Red Hot Chili Peppers - Power of Equality
Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Tuning: half-step down
Note: you can consider this pretty much an "acoustic version"
F#7b5 x-x-4-5-5-6
Dsus2 x-5-7-7-5-5
Dmaj7sus2 x-5-7-6-5-5
Fmaj7 x-8-7-5-5-5
Fm7 x-8-6-5-x-x
G7 3-5-3-4-3-3
D#5 x-6-8-8-x-x
F# x-9-8-6-7-6
G#sus2 x-6-6-8-9-6
G#5 x-4-6-6-x-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-0 or x-x-2-2-3-5
Em6 0-2-2-0-2-0 or x-4-2-0-2-0
Intro pattern
Em7
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Db |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Ab |------------------------------------|
Eb |------------------------------------| x3
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---------------------|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
Db |--2---2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
Ab |------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------3--2--1----| Bass
Verse pattern
play Em7 always as this pattern
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Bb |--3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Db |--0---2-2-2-2-0---2-2-0---2-2-2-2---|
Ab |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
or alternatively like this (mini-barré with index finger)
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Db |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Ab |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Chorus pattern
Eb |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--|
Bb |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--|
Gb |---7-7-7--6-6-6--5-5-5--5--4---4----4-4-4-4--|
Db |---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--6--3---3----5-5-5-3--|
Ab |---5-5-5--5-5-5--8-8-8--8--5---5----5-5-5-5--|
Eb |---------------------------3---3----3-3-3-3--|
[VERSE]
Em7
I've got a soul that cannot sleep
Em7
at night when something just ain't right
Em7
Blood red but without sight
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
exploding egos in the night
Em7
Mix like sticks of dynamite
Em7
red black or white, this is my fight
Em7
Come on courage, let's be heard
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
turn feelings into words
Em7
American equality has always been sour
Em7
an attitude, I would like to devour
Em7
My name is peace, this is my hour
F#7b5
Can I get just a little bit of power
[CHORUS]
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
power of equality
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
Is not yet what it ought to be
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
It fills me up like a hollow tree
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7
power of equality
Em7
Em |-3-2-1-|
[VERSE]
Em7
Right or wrong, my song is strong
Em7
You don't like it, get along
Em7
Say what I want, do what I can
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Death to the message of the Ku Klux Klan
Em7
I don't buy supremacy
Em7
Media chief, you menace me
Em7
The people you say 'cause all the crime
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Wake up motherfucker and smell the slime
Em7
Blackest anger, whitest fear
Em7
Can you hear me, am I clear
Em7
My name is peace, this is my hour
F#7b5
Can I get just a little bit of power
[CHORUS]
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
power of equality
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
Is not yet what it ought to be
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
It fills me up like a hollow tree
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7
power of equality
[INTERLUDE]
Eb |------6-6--6-6--8---|
Bb |------7-7--9-9--11--|
Gb |-8----6-6--8-8--10--|
Db |-8----8-8--6-6--8---|
Ab |-6----9-9--6-6--8---|
Eb |--------------------| x8
D#5 - F# - G#sus2 - A#sus2
[VERSE]
Em7
Well, I've got tapes, I've got CD's
Em7
I've got my Public Enemy
Em7
My Lilly white ass is tickled pink
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
When I listen to the music that makes me think
Em7
Not another, motherfuckin' politician
Em7
Doin' nothin' but something for his own ambition
Em7
I never touch the sound we make
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Soul sacred love, vows that we take
Em7
To create straight what is true
Em7
Yo, he's with me and what I do
Em7
My name is peace, this is my hour
F#7b5
Can I get just a little bit of power
[CHORUS]
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
power of equality
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
Is not yet what it ought to be
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
It fills me up like a hollow tree
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7
power of equality
Em7
*break*
[VERSE]
Em7
Madder than a motherfucker, lick my finger
Em7
Can't forget 'cause the memory lingers
Em7
Count 'em off quick, little Piccadilly sickness
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Take me to the hick, eat my thickness
Em7
I've got a welt from the Bible belt
Em7
Dealing with the hand that I've been dealt
Em7
Sitting in the grip of a killing fist
Em7
Giving up blood just to exist
Em7
Rub me wrong and I get pissed
Em7
No I cannot, get to this
Em7
People in pain, I do not dig it
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Change of brain for Mr.Bigot
[Bass]: Em
[OUTRO]
Em7
Little brother do you hear me
E7sus4
Have a heart oh come get near me
Em7 Em6
Misery is not my friend
But I'll break before I bend
Em7
What I see is insanity
E7sus4
What ever happened to humanity
Em7 Em6
What ever happened to humanity
|-3-2-1-|
What ever happened to humanity
