Born in the Fifties Tabs & Lyrics by The Police

Born in the Fifties

guitar tabs lyrics

The Police

Album : Live in BostonPlayStop



Transcribed by gnolivos

I've seen only one tab of this song, and it is in the wrong (standard) tuning.
If you watch Andy play this song live, you can see his is playing these chords, on
an F-tuned guitar (half step UP).

Tuning: Half Step *UP* (F tuning)

Guitar effect: light gain


Intro Chorus

|----3--||--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-2--3--||o-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
|-2--0--||--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-2--0--||--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|-0--x--||o-----------------------------|
|----3--||------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------3--|
|-(2)--(2)-(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)-2--3--|
|--2----2---2---2----2---2---2----2---2--2--0--|
|--2----2---2---2----2---2---2----2---2--2--0--|
|--0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0--0--x--|
|-------------------------------------------3--|


|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

2x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


Pre-Verse - loose feel
|-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-|--5---5---5---5--|--3---3---3---3--|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|--5---5---5---5--|--3---3---3---3--|
|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|--6---6---6---6--|--4---4---4---4--|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|--7---7---7---7--|--5---5---5---5--|
|---------|-x-x-x-x-|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|
|---------|-3-3-3-3-|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|


|-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3-|----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
|---------|-x-x-x-x--x-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--|
|---------|-3-3-3-3--3-|----------------------|


Verse - reggae feel
|--2---2---2---2--|--3---3---3---3--|-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|
|--3---3---3---3--|--3---3---3---3--|-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|
|--2---2---2---2--|--0---0---0---0--|-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|


|--2---2---2---2--|--3---3---3---3--|-------------------3-|
|--3---3---3---3--|--3---3---3---3--|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--3-|
|--2---2---2---2--|--0---0---0---0--|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--0-|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-|


Interlude - w/flanger ...slide up
|-5------|-3------|-5------5--|-3------|-5------5--|-1------|-1s=======|
|-6------|-3------|-6------6--|-3------|-6------6--|-1------|-1s=======|
|-5------|-4------|-5------5--|-4------|-5------5--|-2------|-2s=======|
|-7------|-5------|-7------7--|-5------|-7------7--|-3------|-3s=======|
|-5------|-5------|-5------5--|-5------|-5------5--|-3------|-3s=======|
|-5------|-3------|-5------5--|-3------|-5------5--|-1------|-1s=======|


continue to chorus...
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|-....
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-....
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-....



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