Song: When the world is running down
you make the best of what's still around
Artist: The Police
Composer: Sting
Album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
8th Dec 2016
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might
automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
C9sus4 = x33333 D9sus4 = x55555 Em11 = x75755 E5 = xxxx-12-12
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[Intro]
C9sus4 D9sus4 Em11 Em11
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[Verse 1]
C9sus4 D9sus4
Turn on my VCR, ...same one I've had for years,
Em11 Em11
James Brown on the T.A.M.I. show, ...same tape I've had for years,
C9sus4 D9sus4
I sit in my old car, ...same one I've had for years,
Em11 Em11
This old battery's running down, it ran for years and years!
[Verse 2]
C9sus4 D9sus4
Turn on the radio, ...the static hurts my ears,
Em11 Em11
Tell me, where would I go? I ain't been out in years,
C9sus4 D9sus4
Turn on the stereo, ...it's played for years and years,
Em11 Em11
An Otis Redding song, ...it's all I own!
[Chorus]
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around,
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around!
[Verse 3]
C9sus4 D9sus4
Plug in my M.C.I. ...to exercise my brain,
Em11 Em11
Make records on my own, can't go out in the rain,
C9sus4 D9sus4
Pick up the telephone, ...I've listened here for years,
Em11 Em11
No one to talk to me, I've listened here for years!
[Chorus]
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around,
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is a - running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around! Woh -oh!
[Bridge]
E5 (Fades in)
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[Verse 4]
C9sus4 D9sus4
When I feel lonely here, ...don't waste my time with tears,
Em11 Em11
I run 'Deep throat' again, it ran for years and years,
C9sus4 D9sus4
Don't like the food I eat, ...the cans are running out,
Em11 Em11
Same food for years and years, I hate the food I eat!
[Chorus]
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is a - running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around,
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around!
[Chorus]
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around,
C9sus4 D9sus4
When the world is running down,
Em11 Em11
You make the best of what's still around! Woh -oh!
[Break]
C9sus4 D9sus4 Em11 Em11
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
[Coda]
C9sus4 D9sus4
Turn on my VCR, ...same one I've had for years,
Em11 Em11
James Brown on the T.A.M.I. show, ...same tape I've had for years,
C9sus4 D9sus4
I sit in my old car, ...same one I've had for years,
Em11 Em11
This old battery's running down, it ran for years and years!
[Suggestion for ending]
C9sus4 D9sus4 Em11 Em11
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C9sus4 D9sus4 Em11
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For the ending, in some live performances, Andy Summers plays along
with the bass riff in unison:
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D |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A |-1-3-3--p3-1-3-|-3-5-5--p5-3-5-|-5-7-7--p7-5-7-|-5-7-7--p7-5-7-|
E |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
