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What it Is

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
4.9(22)

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

Intro

4/4

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 . 3 4

G|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|---------|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|----3-~~~~~--|

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 . 3 4

G|-----------------|---------|-----------------|----12/13----|
D|-----------------|---------|-----------------|----11/12----|
A|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|---------|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|-------------|

this bar not slapped

Verse 1

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4

G|------------------|---------------------|
D|o-----------------|--------5---5-------o|
A|o-----------------|--5p0---------------o|
E|--0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5---|

play 4 times, 4th time last bar is:

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|-----------------------|
D|---------5---5---------|
A|--5p0------------------|
E|-------x---x---3-3-5-5-|

Verses 2

1 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|----------------------9-|-------------------------|----------------------9--|
D|------------5-----------|o------------5---------6-|------------5-----------o|
A|--------------------x---|o-7------------5-5h7-x---|-7------------------x---o|
E|-0--x-3h5-x---5-5h7-----|-----x-3h5-x-------------|----x-3h5-x---5-5h7------|

repeat 7 and a half times

Chorus 1

1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4-4-3---|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4----------|
E|-6-3--6----------|-3-3--6---------6-|-3-3--6----------|-3-3--6------1-1-3-3-|

(then verse again, then:)

Chorus 2

1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------8mb-|-----------------|--------------------|
A|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4--x-5-----|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4---------|
E|-6-3--6----------|-3-3--6--------------|-x-3--6----------|-x-3--6------1-1-3-3|

Verse 1

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4

G|------------------|---------------------|
D|o-----------------|--------5---5-------o|
A|o-----------------|--5p0---------------o|
E|--0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5---|

play 4 times, 4th time last bar is:

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|-----------------------|
D|---------5---5---------|
A|--5p0------------------|
E|-------x---x---3-3-5-5-|

[Chorus 3

1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 .

G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4-4-3---|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4--3---|
E|-6-3--6----------|-3-3--6---------6-|-3-3--6----------|-3-3--6--------6-|

Interlude

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|---------------------------------9-|-----------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------------------5-----|-----2-----------------------5---6-|
A|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|
E|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G|---------------------------------9-|-----------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------------------5-----|-----2-----------------------5---6-|
A|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|
E|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|

Then another verse, but played 9 and a half times instead of 7 and a half

Outro

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|------x----------|-----------------|--------5---5-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--5p0---------------|
E|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|---x----x-3--5---|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5--|

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4

G|------------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|------x---------|-----------------|--------5---5-------|
A|------------------|----------------|-----------------|--5p0---------------|
E|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0--|---x----x-3--5--|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5--|

1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 .

G|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|--------5---5-------|------------------|
A|-----------------|--5p0---------------|------------------|
E|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5--|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0--|

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| x Dead note

| ~ Vibrato

| . Staccato

| / Slide up

| p Pull-off

| h Hammer-on

| (n) Ghost note

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