Low Life - by Sting
from the album "Bring On The Night"
transcribed by Mitch Darby (mdarby@teleport.com)
Low Life - transcribed by Mitch Darby
This is how I like to play it...
(A Major) 1 (Gb minor) 2 (G Major) 3 (D
Major) 4
E--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B--|----------14-------|----------10-------|----------12-------|-----------7-------|
G--|-------14----14----|-------11----11----|-------12----12----|--------7-----7----|
D--|----14----------14-|----11----------11-|----12----------12-|-----7-----------7-|
A--|-12----------------|--9----------------|-10----------------|--5----------------|
E--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(A Major) 5 (Gb minor) 6 (G Major) 7 (D Major/C
Major) 8
E--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B--|----------14-------|----------10-------|----------12-------|-----------5-------|
G--|-------14----14----|-------11----11----|-------12----12----|--------7-----5----|
D--|----14----------14-|----11----------11-|----12----------12-|-----7-----------5-|
A--|-12----------------|--9----------------|-10----------------|--5----------------|
E--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(A Major) 9 (Gb minor) 10 (G Major) 11(D Major/C
Major) 12
E--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------5-------|
G--|-----------6-------|-----------2-------|-----------4-------|--------7-----5----|
D--|--------7-----7----|--------4-----4----|--------5-----5----|-----7-----------5-|
A--|-----7-----------7-|-----4-----------4-|-----5-----------5-|--5----------------|
E--|--5----------------|--2----------------|--3----------------|-------------------|
(Gb Major) 13 (E Major) 14 (G Major) 15(D Major/C
Major) 16
E--|-------------------|-------------------|--3----------------|--5----------------|
B--|-------------------|-------------------|--3----------------|--5----------------|
G--|-----------3-------|-----------2-------|--4----------------|--6----------------|
D--|--------4-----4----|--------4-----4----|--5----------------|--7----------------|
A--|-----4-----------4-|-----4-----------4-|--5----------------|--7----------------|
E--|--2----------------|--2----------------|--3----------------|--5----------------|
That's how I do the verse. You can also sub the following for the fourth bar
(D Major) 4
E--|-------------------|
B--|-------------------|
G--|-----------11------|
D--|--------12---12----|
A--|-----12---------12-|
E--|--10---------------|
and you can sub this for measure 13...
(Gb minor) 13
E--|-------------------|
B--|-------------------|
G--|-----------2-------|
D--|--------4-----4----|
A--|-----4-----------4-|
E--|--2----------------|
The chorus involves the chords A Major and C Major with a chord or two in
between. Since I don't know those "in-between" chords I can't really post
'em - I'll leave that for the *really* smart people on the list to
interpret.
Mitch
p.s. - I could be wrong on the chord names (I don't really know 'em very
well :P)