Reggatta De Blanc Tabs:
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Tabbed by: Joe Miler, joe_miller@linuxmail.org
Key:
s/= Slide up
T
A= Stands for tablature (not pat of music)
B
Intro/Verse:
C#m A B F#m
e|-----------------|---------------||
a|-T---------------|---------------||
d|-A-----8---------|---------------|| x10
g|-B---6-------9---|---11-----4s/6-||
b|---4-------7-----|-9------4------||
E|---------5-----7-|------2--------||
A D E
e|-----------------|-----------------|
a|-T---------------|-----------------|
d|-A---------------|-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--|
g|-B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--| x2 (All downward strokes)
b|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--|
E|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
F#m D
e|-----------------|----------------||
a|-T---------------|----------------||
d|-A---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| x3 (All downward strokes)
g|-B-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
b|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------||
Chorus:
C#m A F#m
e|----4--|--5--| |--2--|-----||
a|-T--5--|--5--| |--2--|-----||
d|-A--6--|--6--| x3 |--2--|-----|| x1 (Hold notes over whole bar and
g|-B--5--|--7--| |--4--|-----|| on last note hold over 2 bars)
b|-------|-----| |-----|-----||
E|-------|-----| |-----|-----||
Verse:
C#m A B F#m
e|-----------------|---------------||
a|-T---------------|---------------||
d|-A-----8---------|---------------|| x8
g|-B---6-------9---|---11-----4s/6-||
b|---4-------7-----|-9------4------||
E|---------5-----7-|------2--------||
A D E
e|-----------------|-----------------|
a|-T---------------|-----------------|
d|-A---------------|-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--|
g|-B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--| x2 (All downward strokes)
b|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--|
E|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
F#m D
e|-----------------|----------------||
a|-T---------------|----------------||
d|-A---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| x3 (All downward strokes)
g|-B-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
b|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------||
Chorus:
C#m A F#m
e|----4--|--5--| |--2--|-----||
a|-T--5--|--5--| |--2--|-----||
d|-A--6--|--6--| x7 |--2--|-----|| x1 (Hold notes over whole bar and
g|-B--5--|--7--| |--4--|-----|| on last note hold over 2 bars)
b|-------|-----| |-----|-----||
E|-------|-----| |-----|-----||
Verse:
C#m A B F#m
e|-----------------|---------------||
a|-T---------------|---------------||
d|-A-----8---------|---------------|| x8
g|-B---6-------9---|---11-----4s/6-||
b|---4-------7-----|-9------4------||
E|---------5-----7-|------2--------||
A D E
e|-----------------|-----------------|
a|-T---------------|-----------------|
d|-A---------------|-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--|
g|-B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--| x2 (All downward strokes)
b|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--|
E|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
F#m D
e|-----------------|----------------||
a|-T---------------|----------------||
d|-A---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| x3 (All downward strokes)
g|-B-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
b|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------||
Chorus:
C#m A F#m
e|----4--|--5--| |--2--|-----||
a|-T--5--|--5--| |--2--|-----||
d|-A--6--|--6--| x7 |--2--|-----|| x1 (Hold notes over whole bar and
g|-B--5--|--7--| |--4--|-----|| on last note hold over 2 bars)
b|-------|-----| |-----|-----||
E|-------|-----| |-----|-----||
Outro:
C#m A B F#m
e|-----------------|---------------||
a|-T---------------|---------------||
d|-A-----8---------|---------------|| x24
g|-B---6-------9---|---11-----4s/6-||
b|---4-------7-----|-9------4------||
E|---------5-----7-|------2--------||
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Klint Average |
#1 by Klint flowers at Apr 22, 2006 at 4:30 PM EST |
| This song is about somone who thinks there suffering alone, and the "message in a bottle" is a cry for help, but later on they realise that there is suffering all over the place | |
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HammerOffFreak Professional |
#2 by HammerOffFreak at May 14, 2006 at 4:47 PM EST |
| i think hes talking about a person who is extremely introverted and who has rejected all external influence, then realizes that hes lonely and hes built a wall around himself. it reminds me of the beatles lyric from 'help' - "When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody's help in any way, But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured, Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors" its like he had shut everyone out and was realizing that it didnt make him happy, and then he sends out a bottle, or a cry for help, and he realizes that there are millions of others like him that need love. i dig this song.... | |
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Aaron Wanna Be |
#3 by Aaron Howe at Jun 21, 2006 at 2:45 AM EST |
| I agree with the above comments about feeling lonely and that nobody can empathize with you, then coming to the realization that you're far from alone in your emotions. I also agree with the idea stated above that the song is even more relevant nowadays, with the growing popularity of the Internet. Interestingly enough, looking at some people's interpretations of love songs at this site, I've actually experienced a similar "epiphany" myself. I've recently been feeling kinda down in the dumps about a failed relationship, only to find that several users are going/have gone through something almost identical to my situation. Furthermore, talking to other friends and/or hearing about other people (including celebrities) who have been unlucky in love certainly makes one feel much less alone. I consider this one of the most universally relevant lyrics ever written. | |
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Dr. Jack Average |
#4 by Dr. Jack at Aug 22, 2006 at 1:14 PM EST |
| Well I think it should be quite obvious to everyone listening that this song represents a call for help;lonliness, homeless, etc. | |
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kev Average |
#5 by kev fitzgerald at Feb 21, 2007 at 6:59 AM EST |
| I feel lonely and so do you ... no i don't! shut up loser yes you do | |
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Damien Wanna Be |
#6 by Damien Pritchard at Mar 2, 2007 at 10:38 AM EST |
| I don't agree with tps12's explantion, but its an interesting interpretation. I think the Police use the idea of being stranded on a desert island as a metaphor for loneliness. At the end of the song he realises that he's "not alone at being alone". | |
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Punk Rock Princ Wanna Be |
#7 by Punk Rock Princess at Mar 13, 2007 at 1:01 PM EST |
| right. no matter how alone you may feel, there are many people out there as lonely as you, looking for that someone. | |
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jamie Lead Player |
#8 by jamie soad at Apr 22, 2007 at 1:54 AM EST |
| though I believe one was in a new wave band, and for some reason Stewart Copeland is the one that comes to mind... | |
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Chris Average |
#9 by Chris Tucker at May 21, 2007 at 7:44 PM EST |
| tps12 is right. this definitely takes place in the distant future. i mean he says "100 billion bottles wash up" how could 100 billion bottles wash up if there are only 5 billion people on the world now? that means everyone would have had to have sent out 20 SOSes. and back when this song was written there were considerably fewer people than five billion? duh. the future!!! | |
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Lucas Average |
#10 by Lucas Lawrey at Jun 6, 2007 at 1:08 AM EST |
| the police were a punk band, but they quickly realized that they were much older and better musicans then the average punk band. so they branched out. copeland was in a band called Curved Air, which was a 70's progressive band. message in the bottle, in my opinion is about about one person professing his loneliness to the world and world saying, we all are. deal. | |
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Mike Average |
#11 by Mike Murphy at Jul 11, 2007 at 4:31 PM EST |
| No comments on such a fantastic song?Tsk | |
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Failure by Desi Average |
#12 by Failure by Design at Aug 22, 2007 at 6:39 PM EST |
| amazing song. i heard of the police from john mayer who played a cover of message in a bottle on the any given thursday dvd. i wasn't really into much 80's new wave but once i started listening to the police i was immediately hooked. i played message in a bottle at the school concert/creative arts night and as i was lacing into the intro, the crowd went wild and i found out what i had been missing out on. this song has to be one of my favourites. | |
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Diego Wanna Be |
#13 by Diego Rodriguez at Sep 1, 2007 at 11:29 AM EST |
| How relevent does this song seem at present with online dating and such as it is now? Seems a perfect fit. There could be a lonely someone who decides to put forth their plea to find someone to love, say, by posting to an internet dating site or sites, and finding out a year later that there are 100,000,000 people signed up on this site all looking for the same thing. The real-life explanation may be that when the person in question signed up on the site it was just small at the time, not many users, so repeatedly checking it at that time seemed fruiteless. Then a year later, they go back to check it, and see that it has grown to a hundred million. All people looking to find love by putting out their plea. Not that all 100,000,000 responded (on the site) to the subject of the song, but that they are there at all, and the subject knowing why they are there (it's an online dating site). What's weird is when this song came out, there wasn't really a way for this song to work except symbolically. It could possibly work in the context of a newspaper personals ad, but how would he have the information that there are 100,000,000 others? Certainly he wouldn't get that kind of information from a local paper. And the idea of actually seeing 100,000,000 bottles, although nice symbolically, doesn't work well in a practical sense. So the only feasible practical explanation could be an electronic system capable of holding such amounts of information, the internet, and the specific niche of online dating sites. It seems like a perfect fit for the song. | |
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