"Message of Love" by The Pretenders--bassline


from 1987 'Singles' & 1981 'Pretenders II' albums
A cool sing-&-play-along song, & pretty straight-forward.
Created: March 6, 2000

intro--wait 1 measure for drums, & then play this, repeating as necessary; listen for timing of slides, & when they do & don't happen

G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E-4/5----2/3-(\)------4/5------2/3-(\)-|

verse--"now the reason we're here..."

G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E-4/5----2/3-------4/5------2/3--|

after she says "looking at the stars", play this

G---------------------|
D---------------------|
A---------------------|
E-3--3--2-0-0--2/3--|

back to verse riff

chorus 1--"me & you...every night everyday"; repeat as necessary

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

right before key change ("talk to me darling...with a message of love"), play this

G----------------------|
D----------------------|
A-3-1-0------1-0-3-4-|
E----------3-----------|

continue with this; play 4 times

G---------------------|
D---------------------|
A-5-3-2-0--3-2-0-2-|
E---------------------|

back to opening figures; listen to slides

play this before ending chorus

G----------|
D----------|
A----------|
E-3---5---|

ending chorus

G-----------------------|
D------3-----5-------7-|
A-3-------3------3-----|
E-----------------------|

continue with this

G-/14-----------------------|
D----------3-----5-------3-|
A-------3-----3------3-----|
E----------------------------|

"oooooo-oooo....talk to me darling"

G--------------------|
D--------------------|
A-5--3^5-5--5-3^5-|
E--------------------|

etc., you figure out the rest of the end

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