ROXANNE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Police
(From the 1978 Album OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR)
Words and Music by Sting
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Sting - Bass'
Intro
Moderately fast Q=131
4/4
Gtr I
W W W E E E E H
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---5-5--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---3-3--------|---1-1--------|---0-0--------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---3-3--------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
1st & 2nd Verse
$
E E E E Q E E +W +W E E E E H
|----------------|------------|------------||--------------|
|----------------|------------|------------||---5-5--------|
|----------------|------------|------------||--------------|
|---1-1------1-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||--------------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---3-3--------|---1-1--------|---0-0--------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---3-3--------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E E E E Q E E +W +W E E E E H
|----------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|---5-5--------|
|----------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|---1-1------1-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|--------------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---3-3--------|---1-1--------|---0-0--------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---3-3--------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Pre-Chorus
E E E E Q E E +W +W E E E E H
|----------------|------------|------------||--------------|
|----------------|------------|------------||--------------|
|----------------|------------|------------||---3-3--------|
|---1-1------1-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||--------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E H E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|--------------0-|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|--------------5-|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---3-3--------|
|---1-1----------|---3-3--------|---3-3----------|--------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------0-----|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---1-1-------1-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Chorus
To Coda
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-------------------|
|--------------------||-------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-1--||-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-3-3-3------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------1---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-3-3-3---------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1---------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1---3-|-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1---3-|-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3--|
|-----------3---1-|-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-|-0-1-1-1---------|------------------|
|-2-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E +W +H. E E E E Q Q E E
|-----------------|------------|--------------||----------------|
|-2-3-3-3---------|------------|--------------||----------------|
|-----------------|------------|--------------||----------------|
|---------1-1---3-|-(3)--------|-(3)--------1-||-3-----------3--|
D.S. al Coda &
E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------||---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------||o--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------||o-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1-----------1-|-3-----------3-|-1-----------||---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------1---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-3-3-3---------|
|-1-1-1-1---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1---3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------3---1---o||
|-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-|-2-3-3-3------------||
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
