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From (Chad English)
Subject: Re: TAB:  Synchronicity II - different
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 16:28:28 GMT
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In article <9403080959.AA04579@diana> sd021@diana.di.fc.ul.pt (SDII-Grupo_sd021)
 writes:
>Synchronicity 2  -  The Police  from "Synchronicity" album
>                    as played by Sting in Oslo (1994)
>                    Transcription: Luis Ferreira
>
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>e--7----7^5--7^5--|--7----7^5--7^5--|--7----7^5--7^5--|--7----7^5--7^5--
>B--5----5----5----|--5----5----5----|--5----5----5----|--5----5----5----
>G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
>
>Then play it again 3 times singing "Yeee-ooo-ooo" ( you know what I mean :) )
>
>
>e-------------
>B--3--3-------
>G--------2--2-
>D-------------
>A-------------
>E-------------
>
>
>( I play it strumming 8 times each chord )
>( In every D Dsus2 part, alternate a few times between the two chords )
>
>
>A          C#m7          D       Dsus2
>Another suburban family morning.
>A            C#m7             D    Dsus2
>Grandmother screaming at the wall.
>A           C#m7            D          Dsus2
>We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
>A              C#m7        D   Dsus2
>We can't hear anything at all.
>
>
>A                  Bm7/11/nr B7/11/nr        Bm7/11/nr
>Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration,
>A                    Bm7/11/nr    B7/11/nr  Bm7/11/nr
>But we know all her suicides are fake.
> F/A        Dm6             F/A      Dm6
>Daddy only stares into the distance
>         F/A          Dm6              E
>There's only so much more that he can take.
>
>
>Esus4       Fmaj7          G6                    Fmaj7
>Many miles away something crawls from the slime
>        E              E?         E
>At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake.
>
>
>A          C#m7          D       Dsus2
>Another industrial ugly morning
>A                    C#m7           D   Dsus2
>The factory belches filth into the sky.
>A           C#m7                 D            Dsus2
>He walks unhindered through the picket lines today,
>A           C#m7            D    Dsus2
>He doesn't think to wonder why.
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>A                Bm7/11/nr           B7/11/nr         Bm7/11/nr
>The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street,
>A                Bm7/11/nr       B7/11/nr  Bm7/11/nr
>But all he ever thinks to do is watch.
>     F/A          Dm6                 F/A             Dm6
>And every single meeting with his so-called superior
>        F/A       Dm6                 E
>Is a humiliating kick in the crotch.
>
>
>Esus4       Fmaj7          G6                    Fmaj7
>Many miles away something crawls to the surface
>      E  E?         E
>Of a dark Scottish lake.
>
>
>( Play the intro again 4 times singing "Yeee-ooo-ooo" )
>
>
>Another working day has ended.
>Only the rush hour hell to face.
>Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.
>Contestants in a suicidal race.
>
>Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance,
>He knows that something somewhere has to break.
>He sees the family home now looming in the headlights,
>The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache.
>
>
>Esus4       Fmaj7          G6                 Fmaj7
>Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
>      E              E?
>Of a cottage on the shore
>      E  E?         E    E?  E??  E?  E  E?  E  E?  E+11
>Of a dark Scottish lake
>
>
>
>Chords used:
>
>  A          002220           C#m7       042100
>  D          x00232           Dsus2      x00230
>  Bm7/11/nr  004230           B7/11/nr   004240   ( nr = NOROOT )
>  F/A        x03211           Dm6        x00201
>  Esus4      002200           Fmaj7      033210
>  G6         320000           E          022100
>  E?         033200           E??        044300
>  E+11       012100
>
>  The names of the chords might not be completely correct, but then again,
>they're not completely wrong either :)
>  Have fun!
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>|                          |  "You see a city in the desert lies             |
>|       Luis Ferreira      |   The vanity of an ancient king                 |
>|                          |   But the city lies on broken pieces            |
>|   sd021@diana.fc.ul.pt   |   Where the wind howls and the vultures sing"   |
>|                          |           Sting  -  The Soul Cages              |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------


I play it slightly different.  Opening riff is the same but riff into verse I us
e:
E -----------------
B -----------------
G -------5-7-------
D ---7-7-----------   (or could use 2 2; 0 2 up a string)
A -----------------
E -----------------

For the verses I use the riff:
               PM........|   PM...........|
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
----2-----2----4-4-4-4-2-----4---4-4-4-4-2--
--------------------------------------------
--0-----4-----------------------------------
--------------------------------------------

2nd part of verse

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-------------------------
--6-6---7-7---8-8---7-7--
--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--  repeat
--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--
-------------------------

3rd part of verse
  PM.....|    PM..........|    PM..|
-------------------------------------
----------5-5--------------5-5-------
------4-4-----4-4------3-3-----3-3---
--0-0--------------0-0---------------  repeat
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------

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--9-9-9-7---9---9-9-9-7--
--9-9-9-7---9---9-9-9-7--
--9-9-9-7---9---9-9-9-7--
-------------------------
-------------------------

chorus
 lightly palm muted
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
----2---2-2------2---2-2------4---4-4------2---2-2---
--2---2-----2-/3---3-----3-/5---5-----5-/3---3-----3-
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------


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----1---1-1------2---2-2------1---1-1------2------5-7-
--2---2-----2--2---2-----2--2---2-----2--2----7-7-----
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I usually just bend 17 on the B string followed by sliding
the pick up and down the A and D strings for the solo break
back into the intro riff.

There is an extra 999/777 riff before the final chorus.

The outro riff I just play the chorus chords as full chords
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----------------------------------
--2---------2---------4---------2-
--2---------3---------5---------3-  repeat and fade
--0---------0---------0---------0-
----------------------------------

This was from memory so I might have screwed a couple of
numbers up.  Hope this helps.

Chad