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Canary in a Coalmine

The Police
Bass Tab
4.8(8)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

The Police: Canary in a Coalmine

Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M Records)

1980

Bass Performance by Sting

Transcribed by Andrew Martin(Sir12_8@hotmail.com)

Main Riff:

e s s s s e q e e 4 e s s s s e q q e s s s s e q e e

+-----r----------------|---r-------------|---r---------------+
|4:-2-e-2-2-2-4-------*|---e-------------|---e---------4-----|
|4:---s---------4-2-4-*|---s---------7---|---s-----------2-4-|
+-----t----------------|-5-t-5-5-5-5---5-|-2-t-2-2-2-2-------+

e s s s s e q e e 2

+---r----------------+ The repeats vary sometimes, play with the song,

|-2-e-2-2-2-4-------*| it isn't hard to figure out.

|---s---------4-2-4-*|

+---t----------------+

Other Part

e s s s s e q e e 2 w +w

+-----r----------------|---|---+
|4:-2-e-2-2-2-4-------*|---|---|
|4:---s---------4-2-4-*|---|---|
+-----t----------------|-5-|-5-+

Notes:

It's played on a fretless, but sounds good either way.

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