The Police: Masoko Tanga Outlandos d'Amour (A&M Records) 1978 Bass Performance by Sting Transcribed by Andrew Martin (Sir12_8@hotmail.com) Notes - Played on a fretless, with a pick. - Notes under square brackets [ ] should be picked over the neck of the fingerboard. - These are just the main riffs, repeat them as neccessary, play along with the song. Intro [ ] e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e Q +-r-------------|-----r-----------|-r---------------|-----r-11h12-+ |-e---------7-7-|-9-9-e-------7-7-|-e---e-------7-7-|-7-7-e-------| |-s-----9-9-----|-----s---9-9-----|-s---s---9-9-----|-----s-------| +-t---7---------|-----t-7---------|-r-7-t-7---------|-----t-------+ Riff 1 [ ] q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e Q +---------------|-----r-----------|-r---------------|-----r-11h12-+ |-----------7-7-|-9-9-e-------7-7-|-e---e-------7-7-|-7-7-e-------| |-------9-9-----|-----s---9-9-----|-s---s---9-9-----|-----s-------| +-7---7---------|-----t-7---------|-r-7-t-7---------|-----t-------+ Riff 2 [ ] e e e e s s E s s s 3 e e q e Q +-9-9-9-9-9h11---x-x-x-|-9p8----11h12-+ |--------------11-----*|-----11-------| |---------------------*|--------------| +----------------------|--------------+ Riff 3 [ ] e e e e s s E s s s 3 e e q e Q +-13-13-13-13-13h14-11-x-x-x--|-9p8----11h12-+ |-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-x-x-x-*|-----11-------| |----------------------------*|--------------| +-----------------------------|--------------+ Riff 4 e q e e q e q^q^q q e e +----r-----r---|---------r----+ |*---e-----e---|---------e---*| |*---s-----s---|---------s---*| +--7-t-5-7-t-5-|-7-7-7-5-t-5--+