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On Any Other Day

The Police
Bass Tab
4.7(3)

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Song

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From: mike@honet7.att.com

ON ANY OTHER DAY (as recorded by The Police)

Original music by Stewart Copeland

With a reggae feel.

Repeat opening riff 8 times

1 Introduction verse pattern

1 Verse pattern for 1st set of lyrics

1 Chorus I pattern

1 Bridge pattern

1 Verse pattern for 2nd set of lyrics

1 Chorus I pattern

1 Chorus II pattern

1 Bridge pattern

1 Verse pattern for 3rd set of lyrics

1 Chorus I pattern

1 Chorus II pattern (repeat to fade)

Opening Riff (repeating eight note pattern)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-------------------------------------------|
|---0---0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse (repeating eight note pattern)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-----------|
|---0---0---------------------------0---0-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

There's a tree on the...

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-----------|
|---0---0---------------------------0---0-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

There's a car by the..

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3---3---5---5---3---3--------------3---3---5---5---3---3-------|
|---1---1------------------------------1---1-------------------------------|

I'll go for a drive...

Chorus I

|-------------------------------------------2---5---------------------------|
|-----------3-------5---6-------2---5---0-----------------------------------|
|-------5-------3-----------0-----------------------------------------------|
|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

My wife has burned the..

Chorus II

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

And it would be O.K....

Bridge

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-----------2---2---5---5---2---2-----------|
|---0---0---------------------------0---0-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3---3---5---5---3---3--------------3---3---5---5---3---3-------|
|---1---1------------------------------1---1-------------------------------|

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