Be My Girl Sally

Song

BE MY GIRL - SALLY (Bassline)

As recorded by The Police

(From the 1978 Album OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR)

Words and Music by Sting & Andy Summers

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Sting - Bass'

Intro

Q=166

4/4

Gtr I

W H Q E E +E E S E. E q E S E. E E E E E E

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|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------4-5-6-7-|
|----------|-----------5-|-(5)-----5----5----|---5--5-5---------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|

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 3x

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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7-o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||

Chorus

$

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

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1.

To Coda

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

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------4-5-6-7-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5---------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||

2.

>

E E E E E E E E Q E E +H +W +W

|-----------------|---------------|------------:--------||
|---------4-5-6-7-|-7-------------|------------:--------||
|-5-5-5-5---------|------7-(7)----|-(7)--------:-(7)----||
|-----------------|---------------|------------:--------||

Breakdown ("Sally")

Wx12

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<

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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5----------|
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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 E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7-o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------o||
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Outro

2. H.=H

D.S. al Coda &

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W +W

|------------------||-----------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|---------4-5-6-7--||---------4-5-6-7-|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-5-5-5-5----------||-5-5-5-5---------|----------|------------|--------*|
|------------------||-----------------|----------|------------|--------*|

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