Every Breath You Take by The Police


Most of this is based on 'add9' chords, with a nice picking pattern too. Use the right hand palm to damp the strings and get 
a dry staccato feel.  Use a delay set to one quaver note length so that the delay is echoing the picked note, but one note behind.


The basic chord progression is :

Intro :  Aadd9   F#madd9  Dadd9 D  Eadd9 E  Aadd9
Verse :  Aadd9   F#madd9  Dadd9 D  Eadd9 E  F#madd9
         Aadd9   F#madd9  Dadd9 D  Eadd9 E  Aadd9


INTRO:

   Aadd9
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G------------6-------------------6-----------------------
D-------9------9----9-------9------9----9---------------
A-----7----7------7-------7----7------7------------------
E---5-------------------5--------------------------------

   F#madd9
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G----------2-----------------2---------------------------
D------6-----6---6-------6-----6---6---------------------
A----4---4-----4-------4---4-----4-----------------------
E--2-----------------2-----------------------------------

    Dadd9    D        Eadd9      E
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-------9----7-------------11---9------9-----------------
D-----7--------7---7-----9--------9----9-----------------
A---5------------5-----7-------------7-------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------

   Aadd9
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G-----------6----------------6-----------------------
D-------9-----9---9------9-----9---9---------------
A-----7---7-----7------7---7-----7------------------
E---5----------------5--------------------------------


VERSE 1:

                 Aadd9                   F#madd9
Every breath you take and every move you make

               Dadd9         D      Eadd9         E       F#madd9
Every bond you break every step you take I'll be watching you

             Aadd9                  F#madd9
Every single day and every word you say

               Dadd9        D       Eadd9         E       Aadd9
Every game you play every night you stay I'll be watching you


CHORUS :

              Dadd9    D         Cadd9   C
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------9----7-------------7---5----------------
D---------------7--------7---7-----5-------5---5----------
A-------------5------------5-----3-----------3------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
..Oh can't you see                 you belong  to  

    Aadd9                    
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G------------6-------------------6------------------------
D-------9------9----9-------9------9----9-----------------
A-----7----7------7-------7----7------7-------------------
E---5-------------------5---------------------------------
   me                       how my poor heart

      Badd9
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G----------------8-----------------------8----------------
D----------11-------11----11-------11-------11----11------
A-------9-----9--------9--------9-----9---------9---------
E-----7-----------------------7---------------------------
    aches                       with every step you

     Eadd9       E          Eadd9       E
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------11----9----------------11----9-------9----------
D------9-----------9----9-----9-----------9---------------
A----7----------------7-----7----------------7------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
   take

              Aadd9                F#madd9
Every move you make   every vow you break
            
                Dadd9      D          Eadd9
Every smile you fake every claim you stake

        E           F#madd9    
I'll be watching you



MIDDLE EIGHT :

  (F)                                           (G)
E--1---------------------------------------------3----------
B--1---------------------------------------------3----------
G--2---------------------------------------------0----------
D--3---------------------------------------------0----------
A--3--------------------------------------------------------
E--1---------------------------------------------3----------
     Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace

                                      (F)
E--------------------------------------1------------
B--------------------------------------1------------
G--------------------------------------2------------
D--------------------------------------3------------
A--------------------------------------3------------
E--------------------------------------1------------
I dream at night I can only see your face

                                           (G)
E-------------------------------------------3----------
B-------------------------------------------3----------
G-------------------------------------------0----------
D-------------------------------------------0----------
A------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------3----------   
    I look around but it's you I can't replace
 
                                         (F)                                             
E-----------------------------------------1---------------
B-----------------------------------------1---------------
G-----------------------------------------2---------------
D-----------------------------------------3---------------
A-----------------------------------------3----------------
E-----------------------------------------1---------------
  I feel so cold and I long for your embrace

                           (Aadd9)
E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------6----------
D-------------------------------9-----9---9----  etc
A-----------------------------7---7-----7-------
E---------------------------5-------------------
  I keep crying baby baby please


Aadd9  F#madd9  Dadd9 D  Eadd9 E  F#madd9
Aadd9  F#madd9  Dadd9 D  Eadd9 E  Aadd9


CHORUS :

             Dadd9  D Cadd9  C      Aadd9
Oh can't you see      you belong to me

                  Badd9                     Eadd9
How my poor heart aches with every step you take

               Aadd9
Every move you make 

                  F#madd9
And every vow you break

                Dadd9  
Every smile you fake 

        D        Eadd9
Every claim you stake

        E          F#madd9
I'll be watching you

               Dadd9
Every move you make

       D         Eadd9
Every step you take

         E        F#madd9
I'll be watching you

           E     Aadd9          
I'll be watching you



OUTTRO:

Aadd9 
Every breath you take

                F#madd9
Every move you make

               Dadd9
Every bond you break

      D         Aadd9
Every step you take

Aadd9
Every single day

                F#madd9
Every word you say

               Dadd9
Every game you play

       D          Aadd9
Every night you stay

...etc to fade.