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Special Secret Song Inside

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
4.6(8)

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Song

Special Secret Song Inside

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the album The Uplift Mofo Party plan

Tabbed by Martin Peters and Anthony M.

Moderate funk

Intro and Interlude:

G-|-------------------------|------------------4-5---|--------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|--------------3-5-------|--------------------------|
A-|-5-5-5-5--5-3------3-----|-5-5-5-5--3-5---------3-|-5-5-5-5--5-3-------3-----|
E-|--------------5-3----5-3-|------------------------|--------------5-3-5---5-3-|
G-|---------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|
A-|-5-5-5-5--5--3-5-3-----2-3-|
E-|-------------------5-1-----|

Verse 1 and 2:

G-|-------------------------|------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|------------------------|
A-|-5-5-5-5--5--3-----3-----|-5-5-5-5--3-----2-2-3-3-|
E-|---------------5-3---5-3-|------------5-----------|
G-|-------------------------|--------------------|
D-|-------------------------|--------------------|
A-|-5-5-5-5--5--3-----5-3---|-5-5-5-5----x2-3-4--|
E-|---------------3-5-----5-|--------------------|

1st, 2nd and 4th Chorus:

G-|-------------------------|------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|---------3--------------|
A-|-5-5--5-3-------3------3-|-5-5---5---5-3----------|
E-|----------5-3h5--5-3h5---|---------------5-4-3--1-|
G-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|---------3h5p3--------------|
A-|-5-5--5-3-------3------3-|-5-5---5-------3------------|
E-|----------5-3h5--5-3h5---|-----------------5-3-1-3h5--|

Play chorus part two times

3nd Chorus (after the singing-only interlude):

G-|--------------------------|----------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|----------5h7---------------|
A-|-7-7--7-5-------5-------5-|-7-7--7-7-----7-5-----------|
E-|----------7-5h7---7-5h7---|------------------6-6-5-3-3-|
G-|----------------------------|-----------7h9---7h9-----|
D-|----------------------------|---------------9-----9---|
A-|-7-7-7-7--5-------5-------5-|-7-7--7-7--------------7-|
E-|------------7-5h7---7-5h7---|-------------------------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|----------5h7----------------|
A-|-7-7--7-5-------5-------5-|-7-7--7-7-----7-5------------|
E-|----------7-5h7---7-5h7---|-------------------5p3-3-3h5-|
G-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|----------5h7-------------|
A-|-7-7--7-5-------5-------5-|-7-7--7-7-----7-5---------|
E-|----------7-5h7---7-5h7---|-------------------6-5-5/-|

Bridge:

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

Play four times

Guitarsolo:

G-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D-|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|
A-|--5--|--3--|--5--|--3--|-----|-----|
E-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

End of 4th Chorus:

G-|-10----------------------|------|
D-|----12-10----------------|------|
A-|----------12-10-11-10----|------|
E-|----------------------13-|-10---|

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