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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