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Every Breath You Take - The Police
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Every Breath You Take - The Police  (4/4 - tune 1/2 step down ) 

Picking Patterns for the various chords:
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  A+9                  F#m+9                 D+9  
    _   _   _   _         _   _   _   _         _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |       | | | | | | | |       | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|  e|-----------------|  e|-----0-----------|
B|-----0---2-0---0-|  B|-----------------|  B|---------3-------|
G|-----------------|  G|-----1---2-1---1-|  G|---2---2---2---2-|
D|---2---2-----2---|  D|-----------------|  D|-0-----------0---|
A|-0---------------|  A|---4---4-----4---|  A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|  E|-2---------------|  E|-----------------|

  E+9                   B7+9 
    _   _   _   _         _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |       | | | | | | | |
e|-----2---0-------|  e|-----------------|
B|---0---0---0---0-|  B|-----0---2-0---0-|
G|-----------------|  G|-----------------|
D|-2-----------2---|  D|---1---1-----1---|
A|-----------------|  A|-2---------------|
E|-----------------|  E|-----------------|


Introduction: A+9,  A+9,  F#m+9,  F#m+9,  D+9,  E+9,  A+9
------------                                             Every breath you

Verse:
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  A+9                A+9               F#m+9             F#m+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----0---2-0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---2-1---1-|-----1---2-1---1-|
D|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
  take, every move you                 make                 Every bond you

  D+9                E+9               F#m+9             F#m+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----0-----------|-----2---0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------3-------|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|-----1---2-1---1-|-----1---2-1---1-|
D|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
  break, every step you take I'll be watching you             Every single

  A+9                A+9               F#m+9             F#m+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----0---2-0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---2-1---1-|-----1---2-1---1-|
D|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
  day, every word you                 say                   Every game you

  D+9                E+9               A+9               A+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----0-----------|-----2---0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------3-------|---0---0---0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 play every night you stay I'll be watching you               Oh can't you 


Chorus:
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  D+9                D+9               A+9               A+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------3-------|---------3-------|-----0---2-0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-----------0---|-0-----------0---|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  see,               you belong to     me                How my poor heart

  B7+9               B7+9              E+9               E+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---0-------|-----2---0-------|
B|-----0---2-0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---1---1-----1---|---1---1-----1---|-2-----------2---|-2-----------2---|
A|-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  aches, with every step you           take                 Every move you


Verse:
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  A+9                A+9               F#m+9             F#m+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----0---2-0---0-|-----0---2-0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---2-1---1-|-----1---2-1---1-|
D|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
  make           every vow you         break               Every smile you

  D+9                E+9               F#m+9             F#m+9
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----0-----------|-----2---0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------3-------|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|-----1---2-1---1-|-----1---2-1---1-|
D|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4---4-----4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
  fake every claim you stake I'll be watching you


Bridge:
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F                      F
Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
G                      G
I dream at night I can only see your face
F                      F
I look around but it's you I can't replace
G                      G
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
F                      F         A
I keep crying         baby baby please.....


Solo:  (1 Verse)
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A+9  A+9  F#m+9  F#m+9  D+9  E+9  F#m+9 F#m+9
A+9  A+9  F#m+9  F#m+9  D+9  E+9  A+9   A+9


Chorus:
------
             D+9  D+9          A+9  A+9
Oh can't you see, you belong to me 
                  B7+9 B7+9                 E+9   E+9
How my poor heart aches, with every step you take


                A+9  A+9             F#m+9  F#m+9
Every move you make every vow you break
                D+9                  E+9                    F#m+9  F#m+9
Every smile you fake every claim you stake I'll be watching you
               D+9                 E+9          F#m+9, F#m+9, F#m+9, F#m+9
Every move you make every step you take I'll be watching you                  


Outro:
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I'll be watching you
 A+9                   A+9            
(Every breath you take every move you make)
 F#m+9                 F#m+9
(Every bond you break every step you take)


I'll be watching you
(Every single day every word you say)
(Every game you play every night you stay)
                            
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make and every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake every claim you stake)

I'll be watching you
(Every single day every word you say)
(Every game you play every night you stay)

I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take every move you make)
(Every bond you break every step you take)

I'll be watching you
(Every single day every word you say)
(Every game you play every night you stay)
                            
I'll be watching you (fade out...)
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Song Info  Every Breath You Take - The Police
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Every Breath You Take is a song by The Police on the band's 1983 album Synchronicity, written by Sting and Andy Summers (but officially credited to Sting only).

The single was one of the biggest hits of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks and the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It also topped the Billboard Top Tracks chart for nine weeks. Sting won "Song of the Year" and The Police won "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" at the Grammy Awards of 1984 for "Every Breath You Take".

The song ranked No. 84 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and No. 25 on Billboard's Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. This song is considered to be The Police's signature song, and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income.

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Adder: Bill Charrette [ willc ]
Date: 7/14/2012
Updated: 3/11/2019
Tab By: willc
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Genre: Rock
 
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