• Song:

    Message In A Bottle

  • Artist:

    Police

  • Album:

    Greatest Hits

Listen to the song to find where Sting puts the tacets.
A masterpiece of playing for the song, not just to 
show off chops.
What really makes this bass line is the chorus section where
Sting plays a reggae riff.
VERSE:
    e    Q h e   Q h e 
+-----+--------+--------+
|4:---|--------|---4----|
|4:-4-|--4-0-2-|-2---4--|
+-----+--------+--------+
CHORUS:
   e e e e e e e e   e e e q e e e 2   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e 3 
+------------------+----------------+------------------+------------------+
|------------------|----------------|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|------------------|------------------|
+------------------+----------------+------------------+------------------+
   q q Q e   e q e q e e 3  w+  w  
+----------+--------------+---+---+
|----------|---------R----|---|---|
|--4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0--------|---|---|
+----------+-------4---4--+-2-+-2-+
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