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DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME

As recorded by The Police
(From the 1980 Album ZENYATTA MONDATTA)



Gtr I, II, III (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - clean electric'

For Fills see end of tab

Intro
                                H.=H     Q=141
 4/4
  Gtr I
                          PM----------|
  W          H    Q  Q    e e e e e e q    Wx7
|----------:------------:----------------|--------|
|----------:------------:----------------|--------|
|----------:------------:-----3-2--------|--------|
|----------:---------x--:-1-5-----1-3-1--|--------|
|----------:------------:----------------|--------|
|----------:------------:----------------|--------|


  H    Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|
|---------4--|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|
|---------3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q   Q  Q   Q    Q   Q  Q   Q    Q   Q  Q  Q
|----10-----10--|----10-----10--|----11-----3--|
|----11-----11--|----11-----11--|----11-----4--|
|----12-----12--|----12-----12--|----12-----3--|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|----3-----x--|----x-----x--|----3-------||
|----4-----x--|----x-----x--|----4-------||
|----3-----x--|----x-----x--|----3-------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||


   Verse
Gtr I w/ Fill 2 4th time
    $
    Gtr III
          PM-------------------------------
    Q     Q   E E Q     Q     E E E E Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------3---2-2-0---|-------3-3-2-2-0---|
||--------5---3-3-1---|-------5-5-3-3-1---|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
|
|   Gtrs I, II
|   PM-------------------------------------
|   E  e  e e e e e e   E  e  e e e e e e
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------5-5---------|-------5-5---------|
||o---(6)-----8-8-6-6-|-----------8-8-6-6-|
||--------------------|---(6)-------------|
 |- Rhy Fig 1 (both staffs)

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  Q     Q   E E E E   Q     E E E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------5---2-2-----|-------3-3-2-2-----|
|-------3---3-3-3-3-|-------5-5-3-3-3---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------|
| E  e  e e e e e e   E  e  e e e e e e
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------5-5-3-3-----|-------5-5-3-3-----|
|---------------3-3-|---------------3-3-|
|---(3)-------------|---(3)-------------|
                          end Rhy Fig 1-|

        PM-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  Q     Q   Q   E E   Q  Q   E E E E   Q     E E Q   E E   Q     E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------3---2---0-0-|----3---2-2-0-0-|-------3-3-2-------|-------3-3-2-2-0-0--||
|-------5---3---1-1-|----5---3-3-1-1-|-------5-5-3---3-3-|-------5-5-3-3-1-1--||
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E  e  e e e e e e   Q  e e e e e e   E  e  e e e e e e   E  e  e e e e e e
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------5-5---------|----5-5---------|-------5-5-3-3-----|-------5-5-3-3------||
|-----------8-8-6-6-|--------8-8-6-6-|---------------3-3-|---------------3-3--||
|---(6)-------------|----------------|---(3)-------------|---(3)--------------||
|-Rhy Fig 2 (both staffs)                                       end Rhy Fig 2-|


Rhy Fig 1 (Gtr I w/ Fill 3 - 2nd 3rd time)
Rhy Fig 2 (Gtr I w/ Fill 2 - 4th time)  -> to Coda


 Chorus
Gtr I w/ Fill 1 2nd time
  Gtr I
  E E Q   Q   Q     Q   E E E E Q     Q   E E E E Q     Q   Q   E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---0-0------||
|---7-7---5-------|-----7-7-5-5-----|---------5h7-----|-----3---0-0------||
|---7-7---6-------|-----7-7-6-6-6---|-----7-7---------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---|-----7-7---------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---3-3-3-2-2-----|---3-3-3-2-2-2---|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------2-2-|---------------2-|-------2-2-2-4---|-------0-0--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---2-2---------2-|---0-0-------0-0--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   E E E E Q     Q   E E E E E E
|-----5---5-------|-----5---5-------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----7---5-------|-----7---5-------|-----3-3-2-2-----|-----1-1-0-0------||
|-----7---6-------|-----7---6-------|-----4-4-2-2-----|-----2-2-0-0------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-----|-----2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-0--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-Rhy Fig 3 (all 3)                                        end Rhy Fig 3-|


Gtr I w/ Fill 1 2nd time
  E E Q   E E Q     E E Q   E E Q     E E E E H         Q   Q   E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---0-0------|
|-----7---5-5-----|-----7---5-5-----|---3-5-5---------|-----3---0-0------|
|---7-7---6-6-----|---7-7---6-6-----|---4-6-6---------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------|     PM----------|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---3-3-3-2-2-----|---3-3-3-2-2-2---|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------2-2-|---------------2-|---------2-2-----|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4---4-4-4-|-----2-4-5-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|---2---------2-2-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   E E E E Q     Q   E E E E E E
|-----5---5-------|-----5---5-------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----7---5-------|-----7---5-------|-----3-3-2-2-----|-----1-1-0-0------|
|-----7---6-------|-----7---6-------|-----4-4-2-2-----|-----2-2-0-0------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-----|-----2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  1.,2.               3.
                                                                      D.S. al Coda
  Q   Q   E E Q       Q   Q   E E Q     Q  E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q
|-----2---0-0------||-----2---0-0-----|----2---0-0-----|-----2---0-0------||
|-----3---0-0-----o||-----3---0-0-----|----3-3-0-0-----|---3-3-3-0-0------||
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------o||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------o||-----------------|--------0-0-----|-----0------------||
|-----0-0-0--------||-----0-0-0-------|----2-2-0-0-2---|-----0-0-0--------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2--||-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-|-------2-2-2-2-2--||
|---0---------0-0-o||---0---------0-0-|--------------0-|-------------0-0--||
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|
|                         PM-----------------------------------------|
| Q   E E E E E E     Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q     Q   E E E E Q
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----1-1-0-0-----o||-----1-1-0-0-----|----1-1-0-0-----|-----1-1-0-0------||
|-----2-2-0-0------||-----2-2-0-0-----|----2-2-0-0-----|-----2-2-0-0------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2--||-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-----|-----2-2-2-2------||
|-------------0-0-o||-------------0-0-|----------------|------------------||
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||


   Outro
    &
    Rhy Fig 3 x6 and fade



 Fill 1
    PM----------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----7-7-6-6-4---|-----7-7-6-6-4---||
|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||


   Fill 2
    Q   e  e  e  e  e  e   Q   e  e  e  e  e  e
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----12-12-10-10-------|----12-12-10-10-------|
||-----------------13-13-|----------------13-13-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


  Q   e  e  e  e  e  e   Q   e  e  e  e  e  e
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|----12-12-10-10-------|----12-12-10-10--------||
|----------------10-10-|----------------10-10--||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------||


 Fill 3
  E e e e E e e e   E e e e e e e e   E e e e E e e e   E e  e e  e e  q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----11---10--------||
|---8-8-8---8-8-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---0-0-0---0---0-|---0----0----0-10---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||


 Fill 4
  E E  E E  E E  E E   E E  E E  E E  E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----11---10--------|-----11---10--------|
|---8----8----8-10-8-|---8----8----8-10-8-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  E E  E E  E E E E   E E  E E  E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----11---10---6---|-----11---10---6----||
|---0----0----0---0-|---0----0----0---0--||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||



Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Book marking - she's so close now
This girl is half his age

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it's not so easy
To be the teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and dry

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Loose talk in the classroom
To hurt they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom
The accusations fly
It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in
That book by Nabakov

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
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Copyrights:

Author: Sting

Composer: Sting

Publisher: A&M Records Ltd.

Details:

Released in: 1980

Language: English

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