you make the best of what’s still around Composer: Sting Copy and paste this link to hear the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXYW7kZP6jc NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below: C9sus4 = x33333 D9sus4 = x55555 Em11 = x75755 E5 = xxxx-12-12 Please select a star rating for this tab many thanks ======================================================================== [Intro] ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x4] [Verse 1] Turn on my VCR ...same one I’ve had for years James Brown on the T.A.M.I. show ...same tape I’ve had for years I sit in my old car ...same one I’ve had for years This old battery’s running down it ran for years and years! [Verse 2] Turn on the radio ...the static hurts my ears Tell me where would I go? I ain’t been out in years Turn on the stereo ...it’s played for years and years An Otis Redding song ...it’s all I own! [Chorus] When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around! [Verse 3] Plug in my M.C.I. ...to exercise my brain Make records on my own can’t go out in the rain Pick up the telephone ...I’ve listened here for years No one to talk to me I’ve listened here for years! [Chorus] When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around When the world is a - running down You make the best of what’s still around! Woh -oh! [Bridge] (The chord fades in or use the riff at the bottom of the tab) ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x4] [Verse 4] When I feel lonely here ...don’t waste my time with tears I run ’Deep throat’ again it ran for years and years Don’t like the food I eat ...the cans are running out Same food for years and years I hate the food I eat! [Chorus] When the world is a - running down You make the best of what’s still around When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around! [Chorus] When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around! Woh -oh! [Break] ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2] [Coda] Turn on my VCR ...same one I’ve had for years James Brown on the T.A.M.I. show ...same tape I’ve had for years I sit in my old car ...same one I’ve had for years This old battery’s running down it ran for years and years! [Suggestion for ending] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | / || ============================================================================ For the ending in some live performances Andy Summers played along in unison with Sting’s bass riff it could also be used in the break palm mute the bridge and add some delay effect: |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| A |-1-3-3--p3-1-3-|-3-5-5--p5-3-5-|-5-7-7--p7-5-7-|-5-7-7--p7-5-7-| |------------|------------|------------|------------| p = Pull off note