This tune is essentially three songs in one, and a demonstration of Sting's master songwriting skills. The idea is that the various sounds depict this foreign place via sound, and it does an awesome job! Simone takes you through every single part!

Chords: Barre Chords

For the main part of the song we are using 3 barre chord shapes. These are E minor, A major and B minor. The 3 chord shapes that Simone is using are shown here:

Rhythm: Reggae Vibe!

For the rhythm, we are using a classic reggae groove, playing on the off beats. We can either use 8th notes or 16th notes, as Simone describes. Both grooves are shown below. We would recommend trying to do the 16th note groove.

Bridge: 8 bars!

There is a really cool jazzy bridge section we suddenly are rolling through a lot more chord shapes, including a tricky diminished chord. The chord shapes are as shown below, and you simply strum each of them once per bar.

Keep Learning: Barre Chords

Many thanks for watching this video and visiting the website. If you love this tune, but find some of the chords quite hard to follow, check out our barre chord course right here on our website. This will help you learn these difficult shapes, and really help strengthen your fretting hand, ready for more difficult chords. We also learn the theory behind the chords and apply them to some great tunes! You can check it out here: Barre Chords Guitar Course.