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Song
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Original-From: honet7!mike (Michael P Herlihy +1 908 949 9592)
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MAN IN A SUITCASE
Original music by Sting
Performance by The Police
Bass performance by Sting
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VERSE 1:
e e e e q q q q q q e e e e q q q q q q
+---+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+
|4:-|*-R-3-3-3-5---|---------|-R-3-3-3-5---|---------*| |4:-|*-----------3-|-0-0-1-3-|-----------3-|-0-0-1---*| +---+--------------+---------+-------------+-------3--+
CHORUS 1:
e e e e e e e e e e e e q q e e e e e e e e q e e e q q
+------------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|*-R---------------|-0-0-0---0-3-|-R---------------|-0-0---0-0---*| |*-------0-3-3-0-3-|-------3-----|-------0-3-3-0-3-|-----3-----3-*| +----1-3-----------+-------------+---1-3-----------+--------------+
BRIDGE:
e e e e q q E s e e Q e e e q e e q q q q q e e e e e e e e q q h
+---1-1-1-0---+-------------+-1-1-1-0-0---+---------+-----1-1-0-0-----+-------+ |-R---------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|-------R-|-R-1---------1-1-|-------| |-------------|-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------|-1-1-1---|-----------------|-1-1-1-|
+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------+-----------------+-------+
e e e e e e q w w
+-----1-1-0-0---+---+-5>-+ |-R-1---------1-|---|----| |---------------|-3-|----|
+---------------+---+----+
VERSE 2:
e e e e q q q q q q e e e e q q q q q q
+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+
|*-R-5-5-5-7---|---------|-R-5-5-5-7---|---------*| |*-----------5-|-2-2-3-5-|-----------5-|-2-2-3---*| +--------------+---------+-------------+-------5--+
CHORUS 2:
e e e e e e e e e e e e q q e e e e e e e e q e e e q q
+------------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|*-R---------------|-----------5-|-R---------------|-------------*| |*---------5-5---5-|-7-7-7-5-7---|---------5-5---5-|-7-7-5-7-7-5-*| +----3-5-7-----7---+-------------+---3-5-7-----7---+--------------+
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PERFORMANCE NOTES:
Verse 1
Chorus 1
Verse 1
Chorus 1
Bridge
(The song shifts from the key of F to G)
Verse 2
Chorus 2 REPEAT to fade
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__ Created using the Bass Tab Creator
+|oo|+ by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
+|oo|+
|| 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
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