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Hollywood

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
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Song

Hollywood (Africa)

By The Meters

As recorded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the album Freakey Styley

Tabbed by Anthony M. and Martin Peters

Bass

Intro:

G-|----------------|---------------------------|-----|-----|
D-|----------------|--7h8--10--8---------------|-----|-----|
A-|-10------10-10--|--------------10--8--------|-----|-----|
E-|----------------|-----------------------10--|--6--|--8--|

Verse:

G-|------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-|------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
E-|-3-3----3-3---x-3-|-3-3----3-3--3-|-3-3----3-3--x-3-|-3-3---3-3--x-3-|

Chorus:

G-|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D-|-8-----------|-------------|--8------------|-------------|
A-|----8----10--|-------------|------8----10--|-------------|
E-|-------------|-3----3--3-3-|---------------|-3----3--3-3-|

Verse (2nd kind):

G-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-|-----------8--------------------|------------8--10------------------|
A-|-8--10--8------8--10------------|--8--10--8---------8--10-----------|
E-|-------------------------3--3-3-|----------------------------3--3-3-|

Interlude:

G-|--------|--------------|---------------|------------10/12--10--12-|
D-|--------|--------------|---------------|--------------------------|
A-|-10-10--|-----8--10-10-|-----8---------|-----8--------------------|
E-|--------|-10-----------|-10--------3-3-|--10----------------------|
G-|--------|--------------|---------------|---------------10---12--|
D-|--------|--------------|---------------|---------10/12----------|
A-|-10-10--|-----8--10-10-|-----8---------|------8-----------------|
E-|--------|-10-----------|-10--------3-3-|--10--------------------|
G-|--------|--------------|---------------|-----------10/12--10--12--|
D-|--------|--------------|---------------|--------------------------|
A-|-10-10--|-----8--10-10-|-----8---------|------8-------------------|
E-|--------|-10-----------|-10--------3-3-|--10----------------------|
G-|--------|--------------|----------------|---------------10----12--|
D-|--------|--------------|----------------|---------10/12-----------|
A-|-10-10--|-----8--10-10-|------8---------|-----8-------------------|
E-|--------|-10-----------|--10-------3-3--|--10---------------------|

Silent interlude part:

G-|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-----------8--------8h10-------|-----------10---------------------|
A-|-8--10--10---10-10-------8--10-|-10--10--8-----8--10--10----------|
E-|-------------------------------|---------------------------3--3-3-|

Last verses and outro:

G-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-|-----------8--------------------|------------8--10------------------|
A-|-8--10--8------8--10------------|--8--10--8---------8--10-----------|
E-|------------------------3--x3-3-|----------------------------3--3-3-|

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