Message In A Bottle

This Is A Chord-Strumming Version Of The Song, And Is Transposed Down 4 Steps From The Recording For Easier Playing (And Singing, For Most People!)

Capo 4 for the original key if you want to play along with the original and/or are fortunate enough to be able to sing as high as Sting!

For The Intro/Verse Riff Of The Original Recording, Andy Summers' Guitar Part Plays An Arpeggiated Sus2 Chord (1St-5Th-9Th) Over Each Root Note Played On The Bass. This Creates Harmonic Ambiguity - By Avoiding The 3Rd Scale Note In Each Chord, They Are Not Pinned Down As Major Or Minor.

This Tab Aims To Retain That Ambiguity As Much As Possible, By Using A Lot Of Sus2 Chords.

Esus2 : x02200
Csus2 : xx3011
Dadd11: 320013
Asus2 : xx0230
Fsus2: x13311
Gsus2 : x35533

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Intro
Esus2  Csus2 Dadd11  Asus2
Esus2  Csus2 Dadd11  Asus2

Verse 1
Esus2      Csus2     Just Dadd11A Cast Asus2 Away,  Esus2An IslCsus2and LosDt AAsus2t Sea-O
Esus2      Csus2AnotheDadd11r LonelAsus2y Day, Esus2   No Csus2One HereD BAsus2ut Me-O
Esus2      Csus2  MoreDadd11 LoneliAsus2ness ThaEsus2n Any Csus2   Man CoDulAsus2d Bear
Esus2      Csus2 RescuDadd11e Me   Asus2 BeforEsus4e I FaCsus2ll IntDadd11o Desp Asus2- -  Air

Chorus
C I'll Send AnFsus2 S - OGsus2 - S To The World
C I'll Send AnFsus2 S - OGsus2 - S To The World
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaEsus2h     Csus2​
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaAsus2h

Verse 2
Esus2      Csus2     A D Year HaAsus2s Passed SinceEsus2 I WroteCsus2 My NoDadd11te     Asus2​
Esus2      Csus2I Should HaveD Known ThiAsus2s Right From TEsus2he StaCsus2rt    Dadd11       Asus2​
Esus2      Csus2Only  D Hope CaAsus2n Keep MeEsus2 Toge Csus2-- TherDadd11        Asus2​
Esus2      Csus2Love CanDadd11 Mend YouAsus2r Life Esus4Or Love Csus2Can Break Dadd11Your HeaAsus2rt

Chorus
C I'll Send AnFsus2 S - OGsus2 - S To The World
C I'll Send AnFsus2 S - OGsus2 - S To The World
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaEsus2h     Csus2​
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaEsus2h     Csus2         Ohhhhh
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaEsus2h     Csus2​
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaAsus2h

Breakdown
Am Am7

Verse 3
Esus2      Csus2 Walked Out ThiDs Asus2MorningEsus2, I DonCsus2't Believe WDhatAsus2 I Saw
Esus2     ACsus2 HundreDd BilliAsus2on BottEsus2les WasheCsus2d Up ODn Asus2The Shore
Esus2      Csus2 Seems I'm NotD Alone Asus2In BeiEsus2ng AloCsus2ne    Dadd11       Asus2​
A Esus2HundredCsus2 BillioDadd11n CastaAsus2ways  Esus2  LookiCsus2ng ForD AAsus2 Home

Chorus
C I'll Send AnFsus2 S - OGsus2 - S To The World
C I'll Send AnFsus2 S - OGsus2 - S To The World
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Am I Hope That Fsus2Someone Gets My
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaEsus2h     Csus2​
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, Oh Esus2      Csus2​
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle     Esus2      Csus2​
Esus2Message In A Csus2Bottle, YeaAsus2h

Main Riff
Esus2   Csus2  Dadd11  Asus2
Esus2   Csus2  Dadd11  Asus2
Esus2   Csus2  Dadd11  Asus2
Esus2   Csus2  Dadd11  Asus2

Outro
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S             
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S              
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S              
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S              
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S              
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S              
EmSendingC Out ADadd11n S - OAsus2 - S