How to play Every Breath You Take

The Police

This tab has 48 notes, across all six strings, open strings up to fret 4, at 116 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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116BPM at full speed
48notes
0 to 4fret range
Beginnerlevel

The tab

Each line is a string: high e on top, low E at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes.

Every Breath You Take tab, 48 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. G#2 low E string, fret 4
  2. D#3 D string, fret 1
  3. A#3 G string, fret 3
  4. D#3 D string, fret 1
  5. C4 B string, fret 1
  6. A#3 G string, fret 3
  7. D#3 D string, fret 1
  8. A#3 G string, fret 3
  9. G#2 low E string, fret 4
  10. D#3 D string, fret 1
  11. A#3 G string, fret 3
  12. D#3 D string, fret 1
  13. C4 B string, fret 1
  14. A#3 G string, fret 3
  15. D#3 D string, fret 1
  16. A#3 G string, fret 3
  17. F2 low E string, fret 1
  18. C3 A string, fret 3
  19. G3 open G string
  20. C3 A string, fret 3
  21. G#3 G string, fret 1
  22. G3 open G string
  23. C3 A string, fret 3
  24. G3 open G string
  25. F2 low E string, fret 1
  26. C3 A string, fret 3
  27. G3 open G string
  28. C3 A string, fret 3
  29. G#3 G string, fret 1
  30. G3 open G string
  31. C3 A string, fret 3
  32. G3 open G string
  33. C#3 A string, fret 4
  34. G#3 G string, fret 1
  35. D#4 B string, fret 4
  36. C#3 A string, fret 4
  37. C#4 B string, fret 2
  38. G#3 G string, fret 1
  39. C#3 A string, fret 4
  40. G#3 G string, fret 1
  41. D#3 D string, fret 1
  42. A#3 G string, fret 3
  43. F4 high e string, fret 1
  44. D#3 D string, fret 1
  45. D#4 B string, fret 4
  46. A#3 G string, fret 3
  47. D#3 D string, fret 1
  48. A#3 G string, fret 3
Plain text tab
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------1-----------------------1-----------|
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|
D|----1-----1--------1--------1-----1--------1-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------------------4-----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-----1--0-----0--------0-----1--0-----0--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-----3--------3--------3-----3--------3-----|
E|-1-----------------------1-----------------------|

e|-------------------------------1-----------------|
B|-------4-----2-----------------------4-----------|
G|----1-----------1-----1-----3-----------3-----3--|
D|-------------------------1--------1--------1-----|
A|-4--------4--------4-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: D#3, D string, fret 1, 9 times.

Strings
All sixsix strings
Frets
0 to 40 is an open string
Lowest note
F2low E string, fret 1
Highest note
F4high e string, fret 1
Open strings
6of 48 notes
Tempo
116 BPM58 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (58 BPM), 0.75x (87 BPM) or 1x (116 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 30 to 33, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 0, 3, 0, 4 across the A and G strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

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