Not a great song to tab because the guitar isn't as sick now that John left.
But me and my bros are learning this song so we can cover it and I thought I
might help out any other guitarists that were hoping to do the same.
Here is the youtube link if you want to see my brothers and I perform this song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovdIjyyDh2U
Also, some parts are hard to make out because of the mix (and my laptop is
pretty stuffed) but I did my best, not too sure about the chorus guitar but
if you have a better idea please feel free to post corrections and stuff.
Happy learning from your fellow RHCP lovin' guitarist.
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|P.M - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
^This repeats all the way up to that funky bass line
Then there's this second guitar part in the build-up intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------8-----------------11------------------|
G|---10--8--10--8--10-8--10--8--10--8--10-8----8--10--8--10-8------8--10--8--10-8--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
There's no guitar for the 1st half of the verse, but this comes in on the 2nd
e|-------------------------| |---------------------|
B|-------------------------| |---------------------|
G|-------------------------| |------------------8~-|
D|--8h10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|x11 |--8h10-10-10-8h10----|
A|-------------------------| |---------------------|
E|-------------------------| |---------------------|
|P.M - - - - - - - - - -| |P.M - - - - -|
(with wah)
e|-------------------------| |------------------------|
B|-------------------------| |------------------------|
G|-------------------------| |--8h10-10-10-10-10-10~~-|
D|--8h10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|x3 |------------------------|
A|-------------------------| |------------------------|
E|-------------------------| |------------------------|
|P.M - - - - - - - - - -| |P.M - - - - - -|
(with wah)
[Chorus]
I can't hear all of the chords, but I recognise a few of them, play these chords
and you'll get away with it. It sounds pretty RHCP anyway.
e|---8-------8-------6------10------|
B|---8-------9-------8------11------|
G|---8-------8-------8------10------|
D|---10------10------8--------------| x2
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
^Strum each chord for one bar, strum on 16th notes.
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
Piano thing
[Bridge]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--16-15-13-----14-13--------13-----------(13)~~-----------------------| Instead of the (13) play
G|-----------15--------15-13-----15-13-10-------------------------------| 11th on the b string the
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|x2 2nd time
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
^This whole section has a tonne of chorus and reverb type stuff on it.
You could do a lot of sliding or even whammy bar usage to get a sound
more like the recording (on top of a heap of chorus).
[Verse 3]
[Chorus 3]
[Outro/Solo]
This whole section has a lot of tremolo effects on it, if you've got a delay
pedal just turn up the repeats a lot, I think it has a bit of the 'phase'
effect as well, not too sure tho.
If you don't have any pedals you could get away with just picking each note
a few extra times.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--16-(16)-15-(15)-13-(13)---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------15-(15)--------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------15h17--13h15-------------------------------| x4
A|-----------------------------------------------13h15--8h10--6h8-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------6h8--------|
^If you have a delay pedal or something that will do the job, don't play
the bracketed notes.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--6------------10-8h10-8h10-10----------------8h10-10-10-------------------8h10-10-10---------|
E|----8-8-8--8-8--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8------------8b10r8--8-8-8-8-8------------8-8-8-8-|
^add wah pedal from here to the end of the song.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------10h12-10h12------------------10h12-10h12--|
D|----------------------10-10-10--------------10--10-10-10-10--------------|
A|--8-8-8-8----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------10-10-10-10----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------10h12-10h12-----------10-8-7-8---------|
D|--10b12r10-10-10-10--------------10-10-10----------10~~----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
There you go! Hope you enjoyed the tab and please comment any corrections or tips that you may have.
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| x Mute note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| t Tapping
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| P.M Palm mute
| <> Natural harmonic
| * Pinch harmonic
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