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Subterranean Homesick Blues

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

Song

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Verse: In E

w/Variations

e-|--15----------------------------------------|---------15----------------------------------|
B-|--15--x-12-x-12-x-12-12-12-12--12h14-14-14--|--12-12--15--x-12--x--12/14--14--14--12--x---|
G-|------x-12-x-12-x-12-12-12-12--12h14-14-14--|--12-12------x-12--x--12/14--14--14--12--x---|
D-|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

Chorus: In A

These are the chords, the A5 is the

one played with dist. and the A7 is

the one played with a clean sound.

A5 A7

e-|---------------|--15-------------|
B-|---------------|--14-------------|
G-|---------------|--14-------------|
D-|----7----------|--14-------------|
A-|----7----------|-----------------|
E-|----5----------|-----------------|

A7 is played a few times, listen to the song for timing.

Guitar Solo: In C

e-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
B-|------11----10----8----|----------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------|--8----8--------------------------|
D-|-----------------------|----------------10--8--10---------|
A-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------|--11------------8^11^8----8-------------|
B-|------11----10----8----|-----------------------11---11-8--8-----|
G-|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
B-|------11----10----8----|-----------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------|--8----8---------------------------|
D-|-----------------------|----------------8--8--8^10---------|
A-|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------|--11-----------------------------------|
B-|------11----10----8----|----------------11^8-------)-----------|
G-|-----------------------|----------------------10--8---(8)------|
D-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|

Interlude:

E5 D5

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

C5 B5 D5

e-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G-|--5--------5--------5----5----|--4------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
D-|--5--------5--------5----5----|--4------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
A-|--3--------3--------3----3----|--2------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
E-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

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