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The Power of Equality

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass TabTuningHalf-Step Down
4.6(12)

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

Intro

G |--------------|
D |--------------|
A |--------9-8-7-|
Eb|-------------0|

Verse

G |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
D |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7| |---6---46--4-6-4----6--46-9-8-7-|x2
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------| |3/7--0----0------3/7--0--------0|
G |----------------------------||---------------------------------|
D |----------------------------||---------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7||---6---46--4-6-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------||3/7--0----0----------------------|

Chorus

(Slapped)

G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2-2-3-3|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|

S P S P S P S P S P S S S S P S S S S

G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2---3--|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2-2-3-3|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9---------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7-----------------------|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------3/15\3|

Verse 2

G |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
D |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7| |---6---46--4-6-4----6--46-9-8-7-|x3
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------| |3/7--0----0------3/7--0--------0|
G |----------------------------||---------------------------------|
D |----------------------------||---------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7||---6---46--4-6-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------||3/7--0----0----------------------|

Chorus 2

(Slapped)

G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2-2-3-3|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2---3--|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2-2-3-3|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9---------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7-----------------------|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|

Bridge

(with an envelope filter, also slapped)

G |----7----x----5---x---7---x-------|
D |------------3---x---5---x---------|
A |5-5---x-----------------------3---|x7
Eb|----------------------------------|
G |----7----x----5---x---7-----------|
D |------------3---x---5-------------|
A |5-5---x---------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|

(Envelope filter off)

Verse 3

G |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
D |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7| |---6---46--4-6-4----6--46-9-8-7-|x2
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------| |3/7--0----0------3/7--0--------0|
G |----------------------------||---------------------------------|
D |----------------------------||---------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7||---6---46--4-6-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------||3/7--0----0----------------------|

Chorus 3

(Slapped)

G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2-2-3-3|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2---3--|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9------------x--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7------------x---2-2-3-3|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------------|
G |------6---6---6---9---9---------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |3/4-4---4---4---7---7-----------------------|
Eb|-------------------------5-4-3--------3/15\3|

Verse 4

G |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
D |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7| |---6---46--4-6-4----6--46-------|x1
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------| |3/7--0----0------3/7--0---------|
G |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
D |----------------------------| |--------------------------------|
A |---6---46-----6---46---9-8-7| |---6---46--4-6-4----6--46-9-8-7-|x3
Eb|3/7--0-----3/7--0----0------| |3/7--0----0------3/7--0--------0|

Outro

(slapped)

G |------8---8-------8---8-------8|
D |------------------------5h6-x--|
A |5h6-x---x---5h6-x---x----------|x9
Eb|-------------------------------|
G |------8---8---------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |5h6-x---x---5h6---9-8-7\--|x1
Eb|--------------------------|

/\

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These three notes are played finger-style

I only added the S's and P's for slap and pop on the first verse, and that's

just to give you an indication of how it's played, even though it seems

quite self evident to me. The verse is played finger-style, and in the

bridge he uses an envelope filter, I believe a DOD FX25, but any will do.

There's a bass master track on youtube, which could help you learn the song.

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| b Bend

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

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