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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tab
★4.1(4)

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

Song

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

***************BLACK CROSS***************

great song,(not from the peppers i think but nevermind...)

from the fucking best band going on right now(and my favourite)

they are really increadible ,i love their music so much....

tabbed by ALex!?*

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| b bend

| x mute note

standard tuning

men that song needs really heavy distrotion...

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Ohhh....before we start...

please if any of you sees one of the anthony,flea,john or chad

please tell them to come to Greece for a concert...the've never

come here andthere are so many people wanting to see them......

.................you'll do that for me???......................

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here it is---

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------8-8-----------------------|
|--7-7-7-7--8-8--6-6----7-7-7-7--5-5--7-7--|
|--5-5-5-5--6-6---------5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5--|  X4
|----------------------5-5-5-X-5-5-5-------|
|----------------------5-5-5-X-5-5-5-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-----------------------|
|-10--9--8-7-6-5-4-3-----------------------|  X4
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------8-8-------------------------------|
|--7--8--6-6--10--13--12-12----------------|
|--5--6--------8--11--10-10----------------|  X2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------8-8-------------------------------|
|--7--8--6-6--10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13------|
|--5--6--------8-11--8-11--8-11--8-11------|  X2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------8-8-----------------------|
|--7-7-7-7--8-8--6-6----7-7-7-7--5-5--7-7--|
|--5-5-5-5--6-6---------5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5--|  X4
|----------------------5-5-5-X-5-5-5-------|
|----------------------5-5-5-X-5-5-5-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-----------------------|
|-10--9--8-7-6-5-4-3-----------------------|  X4
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------8-8-------------------------------|
|--7--8--6-6--10--13--12-12----------------|
|--5--6--------8--11--10-10----------------|  X2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------8-8-------------------------------|
|--7--8--6-6--10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13------|
|--5--6--------8-11--8-11--8-11--8-11------|  X2

stops for a while......and then...

The AAAAWWWWWWWWW THAT HURTS AWWWWWWW.........part ,you know....

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-8----------------------|
|------------8-8--6-6----------------------|
|--7-7--8-8--6-6---------------------------|
|--5-5--6-6--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-8-8--------------------------------------|
|-6-6--8-8---------------------------------|
|------6-6--8-8--7-7-----------------------|
|-----------6-6--5-5-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-8----------------------|
|------------8-8--6-6----------------------|
|--7-7--8-8--6-6---------------------------|
|--5-5--6-6--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-8-8--------------------------------------|
|-6-6--8-8---------------------------------|
|------6-6--8-8--7-7-----------------------|
|-----------6-6--5-5-----------------------|

SOLO:

that's what John plays at Hyde Park ,but at other

concerts he plays a bit different...

dont forget to improvise ,it will sound much better.

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------7--5-----7--5--7--8--7--5----------|
|-------------6--------------------5-5b~---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----7----7--5--7--7--5-7/8--5-------------|
|-------------------------------5----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----7----7--5--7--7--5--7b~--5------------| <--(7b)bend up untill the

|--------------------------------5b~-------| chord breaks and then

|------------------------------------------| slowly down,sound great

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----7----7--5--7--7--5--7-5-7----5--------|
|-------------------------------6---5------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------7~~~~~----------------------------|
|--------5~~~~~----------------------------|

big break ........

then back to the main part ...

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------8-8-----------------------|
|--7-7-7-7--8-8--6-6----7-7-7-7--5-5--7-7--|
|--5-5-5-5--6-6---------5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5--|  X5
|----------------------5-5-5-X-5-5-5-------|
|----------------------5-5-5-X-5-5-5-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-----------------------|
|-10--9--8-7-6-5-4-3-----------------------|  X4

End

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--------8-8-----|
|--7--8--6-6-----|
|--5--6----------|

Well thats it ...there wasn't a full tab of this song

at this site so i thought of offering my servises by

writting it down....took a while...i hope you like it.

for anything about tabs,RHCP and the CLASH mail me i'd

be glad to help you ...(if i can...)

e-mail: aekalex21@yahoo.gr

PEPPERs RULE

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