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                       EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - Strung Out
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By: ForgottenCode@aol.com (Dan Code, Bassist of Forgotten Code)

Dropped-D tuning

Intro/Verse

Rhythm Guitar w/ palm mute - * = play 4x 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------*---*---*---*------------|
G|--*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*--5---5---7---7----*---*----|
D|-5---5---5---4---2---2---2---0---5---5---7---7---5---5---5-|
A|-5---5---5---4---2---2---2---0---3---3---5---5---5---5---5-|
D|-5---5---5---4---2---2---2---0-------------------5---5---5-|

Lead Guitar w/ palm mute
e|-/------2x--------\-/------2x--------\------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------6--------------------------------9---7-----------11---9---------|
D|------9-----7---7--------6---7-6---6-----7---7---7---7---9----9---9---9---| 
 A|----7---7-----7--------4---4-----4-----5-----------5---7------------7----|
D|--7------------------4----------------------------------------------------|
 
 /only play for intro\
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|----------6---------|
D|------9-----7---7---| pause (Every breath you...)
A|----7---9-----7-----|
D|--7---------------7-|

Play Lead or Rhythm Verse 1x, then...

Lead Guitar Verse add-on w/ palm mute
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-------6-------|
D|---9-----7---7-|
A|-7---9-----7---|
D|---------------|

Chorus1

Lead & Rhythm, w/o palm mute
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--*---*---*---*-------------------*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*-|
G|-5---5---3---3----*---*---*---*--2---2---2---2---7---7---5---5--|
D|-5---5---3---3---5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---7---7---5---5--|
A|-3---3---1---1---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---5---5---3---3--|
D|-----------------5---5---5---5----------------------------------|

Play Lead or Rhythm Verse 1x, substitute the only play during intro with...
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----6---7-6---6-----6---7-6---6-|
A|---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4---|
D|-4---------------4---------------|

Chorus2

Rhythm guitar
e|-/---------play 2x-------------\-----------------|
B|--*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*--|
G|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---|
D|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---|
A|-1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

Lead (2.5x)
e|--(6-5-3)--(8-6-5)--|
B|--------------------|
G|-3(3-2-0)-5(5-3-2)--|
D|-3--------5---------| I'm sure about the notes in the parentheses... just not  about
A|-1--------3---------| which octave to play them in... you figure it out...
D|--------------------|

Rhythm plays verse over...

Solo
                       /   play 8x   \
e|-3*--3*--3*--3*--3*--3-3-3--8--7--5---8--7--5--7-8-7-8-7-8-5-7-3-|
B|-3---3---3---3---3---3-3-3---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Not sure about
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| this... I only 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| have a bass to
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| work with... 

Play Chorus 1 at faster tempo, then both guitars play Rhythm Verse except 
leave off last note and continue from...
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--*-----|
D|-2------|
A|-2------|
D|-2---...|

Outro

Lead & Rhythm (2x)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------*---*---*---*-|
G|--*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*--3---3---5---5--|
D|-5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---3---3---5---5--|
A|-5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---1---1---3---3--|
D|-5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2------------------|

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