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Shallow Be Thy Game

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
★4.7(6)

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

Song

Shallow Be Thy Game

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers

>From the album One Hot Minute

Tabbed by Martin Peters

B = Bend string a 1/2 step

Bass

Note the bass doubles the guitar during the actual intro,

with some effects like Auto-wah and Dynamic Flilter, but I thinks

it's too hard to play exactly.

But anyway, the line goes something like this:

Intro:

G-|----------------------12-----12h14-----12---|
D-|------0h14-12h14--------14-12-----12h14--14-|
A-|-12h14-----------12h14----------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------|
G-|---------12--------12-----14-----12---|
D-|-----0h14--14-12h14--14-12--12h14-----|
A-|-0h14------------------------------12-|
E-|--------------------------------------|

Bass figure 1:

G-|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D-|-------2--2-------2--2------2-|-------2--2-------2--2------2-|
A-|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E-|-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|

T T T P TP T T T P TP T T TP T T T P TP T T T P TP T T TP

Reapet four times

Last two bars of bass fig.1:

G-|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|-------2--2-------2--2------2-|-------2--2--------------------|
A-|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-|-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0--0--/15\--|

T T T P TP T T T P TP T T TP T T T P TP T T T T

Bass figure 2:

G-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D-|-----------7-9--7--5-5h7-5h7-|-----------7-9--7--5-5h7-5h7-|
A-|-5--7--x-7-------------------|-5--7--x-7-------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

After verse bass figure:

G-|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|------7---5----------------|----7----5--------5h7-5h7-|
E-|-0--0--0------0-5h7-5-0--3-|-0-----0----0-5h7---------|
G-|---------------------------|-----------------------|
D-|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A-|------7---5----------------|------7------------5h7-|
E-|-0--0--0------0-5h7-5-0--3-|-0--0---0-3-5--6/7-----|

Chorus:

G-|-------9--9------9--9------9-|-------7--7------7--7------7--|
D-|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A-|-7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7---|-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5----|
E-|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

T T T PT PT T T PT PT T T P T T T PT PT T T PT T T T P

G-|-------6--6------6--6------6-|-------6--6------6--6------6-|
D-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A-|-4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4---|-4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4---|
E-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

T T T PT PT T T cont. smilie

G-|-------9--9------9--9------9-|---------12--12--------12--12--------12-|
D-|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A-|-7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7---|-10-10-10--10--10-10-10--10--10-10-10---|
E-|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G-|---------14--14--------14--14--------14-|---------14--14------------|D-|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|A-|-12-12-12--12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12---|-12-12-12--12--12-12--x-12-|E-|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|

After Chorus:

G-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D-|-----------7-9--7--5-5h7-5h7-|-----------7-9--7--5-7h9-7h9-|
A-|-5--7--x-7-------------------|-5--7--x-7-------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-----------7-9--7--5-7h9-5h7-|------7h9----5h7-5-------|
A-|-5--7--x-7-------------------|-5--7-----5h7-----7-5----|
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------7-5-|

Guitar solo:

G-|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-|-----------7-9--7--5-5h7-5h7-|----------------------------|
A-|-5--7--x-7-------------------|-5--7--x-5-5-7--7--5--------|
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------7-5--3-|
G-|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-----------7-9--7--5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9--7--5-7-7---|
A-|-5--7--x-7-------------------|-7---x-7---------------7-|
E-|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|--------12--12-------------------|-----------14-14-14-14\----------|D-|-/14--14-------14--12---------12-|-14--14-12---------------------5-|A-|---------------------14-12-14----|---------------------------5-7---|E-|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
G-|-----------------------------|---------7---7---7--------|
D-|-----------7-9--7--5-5h7-5h7-|-7h9-7-9---9---9---9\7-5--|
A-|-5--7--x-7-------------------|--------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

Outro:

G-|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|------7---5----------------|----7----5--------5-7-5---|
E-|-0--0--0------0-5h7-5-0--3-|-0-----0----0-5h7-------7-|

B

G-|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|------------7-5-7--5-5---------|
A-|------7---5----------------|----5h7----------------7-5-5---|
E-|-0--0--0------0-5h7-5-0--3-|-0------5h7------------------7-|
G-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A-|------7---5----------------|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|
E-|-0--0--0------0-5h7-5-0--3-|-0--0--------------------7-|
G-|---------------------------|-----------------------|
D-|---------------------------|--------------5--5-5---|
A-|------7---5----------------|------7-7-5-7---7----7-|
E-|-0--0--0------0-5h7-5-0--3-|-0--0------------------|

B B

G-|---------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------|
A-|-12---12p10-12h10-12---12p10-10h12-12--|
E-|---------------------------------------|

B B

G-|---------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------|
A-|-12---12p10-12h10-12---12p10-10h12-12--|
E-|---------------------------------------|

B B

G-|---------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------|
A-|-12---12p10-12h10-12---12p10-10h12-12--|
E-|---------------------------------------|

B B

G-|-----------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------|

A-|-12---12p10-10h12-12---12p10-12p10-12p10-12p10-|

E-|-----------------------------------------------|
G-|------------|
D-|------------|
A-|-7----------|
E-|-0----------|

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