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O My God

The Police
Bass Tab
4.7(9)

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

Song

O My God

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Recorded by the Police, Words and Music by Sting

Intro

q. e e e e e----q. e e e q q. e e e e e----q. e e e q

|-------------2---|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|
|-----------2---0-|(0)------0-1-2---|-----------2---0-|(0)------0-1-2---|
|-0-----3-4-------|-------2---------|-0-----3-4-------|-------2---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse

q. e e e q q. e e e q x8

|---------0-r-0---|---------0-r-0---|
|-------2---------|-------2---------|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

q. e e e q q. e e e q q. e e e q q. e e e q x2

|---------0-r-0---|---------0-r-0---|---------3-r-3---|---------3-r-3---|
|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------5---------|-------5--------.|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-3--------------.|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus (Take the space between us...")

(That's "Holidays in Eden..." for us Marillion fans :) )

q. e e e q q. e e e q q. e e e q q. e e e q

|---------0-r-0---|---------0-r-0---|---------3-r-3---|---------3-r-3---|
|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------5---------|-------5--------.|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-3--------------.|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

q. e e e q q. e e e q q. e e e q q. e e e q

|---------5-r-5---|---------5-r-5---|---------0-r-0---|---------0-r-0---|
|-------7---------|-------7---------|-------2---------|-------2--------.|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-0---------------|-0--------------.|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Repeat verse and chorus

Riff 4

q. e e e e e----q. e e e q q. e e e e e----q. e e e q x2

|-------------2---|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|
|-----------2---0-|(0)------2-r-2---|-----------2---0-|(0)------2-r-2---|
|-0-----3-4-------|-------2---------|-0-----3-4-------|-------2---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Repeat chorus

Repeat riff 4

Repeat verse and chorus

Repeat riff 4 a few times (Do I have to tell the story...)

Outro

q. e e e q q. e e e q x3

|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-r-2---|---------2-r-2--.|
|-------4---------|-------4--------.|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|

q. e e s s e e q. e e s s e e several times then stop for saxy end

|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------2-r-2-2-4-|---------2-r-2-2-4-|
|-------4-----------|-------4-----------|
|-2-----------------|-2-----------------|

Marc A. Pelath, The Thieving Magpie TANSTAAFL!

"If their lives were exotic and strange,

They would likely have gladly exchanged them

For something a little more plain, maybe something a little more sane."

---Rush

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