Sting

Accords et partitions

Shape Of My Heart

F#m D6 D B2 C#m/E B2/C#

He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn't play for the money he wins He doesn't play for respect

Englishman In New York

Em A Bm Bm7 Em7 F#

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear I like my toast done on one side And you can hear it in my accent when I talk I'm an englishman in New York

Desert Rose

Cm Abmaj7 G7sus4 G7 Bbsus4 Eb

I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in pain I dream of love as time runs through my hand

Fields Of Gold

G D Bm A

Pas de barré*

You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in fields of gold

Fragile

Em B(aug) Em7 Am7 B7 B7/4

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the colour of the evening sun Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away But something in our minds will always stay Perhaps this final act was meant

Russians

Bm A G F#m F# Bm/A

In Europe and America There's a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets Mister Krushev said "We will bury you"

It's Probably Me

Em Am7 D G Bm7 A

If the night turned cold and the stars looked down And you hug yourself in a cold cold ground You wake the morning in a stranger's coat No one would you see

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

D Dadd9 Aadd9 A G Dsus4

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress You could say I lost my belief in the holy church You could say I lost my sense of direction You could say all of this and worse but

Brand New Day

B A Em7 a G Dmaj7

[Verse 1] How many of you people out there been hurt in some kind of love affair? And how many times did you swear that you'd never love again? How many lonely, sleepless nights? How many lies, how many fights? And why would you wanna put yourself through all of that again?

Seven Days

G E E7 Fmaj7 Am Eb

Cadd9 Eb Bb "Seven days" was all she wrote, a kind of ultimatum note G F Fadd9 She gave to me, she gave to me Cadd9 Eb Bb

Mad About You

Am F Am/C E(aug) E Dm

A stone's throw from Jerusalem I walked a lonely mile in the moodlight And though a million stars were shining My heart was lost on a distance planet That whirls around the april moon

A Thousand Years

Eb Abm Eb5 Db9 Db Ab5

[Verse 1] A thousand years, a thousand more A thousand times a million doors to eternity I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times An endless turning stairway climbs to a tower of souls

Soul Cake

Em a D C Am Bm

(This Tab can be used in Chorus and Verse, the main Baseline can be derived from it as well. 3rd vrese can be varied with strum once and pause. The last Chorus is varied with the underlying melodie from the Bridge section which Is from another popula Xmas song) The Verse3 section you can vari as you like, I propose a strum once per line.

I Cant Stop Thinking About You

Am7 Fmaj7 C G Bm A

[Verse] White page, an empty field of snow Asus2 E F#m My room is 25 below Asus2 E

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

C G Am Dm Bm7 Bm

[Verse] If you need somebody, call my name If you want someone, you can do the same If you want to keep something precious You got to lock it up and throw away the key

All This Time

D Em G C A F#m

I looked out across The river today I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower Where the seagulls play I saw the sad shire horses walking home

When We Dance

E B A C#m F# C#

Is in the balance of the angels And underneath the wheels of passion I keep the faith in my fashion When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings

The Last Ship

E7sus4/G D7sus Em C D C7

It's all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl. When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled, Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold. When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight,

Fortress Around Your Heart

D C Em F# G Am7

(Riff #1) Under the ruins of a walled city Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light No flags of truce, no cries of pity The siege guns have been pounding all through the night

Children's Crusade

Bm C E G A

Pawns in the game are not victims of chance Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed

Moon Over Bourbon Street

B7 Em F#m7(b5) C G(dim) F#7

There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamp light I've no choice but to follow that call The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all I pray every day to be strong

They Dance Alone

A F#m Amaj7 E D Bm

Why are these women here, dancing on their own. Why is there this sadness in their eyes? Why are the soldiers here, their faces fixed like stone? B Esus E I can’t see what it is that they despise.

Roxanne

Gsus4 Cm7 Fsus4 Gm7 Dm7/F Eb7M

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light Those days are over, You don't have to sell your body to the night Roxanne, you don't have to wear that dress tonight Walk the streets for money, You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

Why Should I Cry For You?

C G G/E D(sus4) D G/B

Under the dog star sail Over the reefs of moonshine Under the skies of fall North north west the stones of faroe

My Funny Friend And Me

D C Cmaj7 F# G E

In the quiet time of evening, When the stars assume their patterns And the day has made his journey, And we wondered just what happened To the life we knew, before the world changed,

La Belle Dame Sans Regrets

Am7 Em6 Am6 Em(add9) D7 G

Dansons tu dis Et moi je suis Mes pas sont gauches Mes pieds tu fauches Je crains les sots

Love Is The Seventh Wave

G C D a

[Verse 1] In the empire of the senses, you're the queen of all you survey. All the cities, all the nations, everything that falls your way. I say, there is a deeper world than this, that you don't understand There is a deeper world than this, tugging at your hand.

The Empty Chair

E Asus2 B E/G# Esus4 C#m

Verse 1 If I should close my eyes, that my soul can see, And there's a place at the table that you saved for me. So many thousand miles over land and sea, I hope to dare, that you hear my prayer,

I Hung My Head

D A F#m E7 F#m7

[Verse 1] Early one morning, with time to kill I borrowed Jeb's rifle, and sat on the hill I saw a lone rider, crossing the plane I drew a beed on him, to practice my aim

Until

Dm Am F E G C

[Verse 1] If I caught the world in a bottle And everything was still beneath the moon Without your love would it shine for me? If I was smart as Aristotle

Every Breath You Take

A F#m D E F C

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

Be Still My Beating Heart

Am G Dm C D Em

C Gsus2 Am Be still my beating heart It would be better to be cool It's not time to be open just yet A lesson once learned is so hard to forget

Inshallah

Cmaj7 Em Gmaj7 Bm Em11 Am

[Verse 1] Sleeping child on my shoulder Bm7sus4 Bm7 Em Those around us curse the sea Anxious mother turning fearful

The Book Of My Life

a E A Bm F#m

There are promises broken and promises kept Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess If I lose everything that I possess There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die

All Would Envy

F#m C#m E G#7 a D#m

- Verse: Old enough to be her dad But the young men were just mad They nursed their grievances But she was flattered by his charm

Ghost Story

G F C A D Am

Pas de barré*

I watch the Western sky The sun is sinking The geese are flying South It sets me thinking

I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

D#m B C# F# G D

Seven weeks have passed now Since she left me, And she shows her face to ask me how I am She says the kids are fine And that they miss me

The Hounds Of Winter

A Bm B C# G#m D

[Verse 1] Mercury falling I rise from my bed Collect my thoughts together I have to hold my head

I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else

Am Dm E G F B

Verse 1: When a man of my age shaves his face in the morning Who is it that stares back and greets him? The ghost of his father long dead all these years? Or the boy that he was, still wet in the ears?

The Soul Cages

C Am D Bb Gm A

Verse The boy child is locked in the fisherman's yard There's a bloodless moon where the oceans die A shoal of night stars hang fire in the nets And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie

Sister Moon

A7 Em9 B7 C7 Em6 C#

Sister moon - will be my guide In your blue blue shadows - I would hide All good people - asleep tonight I’m all by myself - in your silver light

Stolen Car Take Me Dancing

Gm D Cm Eb F Em

Late at night in summer heat. Expensive car, empty street There's a wire in my jacket. This is my trade It only takes a moment, don't be afraid I can hotwire an ignition like some kind of star I'm just a poor boy in a rich man's car

Gabriels Message

Eb Cm7 F Dm7 Gm7 Bb

The angel Gabriel from heaven came His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame, All hail said he, thou lowly maiden Ma--ry Most highly favored lady

Tomorrow Well See

Em6/9 B Am7 C A B9

OK, here it goes. I´ve been working for a couple of weeks trying to make Sense of this wonderful song (especially the middle section!). I have not found any correct tabs/chords on the Internet. I have transposed it so that it is playable and singable For us immortals (if you´re not Sting of course :-)

Heavy Cloud No Rain

Am6 Bm7 A Cm6 E7 Bb13

[Verse 1] Turned on the weather man just after the news I needed sweet rain to wash away my blues He looked at the chart but he look in vain

Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot

Em G C D Am Dsus4

Verse When you?re down And they?re counting When your secrets Are all found out

Love Is Stronger Than Justice

Am C G F G7 Am7

[Verse 1] This is a story of seven brothers We had the same father but different mothers We keep together like a family should Roaming the country for the common good

Deep In The Meadow Rues Lullaby

C9 G D

Deep in the meadow, under the willow A bed of grass, a soft green pillow Lay down your head, and close your eyes And when they open, the sun will rise

I Was Brought To My Senses

G Em7 B7 B Bm7 Dm7

Prologue part 1: Am7 Dsus2 Alone with my thoughts this evening Am7 Dsus2 I walked on the banks of Tyne

One Fine Day

D E

Pas de barré

[Intro] Dsus2 E Asus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 E Asus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 E Asus2 Dsus2

The Secret Marriage

F C A Dm Fm Bb

[Verse 1] No earth-ly church has ev-er blessed our union No state has ev-er grant-ed us per-mis-sion No family bond has ev-er made us two No company has ever earned com-mis-sion

Practical Arrangement

Fm9 Bm9 Em9 F#7 G7 Gmaj7/9

Basically, this is a jazzy piano piece. This one is tough to play on the guitar, so I Tried to cover the full harmony and provide some possible voicings for you. But sorry in Advance if it too complex, it's just what it is. You can try to simplify the chords by Playing first part of it (e.g. ?> , ? , but song will lose it's Charm a little bit in this case. Enjoy and good luck!

Something The Boy Said

G Em G6 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 A

[Verse 1] When we set out on this journey There were no doubts in our minds We set our eyes to the distance We would find what we would find

50000

A D F C

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[Verse] Another obituary in the paper today, One more for the list of those who've already fallen. Another one of our comrades is taken down, Like so many others of our calling.

Epilogue Nothing Bout Me

Eb Bb B G Cm7 Gb6

[Intro] Ebmaj7 Absus2 Ebmaj7 Absus2 Ebmaj7 Absus2 Ebmaj7 Absus2

After The Rain Has Fallen

Am D G Bb F Db

[Verse] The palace guards are all sleeping Their fires burn into the night There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon And all that's left is a quarter moon of light

Shadows In The Rain

Am7 Am Dm Dm7

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] I woke up in my clothes again this morning I don't know exactly where I am F Fadd9 F And I should heed my doctor's warning

Consider Me Gone

C#m G#

[Verse 1] There were rooms of forgiveness In the house that we share But the space has been emptied Of whatever was there

Straight To My Heart

Bm F#m G D A Em

Verse strumming pattern : Bm - down-up ACCENTED F#m - up-up (MUTED) Bm - down NORMAL Bm - up-down-up (MUTED)

Fragilidad

Em B7 Am7 Em7 F#m7/5- Em/G

Mañana ya, La sangre no estará Al caer la lluvia, Se la llevará. Acero y piel combinación tan cruel Pero algo en nuestras mentes quedará. Un acto así terminará con una vida y nada más

Inside

Am C D F a

Inside the doors are sealed to love Inside my heart is sleeping Inside the fingers of my glove Inside the bones of my right hand Inside it's colder than the stars

If You Cant Love Me

D A Em7 F# F#m7 C#

[Verse I] Please sit down, just talk to me We'll see if we can talk this through I've tried so hard to understand it Just tell me something that's close to the truth…

All Four Seasons

F#m E G#m Fm7 C#m6 F#

[Verse 1] With her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer She's got me flying like a bird in a bright June sky And then just when she thinks that I've got her number Brings me down to the ground with her wintry eye

The Wild Wild Sea

Ab Ab6 Db Gb6 Dbm7 Ebm7

[Verse] I saw it again this evening Black sail in a pale yellow sky And just as before in a moment, It was gone where the grey gulls fly

Dead Mans Rope

G F C Em A D

And years turn into lifetimes I just keep walking, like I've been walking for a thousand years Walk away in emptiness, walk away in sorrow Walk away from yesterday, walk away tomorrow If you're walking to escape, to escape from your affliction

Lithium Sunset

A D E F#m E7 Bm

Intro: Verse 1 Fill my eyes O Lithium Sunset And take this lonesome burden

Petrol Head

Em E G C#m A Am

[Verse] Lay down, and rest your head, Stretch your body across my bed, Just close your eyes, I'll take you there. That open highway's waiting where,

Lullaby For An Anxious Child

Em B F# G C D#

[Verse 1] Hush child Let your mommy sleep in to the night until we rise Hush child Let me soothe the shining tears that gather in your eyes

Valparaiso

Em C G D A Bm

[Verse 1] Chase the dog star Over the sea Home where my true love is waiting for me Rope the south wind

Down Down Down

E Bm A C#m F#m

[Chorus] Here comes the sound I've been expecting all these years, Here comes the sound of everything I've ever feared, Here comes the sound, the floors below me disappear, Here comes the sound, I force my fingers in my ears.

What Have We Got

D A E C B F#

[Verse] Good people give ear to me story, Pay attention, and none of your lip, For I've brought you five lads and their daddy, Intending to build ye's a ship.

And Yet

F#m6 F#mMaj7 Bm7 C#7 C#m7 G#

*intro chords* This town, this stain on the sunrise Disguised in the mist this morning It's 8AM, a seagull shouts a sailor's warning

The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance

F#7 C#m7 B7 B F#m7 Am7

In the streets around here there was nobody tougher than me, I was quick with me fists and fast with me footwork as you can plainly see, But while fighting was useful for getting your way, Among the toughs of the town where you could hold sway, There had to be something that was better than this,

You Still Touch Me

G D F Bm C# A

Another night finds me alone Asus4 G In my dreams You still touch me Your picture by my telephone

This Cowboy Song

G5 F D C C5 B5

[Verse 1] We rode all night across an endless desert We had no moon to light our way And though a million stars were slowly turning We lacked the consciences to pray

Pretty Young Soldier

G D C F Am A

Pas de barré*

[Verse] There are two young lovers, they're pledged to each other's hands, They meet by the river, to talk of their marriage plans. “I'm confessing,” he said, “I've signed for a soldier, I'm leaving tomorrow for some foreign land.”

So To Speak

B E A Amaj7 Am7 Bb

They're seriously saying it's prolonging me life If I'll only submit to the surgical knife? But what are the odds, on a month or a week? When the betting shop's closing its doors, so to speak.

Language Of Birds

G D5 F D Bb C

For only a soul can go there, A soul that's been set free, From the confines of a working life, To find eternity.

Jeremiah Blues Part 1

D G F Am Em Bm

[Verse 1] It was midnight, midnight at noon Everyone talked in rhyme Everyone saw the big clock ticking Nobody knew, nobody knew the time

Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow

E B A C#m F# Bm7

Have you seen the bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched it? Have you marked but the fall of snow Before the earth hath smutched it?

Muoio Per Te

Am Fmaj7 C E Dm7 F

NOTE: This song is the italian version of "Mad About You", Written by Sting and included in the original version Of the album "The Soul Cages". So: same music, same Chords, same everything. Only the text changes.

Fine Knacks For Ladies

D A G B

Pas de barré*

Fine knacks for ladies, cheap choice brave and new, Good pennyworths but money cannot move, I keep a fair but for the fair to view, A beggar may be liberal of love.

You Only Cross My Mind In Winter

C G Dm G7 Am F

Always this winter child, December's sun sits low against the sky Cold light on frozen fields, The cattle in their stable lowing.

Spread A Little Happiness

C F G7 Am C7 Dm

Verse 1 I've got a creed for every need, so easy that it must succeed I'll set it down for you to read, so please, take heed. Keep out the gloom. Let in the sun. That's my advice for everyone. It's only once we pass this way, so day by day,

Can She Excuse My Wrongs

Dm F A C Gm D

Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good, when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves, where no fruit I find?

The Pirates Bride

G#m7 Fm A C#m7 Bm E

[Chords] A(bar): 577655 [Verse]

Cushie Butterfield

G D Am D7 C Em

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] I'm a broken-hearted keel-man whats ower heed in love With a big lass from Gateshead and I call her my dove Her name's Cushie Butterfield and she sells yellow clay And her cousin's a muck-man and they call him Tom Grey

Mariposa Libre

C G Am7 Em9 D Bm7

Yo la veo caminar Por las nubes va ¿Donde andará? Mariposa libre que sueña Que quiere ser

Come Again

D G C Em A

Pas de barré

Come again, sweet love doth now invite, Thy graces that refrain, to do me due delight, To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die With thee again in sweetest sympathy.

Another Day

Gm7 Am7 Dm7 Bb Dm G

Every day that goes by, A new hungry baby starts to cry Born astride a painful grave, Drowned in hunger's tidal wave.

Bring On The Night When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of Whats Still Around Live

E Am C D Bm G

Verse 1 The afternoon has gently passed me by The evening spreads its sails against the sky Waiting for tomorrow, It's just another day Za bid yesterday goodbye____Oh______________

Low Life

A F#m G E A6/9 D

Low life, low life Low life, low life Low life, low life Low life, low life

This War

C G Em Am D

Pas de barré

You've got the mouth of a she wolf Inside the mask of an innocent lamb You say your heart is all compassion Dsus2/F# G But there's just a flat line on your cardiogram

The Lowest Trees Have Tops

A E C#m C# F# F#m

The lowest trees have tops, The ant her gall, The fly her spleen, The little spark his heat.

The Mighty

Gm F Bb G C Dm

Walking this high road are warriors from an olden time Curse on this land and the days far behind us Dragons we've slain, rescued many maiden's fair And no man ever dared break our stride Or the brotherhood that binds us.

Si Estamos Juntos

Dm7 F G7 A7 E Bb

Me veo aquí, allí, siempre junto a ti En todo lo que pienso tu estas Que importa el tiempo si los dos estamos juntos Si contigo puedo soñar.

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da

E A Bm D

Pas de barré*

1. Don't think me unkind, Words are hard to find. The only cheques I've left unsigned, From the banks of chaos in my mind. And when their eloquence escapes me,

Ellas Danzan Solas

A F#m Bm D E C#m

¿Por qué están aquí, danzando solas? ¿Por qué hay tristeza en sus miradas? Hay soldados también Ignoran su dolor B Esus

Vengo Del Sur

Ab Db Eb Fm7

Fuerte la luz del sol Y el océano fuerte Así es la piel del sur Ab Db Ebsus Piel de vida y piel de muerte.

Round Midnight

Ebm Bb B7 G#m7 G#m B

It begins to tell At sometime, round midnight I do pretty well 'til after sundown.