-3------5-(5)----6-|-(6)------8--(8)----8s7s=|
|-3------5-(5)----7-|-(7)------9--(9)----8s7s=|
|-3------5-(5)----8-|-(8)-----10-(10)---------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|
|----------| PM-------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|--------------3----|-----------------3-------|
|-----------1-------|--------------1----------|
|-----------------3-|--------------------3----|
|-2--2-3-3----------|--2--2-3--3--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb
H +E MajorE Q. H +E MajorE Q.
|-6-------(6)--8\----|-5-------(5)-6\----|
|-8-------(8)-10\----|-6-------(6)-6\----|
|-8-------(8)-10\----|-5-------(5)-7\----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM------| PM----------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|--------------3-----|-------------3-----|
|----------1---------|----------1--------|
|------------------3-|-----------------3-|
|-2-2-3-3------------|-2-2-3-3-----------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Eb MajorEb
W H. +E MajorE S S
|-3--------------|------------------6s5s=|
|-4--------------|-3------------(3)-8s7s=|
|-3--------------|-0------------(0)-8s7s=|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|
|---------| PM-----------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|-----------3----|------------3----------|
|---------1------|----------1------------|
|--------------3-|------------------3----|
|-2-2-3-3--------|-2--2-3-3--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
1.
H +E MajorE Q. H +E MajorE Q. W +W
|-6-------(6)--8\----|-5-------(5)-6\----|-3--------------|-(3)---------------||
|-8-------(8)-10\----|-6-------(6)-6\----|-4--------------|-(4)--------------o||
|-8-------(8)-10\----|-5-------(5)-7\----|-3--------------|-(3)---------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|
| PM------| PM----------| PM----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|--------------3-----|-------------3-----|-----------3----|-------------3-----||
|----------1---------|----------1--------|---------1------|-----------1------o||
|------------------3-|-----------------3-|--------------3-|----------------3--||
|-2-2-3-3------------|-2-2-3-3-----------|-2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3---------||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
2.
Dadd4/A
W +E MajorE +Q. +H W +W
|-3--------------|-(3)-(3)-----(3)------||-----------------|------------------|
|-4--------------|-(4)-(4)-----(4)------||-^3--------------|-(3)--------------|
|-3--------------|-(3)-(3)-----(3)------||-^0--------------|-(0)--------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-^4--------------|-(4)--------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|
|
| PM------| PM--------------| PM------------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|-----------3----|-----------------3----||------------3----|-------------3----|
|---------1------|--------------1-------||----------1------|-----------1------|
|--------------3-|--------------------3-||---------------3-|----------------3-|
|-2-2-3-3--------|--2---2--3-3----------||--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|
|----------------|----------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------------||-----------------|------------------|
+W W
|------------------|----------------|
|-(3)--------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|----------------|
|-(4)--------------|----------------|
|-(5)--------------|----------------|
|-(5)--------------|----------------|
|
| PM-------| PM----------| PM-
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|-------------3----|-----------3----|
|-----------1------|---------1------|
|----------------3-|--------------3-|
|--2--2-3-3--------|-2-2-3-3--------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
E. S Q E MajorE Q E MajorE 7x E. S E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE S S Q
||--------------------------||---------------------------------|
||o-11----11-11-----11p=10-o||-11----11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11----|
||--10----10-10-----10--10--||-10----10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10----|
||--12----12-12-----12p=10--||-12----12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12----|
||o------------------------o||---------------------------------|
||--------------------------||---------------------------------|
|
|-----------------| PM-------------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e 7x e e e e e Q e
||-------------------3------||----------------------3----------|
||o---------------1--------o||------------------1--------------|
||-----------------------3--||------------------------------3--|
||---2--2-----3-3-----------||--2--2-----3--3------------------|
||o------------------------o||---------------------------------|
||--------------------------||---------------------------------|
A minorAm
E. S E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE S S Q 4x
||---8-----8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8----||-|
||o-10----10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10---o||-|
||---9-----9--9--9--(9)--9--9--9----||-|
||----------------------------------||-|
||o--------------------------------o||-|
||----------------------------------||-|
|
| PM------------| PM-----
| e e e e e Q e 4x
||-----------------------3----------||-|
||o------------------1-------------o||-|
||-------------------------------3--||-|
||---2--2-----3--3------------------||-|
||o--------------------------------o||-|
||----------------------------------||-|
Bb majorBb FF
E. S Q E MajorE Q E MajorE 3x E. S Q E MajorE Q.
||--------------------------||-------------------------||
||o-11----11-11-----11p=10-o||-11----11-11-----11------||
||--10----10-10-----10--10--||-10----10-10-----10------||
||--12----12-12-----12p=10--||-12----12-12-----12------||
||o------------------------o||-------------------------||
||--------------------------||-------------------------||
|
|-----------------| PM------------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e 3x e e e e e Q e
||-------------------3------||------------------3------||
||o---------------1--------o||---------------1---------||
||-----------------------3--||----------------------3--||
||---2--2-----3-3-----------||--2--2-----3-3-----------||
||o------------------------o||-------------------------||
||--------------------------||-------------------------||
To Coda
C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA
W W W +W
||--^8--------------|-^6--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)----------------||
||o-^8--------------|-^6--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)---------------o||
||--^9--------------|-^7--------------|-^6--------------|-(6)----------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| PM------| PM-----------| PM-----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
||-------------3----|------------3----|------------3----|-------------3------||
||o----------1------|----------1------|----------1------|-----------1-------o||
||----------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|----------------3---||
||---2-2-3-3--------|--2-2-3-3--------|--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3----------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D.S. al Coda
Dadd4/A
W +W +W +W
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-^3--------------|-(3)--------------|-(3)--------------|-(3)---------------||
|-^0--------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)---------------||
|-^4--------------|-(4)--------------|-(4)--------------|-(4)---------------||
|-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)---------------||
|-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)--------------|-(5)---------------||
|
| PM------| PM------------| PM------------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e
|------------3----|-------------3----|-------------3----|-------------3-----||
|----------1------|-----------1------|-----------1------|-----------1-------||
|---------------3-|----------------3-|----------------3-|----------------3--||
|--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3---------||
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
&
Dadd4/A D7add4
W +W W +W 6x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-^3--------------|-(3)--------------|-^1--------------|-(1)---------------o||
||--^0--------------|-(0)--------------|-^0--------------|-(0)----------------||
||--^4--------------|-(4)--------------|-^4--------------|-(4)----------------||
||o-^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)---------------o||
||--^5--------------|-(5)--------------|-^5--------------|-(5)----------------||
|
| PM------| PM------------| PM-----------| PM------------| PM
| e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e e e e e e Q e 6x
||-------------3----|-------------3----|------------3----|-------------3------||
||o----------1------|-----------1------|----------1------|-----------1-------o||
||----------------3-|----------------3-|---------------3-|----------------3---||
||---2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3--------|--2-2-3-3--------|--2--2-3-3----------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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