INVISIBLE SUN
As recorded by The Police
(From the 1981 Album GHOST IN THE MACHINE)
Words and Music by Sting
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Intro (Fade In)
Q=119
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E 3x Q E a E +E Q.
|----------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|
|----------||o---------------------|------------------o||----------------------|
|----------||-----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5--||----8-8s10-(10)S8-----|
|----------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|
|----------||o---------------------|------------------o||----------------------|
|----------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q E a E +E Q. 4x Q E E +E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------||------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||------------------||
||-----5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|----8-8s10-(10)S8-----||----5-7-(7)p5-7p5-||
||-------------------|----------------------||------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||------------------||
||-------------------|----------------------||------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C.
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
||----------------------|------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||-----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|
||----------------------|------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||----------------------|------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
1.
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5---||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------||
2.
Q E E +E E Q W
|-----------------|----------||
|--------------3--|----------||
|----3-5-(5)-3----|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
| W W
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
Chorus
N.C.
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
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|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------|
|-----5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----|
|--3--------------------3-|-(3)--------------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------|
|------5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----|
|-(3)--------------------3-|-(3)--------------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------|
|------5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----|
|-(3)--------------------3-|-(3)--------------------3-|
$
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
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|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------||
|------5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----||
|-(3)--------------------3-|-(3)----------------------||
3rd & 4th Verses
N.C.
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----8-8s10-(10)S8----|----5-7-(7)p5-7p5--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
Q E E +E E Q W
|-----------------|----------||
|--------------3--|----------||
|----3-5-(5)-3----|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|----------||
Chorus
N.C.
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
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|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------|
|-----5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----|
|--3--------------------3-|-(3)--------------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------|
|------5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----|
|-(3)--------------------3-|-(3)--------------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2-------|
|------5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3----|
|-(3)--------------------3-|-(3)--------------------3-|
Guitar Solo
To Coda
N.C.
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Q E a E +E Q.
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||---------8-------8s10-(10)S==8----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| |----3-----|
| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E Q Q Q Q H
|--------------------------|---------------------------||---13b15---13b15-------13b15------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------3-----3-----5----|---------3-----3--2--------||----------------------------------|
|------5-----5-------------|------5-----5--------3-----||----------------------------------|
|-(3)--------------------3-|-(3)-----------------------||----------------------------------|
Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5---------7------(7)p=========5-----------7p==========5--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----------3------------|
| Q E +E E +E S +S S +S S +S E
|---13pb15r(13)-13pb15r==(13)-13pb15r(13)-13pb15r(13)-13pb15r(13)-13pb15====|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Q E a E +E Q.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------8--8s10-(10)S8----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| +E +S S H.
|-(13)r(13)p11--------------------|
|--------------13-----------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q E a E +E Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------5-7-(7)p5-7p=5-|------------8-8s=10-(10)S8----|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| E Q. Q. E +E +E E E +H
|---18b20======18------18-|-(18)r(18)-15---/15-(15)------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5---------7------(7)p========5----------7p========5------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----------3------------| |-----------------3-----------------|
| Q E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---18pb20r(18)-18pb20r==(18)-18pb20r(18)---18pb20r(18)-18pb20r==(18)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------8-8s10-----(10)S8--------|-----------5--7-(7)p5--7p5--||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| E +Q E +Q. +E E E +Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-18pb20r(18)-----18b20==(18)r====(18)-|---18b20r(18)---18----16----||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------||
&
N.C.
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------8-------8s10-(10)S==8----|---------5---7-----(7)p5--7p5-|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
| |----3-----|
| Q Q Q H E Q +S S Q Q
|---13b15---13b15-------13b15------|---13b15r==(13)p11------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------13----13---|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------8-------8s10-(10)S==8-----------|------5-7-(7)p5-7p5---||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|
| |----3-----|
| Q Q Q Q. +S S e E Q H
|---13b15---13b15-------13b15r====(13)p11-|-13-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
Outro
N.C.
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------8----8s10-(10)S8--------|-------5----7-(7)p5----7p===5-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |----3----| |---3---| |----3-----|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---11---11-------11-----11-11-|-11-11---11---11----11---11---|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------8----8s10-(10)S8--------|-------5----7-(7)p5--------7p===5--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |----3----| |---3---| |------3-------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-11-11---11-------11-----11-11-|-11-11---11---11----13b15====13----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Q E a E +E Q.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------8---------8s10------(10)S========8----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| |---------------3----------------| |------------3-------------|
| E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E Q
|-13r(13)-13pb15r(13)-13pb15r=====(13)--13pb15r(13)----13pb15r(13)-13pb15==|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------5-7-(7)p5--7p=5-|-----------8-8s10-(10)S8----|-----5--7-(7)p=5-7p=5--|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Clean El. Gtr.)
|~~~~~~~
| |-3--|
| +H q E E +Q H H E E E E E E E E
|-(13)r------13----11-11-|-(11)-(11)------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-------15-------------------|---8-------------------|
|------------------------|-------12-------------------|-----7-----7-----7-----|
|------------------------|------(13)------------------|-------10-----10---10--|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|------8-8s10-(10)S8----|------5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~
| E Q. +H E Q. +H
|---6----------(6)------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|---8------(8)-------|
|-----------------------|---7------(7)-------|
|-8---------------------|---8------(8)-------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-----8-8s10-(10)S8----|-----5-7-(7)p5-7p5--|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E +H Q E E +H
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----11---11-(11)------|-------8-(8)--------|
|----------8--(8)------|-------7-(7)--------|
|----------------------|----10--------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|------8-8s10-(10)S8----|------5-7-(7)p5-7p5-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|---11------------------|---8----------------|
|------8----------------|--------7-(7)-------|
|----------10-(10)------|-----10-------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
Q E a E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E 5x
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------|---------------------o||
||------8-8s10-(10)S8----|------5-7-(7)p5-7p5---||
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H 5x
||----6------------------|----------------------||
||o----------6--(6)------|---8-----------------o||
||------8----------------|--------7-(7)---------||
||-----------------------|-----10---------------||
||o----------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------|----------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a goverment chart
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives it's heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
It's dark all day, and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with me head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives it's heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
And they're only going to change this place by
Killing everybody in the human race
And they would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even wanna die just yet
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives it's heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives us hope when the whole day's done
