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LOW LIFE (Bassline)
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) - 'Sting - Bass'
Intro
Q=122
12/8
Gtr I
W W W W
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W W W W
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1st & 2nd Verses
q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------2-(2)-----|-------------2-(2)-----|-------------2-(2)------|
||--5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-5--5--5--5--------0-2--|
q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------2-(2)-----|-------------2-(2)-----|-------------2-(2)-----|
|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|
1. 2.
q q q q E +E E E Q E +Q. +H. Q E +Q. +H.
|-----------------------|----------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||-------------------||
|-------------2-(2)-----|---------------------o||-------------------||
|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-3--5-(5)---(5)-------||-3--5-(5)---(5)----||
Chorus
q E +Q E q E +E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-------------3--3-(3)-3---|
|-3--3-(3)--3------------3-|
q E +Q E q E +E E E q E +Q E q E +E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------3--3-(3)-3---|-------------3--3-(3)-3---|
|-5--5-(5)--5------------3-|-3--3-(3)--3------------3-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-3--3-3----3--3-3----|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-|---------3---------3-|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q q q q E +E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------2-(2)-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|
q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------2-(2)-----|-------------2-(2)-----|-------------2-(2)-----||
|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-|-5--5--5--5--------0-2-||
3rd Verse
q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-----|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-----|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-------|
|-------------------2-4-|-------------------2-4-|-------------------2-4---|
q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-----|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-----|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-------|
|-------------------2-4-|-------------------2-4-|-------------------2-4---|
q q q q E +E E E Q E +Q. +H.
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-----|-0--2-(2)---(2)------|
|-------------------2-4-|---------------------|
Outro
q q q q E +E E E q q q q E +E E E 14x
||------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----------------------|------------------------o||
||o-2--2--2--2--4-(4)-----|-2--2--2--2--4-(4)------o||
||--------------------2-4-|-------------------2-4---||
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
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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