Every Breath You Take
by The Police
🎤 Pop
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Andy Summers' legendary arpeggiated riff from The Police's 1983 hit. The clean add9 chord pattern in Ab became one of the most imitated guitar parts in pop music. Deceptively tricky to play cleanly.
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