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Murder by Numbers

The Police
Bass Tab
4.6(9)

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Song

THE POLICE - "Murder By Numbers" - Bass Tab

Common Time(4/4)

Standard Tuning(EADG)

INTRO: Rest

VERSE 1: Rest

VERSES:

(x3)

|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|*-2---2-------|-----------*|-4---4-3---4-|-----------|
|*-------0---1-|-2---1---2-*|-------------|-2---2-2---|
|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4

1ST & 2ND CHORUS:

|--------------|------------|
|*-------------|-----------*|
|*-------------|-----------*| (x4)
|--0---0-2-0-2-|-3-5-3-2----|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4

END:

(x3)

|--------------|------------|-------------|---------|
|*-------------|-----------*|-------------|---------|
|*-------------|-----------*|-------------|-----2-5-|
|--0---0-2-0-2-|-3-5-3-2----|-0---0-2-0-2-|-3-5-----|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4

(x3)

|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|*-2---2-------|-----------*|-4---4-3---4-|-----------|
|*-------0---1-|-2---1---2-*|-------------|-2---2-2---|
|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4

(x3)

|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|*-2---2-------|-----------*|-4---4-3---4-|-----------|
|*-------0---1-|-2---1---2-*|-------------|-2---2-2---|
|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4

(x3)

|--------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|
|*-------------|-----------*|---------|---------|---------|
|*-------------|-----------*|---------|-----2-5-|-7-------|
|--0---0-2-0-2-|-3-5-3-2----|-0---2---|-3-5-----|---------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

By: Johari Taylor

E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au

More Bass Tabs: http://www.powerup.com/~viking/basstab.htm

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