Gordon Matthew Sumner (2 de outubro de 1951, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, Inglaterra), mais conhecido como Sting, é um músico britânico, ex-membro da banda The Police, onde foi baixista e vocalista. Segue carreira solo desde a década de 80, tendo lançado 14 álbuns de estúdio. Dentre seus principais sucessos estão "Fields Of Gold", "Englishman In New York", "Shape Of My Heart" e "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You".
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Lots of beautiful chords underpin this song from Sting’s 2013 The Last Ship album.
This tune is picked - Sting tends to pick the bass note then two or three higher notes, so for each of the chords I’ve indicated just the strings that he picks on the piece -
Verse 1 ======= CG/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsusG6 When Au -gust winds are turn-ing CG/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsus4G6 The fishing boats set out u-pon the sea E/G#Am7G/BC I watch 'til they sail out of sight F2 F6(2) Gsus4G6 The winter follows soon E/G#Am7G/BC I watch them drawn in-to the night Eadd9A7sus4Gsus4G6 Be-neath the August moon
Verse 2 ======= CG/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsusG6 No one knows I come here CG/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsusG6 Some things I don't sha -are E/G#Am7G/BC I can't ex-plain the reasons why F2 F6(2) Gsus4G6 It moves me close to tears E/G#Am7G/BC Or something in the season's change Eadd9A7sus4Gsus4G6 Will find me wandering here
Verse 3 ======= CG/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsusG6 And in my pub -lic mo -ments CG/BAsusC/GD/F#D/F I hear the things I say but they're not me G6E/G# Per-haps I'll know be-fore I die Am7C/E Ad-mit that there's a reason why C(2)FG6Dm7AmC/GD/F# I count the boats re-turning to the sea C(2)FG6Dm7C I count the boats re-turning to the sea
G/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsusG6
Verse 4 ======= CG/BAsusC/GF6C/FGsusG6 And in my pri -vate mo -ments CG/BAsusC/GD/F#D/F I drop the mask that I've been forced to wear G6(2) E/G# But no-one knows this secret me AsusC/E Where albeit un-consciously C(2)FG6Dm7AmC/GD/F# I count the boats re-turning from the sea C(2)FG6Dm7C I count the boats re-turning from the sea Cm9CCm9CCm9CCm9C Oooh oooh oooh Cm9CCm9CCm9C Oooh oooh oooh