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American Ghost Dance

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
★4.6(8)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Played on a four-string fretted bass.

s: slap

p: pop

h: hammer on

p: pull

x: muted note

/: slide up

\: slide down

Intro:

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-----4-5-4----------------4-x-4----------------4-5-4----------------4-x-4--------------|
E:-0-0-------6-5-3-0-0--0-0-------6-5-3-0-0--0-0-------6-5-3-0-0--0-0-------6-5-3-0-0----|

Chorus:

p s p s s s s s p s p s s s s s p s p s s s s s p s p s s s s s p s p s

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3-----------------|
A:---5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3---------------|
E:---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-----------------------|

Bridge:

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0--------------------------|

Outro:

p s p s s s s s p s p s s s s s p s p s

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-5---3-----------5---3-----------5---3-------------------------------------------------|
A:---5---3-2-2-2-2---5---3-2-2-2-2---5---3-----------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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