Every Breath You Take Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the Rock song Every Breath You Take chords by the band The Police on guitar.

PDF score of Every Breath You Take on guitar

Every Breath You Take with chords

Chords of Every Breath You Take

Before you start playing with your guitar, here are the chords you will have to learn and know for the whole song Every Breath You Take chords :

Every Breath You Take chords

When you have mastered these chords, you can start and play this music by following these tabs :

If play bar chords on guitar scare you a bit, try watching our dedicated guitar lesson to learn how to play them. In the meantime, you can turn to easy songs to play on guitar with fewer chords and no barred.

Verse 1 | Every Breath You Take with guitar chords and tab

To begin Every Breath You Take, we will see how to play verse 1 on guitar. The chords are the ones you already know. You just have to follow the next tab :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

Every Breath You Take guitar
Tab text
G9
Every breath you take
Em9
And every move you make
C5
Every bond you break
D5
Every step you take
Em9
I’ll be watching you

Verses 2 and 3 are played in the same way and you will just have to follow the previous tab. However, the last phrase of verse 2 has a slight change : the last chord is not an Em9 but a G9 :

Every Breath You Take lyrics

Chorus | Every Breath You Take by The Police with chords

The verses are interspersed by a refrain as you can see by following the lyrics or the score. Here’s how you should play the chorus of Every Breath You Take chords by The Police on guitar :

guitar chords
Tab text
C5
Oh, can’t you see
G9
You belong to me?
A7
How my poor heart aches
D5
With every step you take?

Bridge of Every Breath You Take

After verse 3 and before come back with the chorus, Every Breath You Take consists of a bridge which, as its name indicates, is a moment of transition. To play the bridge on guitar, still with the chords you have learned, you can follow this tab :

tab
Tab text
Eb5
Since you’ve gone, I’ve been lost without a trace
F5
I dream at night, I can only see your face
Eb5
I look around, but it’s you I can’t replace
F5
I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace
Eb5 G9
I keep crying, baby, baby please

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Every Breath You Take lyrics

The rock song Every Breath You Take chords by The Police are composed of three verses, a chorus and a bridge.

Here are the lyrics :

Verse 1

Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you

Verse 2

Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I’ll be watching you

Chorus

Oh, can’t you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take?

Verse 3

Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I’ll be watching you

Bridge

Since you’ve gone, I’ve been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around, but it’s you I can’t replace
I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace
I keep crying, baby, baby please

Chorus

Verse 3


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