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Every Breath You Take by The Police
Most of this is based on 'add9' chords, with a nice picking pattern too. Use the right
hand palm to damp the strings and get
a dry staccato feel. Use a delay set to one quaver note length so that the delay is echoing
the picked note, but one note behind.
The basic chord progression is :
Intro : Aadd9 F#madd9 Dadd9 D Eadd9 E Aadd9
Verse : Aadd9 F#madd9 Dadd9 D Eadd9 E F#madd9
Aadd9 F#madd9 Dadd9 D Eadd9 E Aadd9
INTRO:
Aadd9
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G------------6-------------------6-----------------------
D-------9------9----9-------9------9----9---------------
A-----7----7------7-------7----7------7------------------
E---5-------------------5--------------------------------
F#madd9
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G----------2-----------------2---------------------------
D------6-----6---6-------6-----6---6---------------------
A----4---4-----4-------4---4-----4-----------------------
E--2-----------------2-----------------------------------
Dadd9 D Eadd9 E
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-------9----7-------------11---9------9-----------------
D-----7--------7---7-----9--------9----9-----------------
A---5------------5-----7-------------7-------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
Aadd9
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-----------6----------------6-----------------------
D-------9-----9---9------9-----9---9---------------
A-----7---7-----7------7---7-----7------------------
E---5----------------5--------------------------------
VERSE 1:
Aadd9 F#madd9
Every breath you take and every move you make
Dadd9 D Eadd9 E F#madd9
Every bond you break every step you take I'll be watching you
Aadd9 F#madd9
Every single day and every word you say
Dadd9 D Eadd9 E Aadd9
Every game you play every night you stay I'll be watching you
CHORUS :
Dadd9 D Cadd9 C
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------9----7-------------7---5----------------
D---------------7--------7---7-----5-------5---5----------
A-------------5------------5-----3-----------3------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
..Oh can't you see you belong to
Aadd9
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G------------6-------------------6------------------------
D-------9------9----9-------9------9----9-----------------
A-----7----7------7-------7----7------7-------------------
E---5-------------------5---------------------------------
me how my poor heart
Badd9
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G----------------8-----------------------8----------------
D----------11-------11----11-------11-------11----11------
A-------9-----9--------9--------9-----9---------9---------
E-----7-----------------------7---------------------------
aches with every step you
Eadd9 E Eadd9 E
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------11----9----------------11----9-------9----------
D------9-----------9----9-----9-----------9---------------
A----7----------------7-----7----------------7------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
take
Aadd9 F#madd9
Every move you make every vow you break
Dadd9 D Eadd9
Every smile you fake every claim you stake
E F#madd9
I'll be watching you
MIDDLE EIGHT :
(F) (G)
E--1---------------------------------------------3----------
B--1---------------------------------------------3----------
G--2---------------------------------------------0----------
D--3---------------------------------------------0----------
A--3--------------------------------------------------------
E--1---------------------------------------------3----------
Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
(F)
E--------------------------------------1------------
B--------------------------------------1------------
G--------------------------------------2------------
D--------------------------------------3------------
A--------------------------------------3------------
E--------------------------------------1------------
I dream at night I can only see your face
(G)
E-------------------------------------------3----------
B-------------------------------------------3----------
G-------------------------------------------0----------
D-------------------------------------------0----------
A------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------3----------
I look around but it's you I can't replace
(F)
E-----------------------------------------1---------------
B-----------------------------------------1---------------
G-----------------------------------------2---------------
D-----------------------------------------3---------------
A-----------------------------------------3----------------
E-----------------------------------------1---------------
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
(Aadd9)
E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------6----------
D-------------------------------9-----9---9---- etc
A-----------------------------7---7-----7-------
E---------------------------5-------------------
I keep crying baby baby please
Aadd9 F#madd9 Dadd9 D Eadd9 E F#madd9
Aadd9 F#madd9 Dadd9 D Eadd9 E Aadd9
CHORUS :
Dadd9 D Cadd9 C Aadd9
Oh can't you see you belong to me
Badd9 Eadd9
How my poor heart aches with every step you take
Aadd9
Every move you make
F#madd9
And every vow you break
Dadd9
Every smile you fake
D Eadd9
Every claim you stake
E F#madd9
I'll be watching you
Dadd9
Every move you make
D Eadd9
Every step you take
E F#madd9
I'll be watching you
E Aadd9
I'll be watching you
OUTTRO:
Aadd9
Every breath you take
F#madd9
Every move you make
Dadd9
Every bond you break
D Aadd9
Every step you take
Aadd9
Every single day
F#madd9
Every word you say
Dadd9
Every game you play
D Aadd9
Every night you stay
...etc to fade.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#1 by Ben Formica at Dec 18, 1977 at 2:06 PM EST |
| i could be wrong.. but i think its about someone he WAS with. but they broke up and hes still not over her so he does kind of stalk her. kind of like jealous and obsessive ex boyfriend kind of thing. Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face I look around but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep on crying baby, baby please O can't you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches With every step you take that part seems like broken-heartedness mixed with stalking.. creepy? | |
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mike Average |
#2 by mike rojas at Sep 3, 1978 at 10:32 PM EST |
| It's about a dude who's stalking his ex-lover. Amazing work of art | |
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Indy Lead Player |
#3 by Indy Windrose at Apr 12, 1980 at 4:31 PM EST |
| It makes me laugh when empty-headed red state denizens use it as their wedding song. | |
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kyle Average |
#4 by kyle sharpshooter at Oct 17, 1982 at 7:23 AM EST |
| All of you are wrong. I really do know what this song means. You people weren't even close to the meaning. My name is Rat, Golden Rat. I was partners with Sting in the mob during the late 70's/80's. The song is actually about Stings early days as a hit man. He actually had to change the lyric content so that it was suitable for for radio and tv. I recall some of the song: Every kid I kill All the blood I spill Every bone i break Every Life I take I'll be stalking you. thats all i remember, but its the real meaning behind this song. - the rat | |
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The MADMAN Average |
#5 by The MADMAN All the way at Jun 19, 1983 at 3:42 AM EST |
| Sure. Sting really was a hitman. I'll believe that when my crap turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert. Stalkery undertones, though I always thought he meant "watching you" as in watching the person in his memories, like a movie. ^^ | |
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Lee Professional Badass |
#6 by Lee the bass player, known as blacktooth90™ at Jul 28, 1993 at 4:02 AM EST |
| I don't like to think of it as all that much stalkerish. I like to think of it as more "I'll be there if something happens to you" | |
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Zac Wanna Be |
#7 by Zac Fielder at Jan 2, 2000 at 6:04 PM EST |
| touching you touching me | |
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