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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Message in a Bottle
By:   The Police

[intro:]   2 X [  C#m   A  B  F#m ]

[verse:1]
C#m   A      B   F#m      C#m   A     B    F#m   
       Just a   castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
C#m     A   B    F#m   C#m    A    B7 F#m   
  Another lonely day, no one here but me, oh
C#m       A  B   F#m       C#m  A    B  F#m 
More  loneliness than any man could bear
C#m   A   B7   F#m   C#m  A   B F#m  
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

[chorus:]
A             D  E        
 I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
A             D  E        
 I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
F#m             D          
  I hope that someone gets my
F#m             D          
  I hope that someone gets my
F#m              D          
  I hope that someone gets my
C#m             A   (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
C#m     A  (Ab)
C#m             A  (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
F#m    F#m

[verse:2]
C#m Amaj7   B        F#m           C#m   A  B  F#m 
         A year has passed since I wrote my note
C#m  A        B          F#m       C#m   A   B  F#m  
But I should have known this right from the start
C#m    A   B   F#m  C#m  A  B  F#m  
Only hope can keep  me together
C#m   A  B     F#m          C#m   A    B        F#m    
Love can mend your life but Love can break your heart


[chorus:]
A             D  E        
 I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
A             D  E        
 I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
F#m             D          
  I hope that someone gets my
F#m             D          
  I hope that someone gets my
F#m              D          
  I hope that someone gets my
C#m             A   (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
C#m   A   (Ab)
C#m             A  (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
F#m    F#m   F#m   F#m

[verse:3]
C#m     A    B              F#m   C#m   A        B       F#m 
          Walked out this morning, I don't believe what I saw
C#m     A    B     F#m     C#m   A   B     F#m   
A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
C#m   A    B  F#m   C#m  A    B  F#m 
Seems I'm not alone  in being alone
C#m       A       B   F#m   C#m  A   B    F#m  
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home

[chorus:]
A             D  E        
 I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
A             D  E        
 I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
F#m             D          
  I hope that someone gets my
F#m             D          
  I hope that someone gets my
F#m              D          
  I hope that someone gets my
C#m             A   (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
C#m     A  (Ab)
C#m             A   (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
C#m     A  (Ab)
C#m             A   (Ab)
Message in a bottle, yeah
C#m     A  (Ab)
C#m             A
Message in a bottle, yeah
F#m    F#m

C#m  A  B   F#m
C#m  A  B   F#m 

[coda:]
    C#m  A  B   F#m 
I'm sending out at an S.O.S.
C#m  A  B   F#m 
Sending out at an S.O.S.
C#m  A  B   F#m 
Sending out at an S.O.S.
C#m  A  B   F#m 
Sending out at an S.O.S...


Chords:
A          577655
B          224442 
C#m        446654
D          557775
E          779997
F#m        244222

Note the riff is the following:

C#madd9     x468xx    
Aadd9       579xxx
Badd9       7911xxx
F#madd9     246xx