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Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tab
★4.8(47)

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

Intro

Drums Then:

(Wah-Wah)

Riff A

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-9--12---14/16--12/14--7/9-----------|
D|-7--10---12/14--10/12--5/7--7-7-7-7--|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Riff B

e|-------------------------------------| Play These 2 Riffs As Many Times
B|-------------------------------------| As Neccesary.
G|-9-11--12/14--11/12--6/7-------------|
D|-7-9---10/12---9/10--4/5--5-5-5-5-5--|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Verse

Gtr 1 w/ Riff A and B quietly w/ Distortion.

Gtr 2

Riff C

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------| As Many Times As
G|----------------------------------------------------| Neccesary.
D|----------------------------------------------------|

A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

E|----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Gtr 1

Riff D

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------7--------------------------------|
D|-----------------9-8-7--------------------------|
A|--------7-5-7----------10--------7-5-7-----4-5--|
E|-0-0-0--------------------0-0-0--------3-5------| x2

Gtr 1 w/ Riff D x2

Gtr 2

(Dist) Riff E

e|-------------|-----------------|
B|-9-7-9--9/5--|--9-7-9----------|
G|-------------|------------6-7--|
D|-------------|--------5-7------|
A|-------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------| x4

Bridge

e|--------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|-----------------------|
B|--------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|-----------------------|

G|-10-10-10-10--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|

D|-10-10-10-10---------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
A|-8--8--8--8----------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
E|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|

Verse

(As Verse 1)

Chorus

(As Chorus 1)

Interlude

e|----------------|---------------------|
B|-------8--------|-------8h10p8--------|
G|-9-7-9---9-7-9--|-9-7-9--------9-7-9--|
D|----------------|---------------------|
A|----------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|  Repeat As Many Times As Neccesary

Chorus

(As Chorus 1)

Interlude

(As Interlude 1)

Chorus

Gtr 1 w/ Riff D As Many Times As Neccesary

Gtr 2 w/ Riff E As Many Times As Neccesary

Gtr 3

(Dist)

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------12-15p12------15-12--0----------|
G|-14b-14b-14b-14b------------14b--------0--14-14b--|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----12---12-----------------------------|
G|-0--14b--14b--14p12----12-12--14p12-----|
D|--------------------14--------------14--|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-14bp12----12-14bp12----12-14bp12----12--14bp12----12--|
D|-----------14-----------14-----------14------------14-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----15b-15--------------------------------------|
G|-12--------14bp12----12-14b----2b-2b-2b-2b-2bb--|
D|------------------14--------12------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------12---|
B|--------0-3----0-3-2----------------------15b--|
G|-2b--2b-----2b-------2b------------------------|
D|------------------------0h2-------2-2-0--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------0-3b---------------|
e|-12---12-----------------------------------------|
B|-15b-----15b-12--15p12----12---------------------|
G|-----------------------15----14bp12----12h14p12--|
D|------------------------------------14-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-14b--(14)----(14)/4------|
A|---------------------x----|
E|-----------------------3--|

Ending

This Is Tremolo Picked

  |------------------------------------------------------|

e|-10-10-10-10-10--11-11-11-11-11--12-12-12-12/15-15-15-15--|

B|-10-10-10-10-10--11-11-11-11-11--12-12-12-12/15-15-15-15--|

G|-10-10-10-10-10--11-11-11-11-11--12-12-12-12/15-15-15-15--|

D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

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| / Slide up

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| (n) Ghost note

| x Dead note

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