This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Song
From: mike@honet7.att.com
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DRIVEN TO TEARS
Original music by: Sting
Performance by: The Police
Bass performance by: Sting
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VERSE: (Repeating pattern)
+e q e q e e+
+---+----------------+
|4:-|*---5--7----7--*| |4:-|*-7------0-----*|
+---+----------------+
CHORUS:
+e q e q q h h h h Q e q^q^q q q q q h h h e e e+ w+ Q e q q
+------------+-----+-----+-----------+---------+-----+---------+---+---------+
|-----5--7---|-R---|---5-|-R---7-7-7-|-5-5---5-|-R---|---5-7---|---|-----5-7-| |-7----------|---5-|-7---|---7-------|-----7---|---5-|-7-------|---|---5-----| +------------+-----+-----+-----------+---------+-----+-------5-+-5-+-5-------+
MODULATION: (Repeat eight times)
+e e q e e+
+--------------+
|*---2-4----4-*| |*-4----------*| +--------2-----+
VARIANT
+e e q e e+
+--------------+
|*--2---4---4-*| |*4---4-------*| +----------2---+
GUITAR SOLO: (Repeat six times)
+e q e q e e+
+----------------+
|*--------------*| |*--5--7-----7--*| +-7-------0------+
VARIANT
+----------------+
|*--------------*| |*--5----7---7--*| +-7---7----0-----+
PERFORMANCE NOTES:
Verse One
Chorus
Verse Two
Chorus
Modulation
Guitar Solo
Verse Three (NOTE: 1/2 Verse)
Chorus
Chorus
Verse (Instrumental)
Chorus (Instrumental)
NOTES:
Capital durations are dotted notes
(equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
+----+ +----+
|*--*+ = MEASURE |4:--| = TIME
|*--*+ REPEATS |4:--| SIGNATURES
+----+ +----+
+ = TIE ^ = TRIPLET > = BEND
H = HAMMER ON \ = SLIDE TO FRET R = Rest
P = PULL OFF \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE ~ = Trill
Comments
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