Roxanne Uke tab by The Police

11 Chords used in the song: Gm, F6, EbM7, Dm7, Cm7, Fsus4, Gsus4, Cm, Bb, Eb, F

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Artist: 
Year:  1978
Difficulty: 
5.5
(Intermediate)
Key: BbChords
Intro: Gm Gm-

F6-EbM7-Dm7-Cm7-Fsus-Gsus hold
Ha ha ha ha

Gm Gm F6 F6
Roxanne

EbM7 EbM7
You don't have to put on

Dm7 Dm7
red light

Cm7 Cm7 Fsus Fsus
Those days are over

Gsus Gsus hold
You don't have to sell your
body to the night

Gm Gm F6 F6
Roxanne

EbM7 EbM7
You don't have to wear that
Dm7 Dm7
dress tonight

Cm7 Cm7 Fsus Fsus
Walk the streets for money

Gsus Gsus hold
You don't care if it's wrong or right

Refrain
Cm7 Cm7
Rxanne
Fsus Fsus Gsus Gsus hold
You don't have to put on
the red light

(repeat refrain once)

Chorus:
Cm Cm Bb Bb
(Roxanne)(You don't have to)
Put on the red light

Eb Eb F F
(Roxanne) Put on the red light

F F Gm Gm
(Roxanne) Put on the red light

Cm Cm Bb Bb
(Roxanne) Put on the red light

Eb Eb F F
(Roxanne) Put on the red
Fsus Fsus Gsus Gsus
light, whoa!

((play this whenever the chorus is playing))

Ad Lib: Gm-- (Gm-Gm/F-Gm-Gm/F)

Gm Gm F6 F6
I love you since I knew you

EbM7 EbM7 Dm7 Dm7
I wouldn't talk down to you

Cm7 Cm7
I have to tell you just how I

Fsus Fsus
feel

Gsus Gsus hold
I won't share you with another boy

Gm Gm F6 F6
I know my mind is made up

EbM7 EbM7 Dm7 Dm7
So put away your make up

Cm7 Cm7 Fsus Fsus
Told you once, I won't tell
you again

Gsus Gsus hold
It's a bad way.


After playing this, repeat refrain once,
then repeat first three lines of chorus to fade

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About this song: Roxanne

Roxanne is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written about a prostitute in southern France. Police lead singer Sting wrote the song, inspired by the prostitutes he saw near the band's seedy hotel while in Paris, France in October 1977 to perform at the Nashville Club. The title of the song comes from the name of the character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, an old poster of which was hanging in the hotel foyer.

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