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Crosstown Traffic

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
★4.1(3)

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

Crosstown Traffic

E-mail: blade_blood_strife@hotmail.com

Album: Mothers Milk (live)

This isn't exact but close enough.

Intro

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8--6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

G|------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|------------5------3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------|
A|-3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Last time on chorus

G|------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|------------5------3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------|
A|-3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8--6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-3-------3-3--------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
A|-3-3-------3-3-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-33-33-33-33-33-3-----------------------|

Solo

G|-----------------------------------------6--------------|
D|-3h5-555-55--3h5-555-55--3h5-555-55--6-8---8-6----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------8-6------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3h5-555-55--3h5-555-55--3h5-3--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------5-3----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------5-3-1-0--------------|

Last chorus (do this bit a few times)

G|------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|------------5------3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------|
A|-3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8--6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|------------5------3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------|
A|-3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Outro

G|------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|------------5------3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------|
A|-3-3--3-5h7---7-5---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8--6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------3-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------3-4-5~-------------------------------|
D|-----2-2-3-3-4-4-5--------------------------------------|
A|-3-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

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