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
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 4/4
  Gtr I
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  Q   Q  Q   Q    Q   Q  Q   Q    Q   Q  Q  Q
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|----11-----11--|----11-----11--|----11-----4--|
|----12-----12--|----12-----12--|----12-----3--|
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   Verse
Gtr I w/ Fill 2 4th time
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    Gtr III
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|   Gtrs I, II
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|   E  e  e e e e e e   E  e  e e e e e e
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 |- Rhy Fig 1 (both staffs)

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| E  e  e e e e e e   E  e  e e e e e e
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                          end Rhy Fig 1-|

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  Q     Q   Q   E E   Q  Q   E E E E   Q     E E Q   E E   Q     E E E E E E
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|-------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--||
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| 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
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|-------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---------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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| 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
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|---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--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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| 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---------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| 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
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|---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--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| 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
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|-----3---0-0-----o||-----3---0-0-----|----3-3-0-0-----|---3-3-3-0-0------||
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
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|-----------------o||-----------------|----------------|------------------||
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| 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
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|-----------------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--||
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| 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
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|-----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-|----------------|------------------||
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   Outro
    &
    Rhy Fig 3 x6 and fade



 Fill 1
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|-----7-7-6-6-4---|-----7-7-6-6-4---||
|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-||
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   Fill 2
    Q   e  e  e  e  e  e   Q   e  e  e  e  e  e
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||-----12-12-10-10-------|----12-12-10-10-------|
||-----------------13-13-|----------------13-13-|
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  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||
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 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
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----11---10--------||
|---8-8-8---8-8-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---0-0-0---0---0-|---0----0----0-10---||
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 Fill 4
  E E  E E  E E  E E   E E  E E  E E  E E
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|-----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
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|-----11---10---6---|-----11---10---6----||
|---0----0----0---0-|---0----0----0---0--||
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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