A Sermon (Tabbed by Ian Wakeham and prepared by Malav Trivedi)


Not one of The Police's best ever tunes, but it has a great lively bassline that's 
fun to hammer out. The chorus has a tough, weird timing. It's very tricky. 
The interlude/outro is also tricky, but under the notes where I put a "|", 
is where you can hear a faint guitar chord. Listen carefully and it might help a little.


 Intro:



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



Verse 1:



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



Chorus 1:



G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----2-------5---------------------4-h-5--------2------5---------------------4-h-5--
A-0-----3-------5--5--5--3--5--5-------------0-----3-------5---5--5--3--5--5---------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



    You have to un----bend        cause it's      on-ly a trend,       don't     



G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----2---------5---------------------4-h-5----------2-------------------------------|
A-0-----3----------5--5--5---3--5--5-------------0-------3-------5-(hold)---5 (hold)-|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



      lose  all your friends    don't          make your heroes end



Verse 2:



G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5--5--5-----------5--5--5------------------5--5--5-----------5--5--5--------------
A-----------5--5--5-----------5--5--3--3--r------------5--5--5-----------5--5--3--3--
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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



Chorus 2:



G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----2---------5---------------------4-h-5--------2------5---------------------4-h-5--
A-0-----3----------5--5--5--3--5--5-------------0-----3-------5---5--5--3--5--5--------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    

       traps are all laid          for any         honest crusade          your old



G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----2---------5---------------------4-h-5----------2----------------5-(hold)-------|
A-0-----3----------5--5--5---3--5--5-------------0-------3---------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



       values will fade           as you        struggle to make the grade 



Interlude:



   |              |      |        |              |      |        |              |      |

G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0-0-0-0-0------3-3-3--5--------0-0-0-0-0------3-3-3--5--------0-0-0-0-0------3-3-3--5---------
A------------3-2-----------2-3-4------------3-2-----------2-3-4------------3-2------------2-3-4--
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



   |              |      

G------------------------------|
D--0-0-0-0-0------3-(hold)-----|
A------------3-2---------------|
E------------------------------|

    

                     ...as you struggle to make the grade!



Verse 3:



G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5--5--5-----------5--5--5------------------5--5--5-----------5--5--5--------------
A-----------5--5--5-----------5--5--3--3--r------------5--5--5-----------5--5--3--3--
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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



Chorus 3:



G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----2----------5---------------------4-h-5--------2--------5------------------------4-h-5--
A-0------3-----------5--5--5--3--5--5-------------0---3-----------5----5--5--3--5--5---------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     it's written in the news			     how you paid your dues       but you've

      

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----2----------5---------------------4-h-5----------2-----------------------------------|
A-0------3-----------5--5--5--3--5--5-------------0------3-----5-(hold)---5-(hold)--------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

        no excuse                for the        people  you abuse



Verse 4:



G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5--5--5-----------5--5--5------------------5--5--5-----------5--5--5--------------
A-----------5--5--5-----------5--5--3--3--r------------5--5--5-----------5--5--3--3--
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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



Chorus 4:



G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----2----------5---------------------4-h-5--------2--------5------------------------4-h-5--
A-0------3-----------5--5--5--3--5--5-------------0---3-----------5----5--5--3--5--5---------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     it's written in the news			     how you paid your dues        there's

     

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----2----------5---------------------4-h-5----------2--------5-(hold)-------------------|
A-0------3-----------5--5--5--3--5--5-------------0------3--------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

        no excuse                for the        people  you abuse



Outro:



   |		  |      |        |		 |      |

G---------------------------------------------------------------*
D--0-0-0-0-0------3-3-3--5--------0-0-0-0-0------3-3-3--5-------*
A------------3-2-----------2-3-4------------3-2-----------2-3-4-* Repeat to fade
E---------------------------------------------------------------*