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Sting – Shape of my Heart

Article by Maarten Tromp | Published
Album cover for Sting – Ten Summoner's Tales
Album cover for Sting – Ten Summoner's Tales (source)

This is the bass tab for Shape of my Heart by Sting, from the album Ten Summoner's Tales (1993), played by Sting.

Music

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Bass tab

Verse / chorus

    F♯m     C♯m      Bm          C♯7  D       C♯m      Bm          C♯7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |4-------2-------|----------------|4-------2-------|----------------|
A  |----------------|2-----------4---|----------------|2-----------4---|
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    D6               A5      C♯       D       G♯m7     F♯m     F♯m7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |5---------------|--------4-------|5---------------|----------------||
E  |----------------|5---------------|--------4-------|2---------------||

Modulation

    D       G♯m7     
G  |----------------|----------------|--------|
D  |----------------|------------6---|----6---|
A  |5---------------|----------------|--------|
E  |--------4-------|----------------|4-------|

    C♯m     G♯m      F♯m         G♯7  A       G♯m      F♯m         G♯7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |4-------2-------|----------------|4-------2-------|----------------|
E  |----------------|2-----------4---|----------------|2-----------4---|

    A6               E       G♯       A       G♯4      C♯m     C♯m7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |----------------|7---------------|--------6-------|4---------------|
E  |5---------------|--------4-------|5---------------|----------------|

    A       G♯4       A9       
G  |----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------||
A  |----------------|----------------||
E  |5-------4-------|5---------------||

Ending

G  |----------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |5---------------|----------------|5---------------||
E  |--------4-------|2---------------|--------4-------||