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Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Tabbed By : D. Griffiths
e-mail: sauronlives@fsmail.net
Tuning: Standard
Bass comes in after Guitar intro and first part of the verse (0.42). Note the
first bar and its octaves which are almost like a reverse of the rest of the
riff.
T = Slap
P = Pop
G|-9-----7---9-----------|---7-9-------7-9------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|---9-9-------9-9------------|
A|---5-7--5-----5-7-7-7--|-5-----5-5-5-----5----|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------5--|-7-----7-7-7-----7-7--------|
P T T PT P T T T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T
G|---------------------9---7-||-----7-9-------7-9-----|---7-9-------7-9------|
D|---10-10-------10----------||O----------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------------||O-7-----5-5-5-----7-7--|-5-----5-5-5-----5----|
E|-8-------8-8-8-----8---8---||-----------------------|-------------------5--|
T P P T T T P T P T P T P P T T T P P T T T T P P T T T P P T T
1st Repeat 2nd Repeat
G|---------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------||
D|---9-9-------9-9-----|---10-10-------10-------O||-------------------------||
A|---------------------|------------------------O||-------------------------||
E|-7-----7-7-7-----7-7-|-8-------8-8-8----8-8-8--||-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-||
T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P T T T
CHORUS:
G|----------------|----------------------|----------------|-------------9-7--|
D|----7-9-10-12---|-9-9-7-9-10--12-10-12-|------7-9-10-12-|-9--9-7-9-10-----9|
A|-10-------------|----------------------|---10-----------|------------------|
E|----------------|----------------------|----------------|------------------|
p h p h p
SECOND VERSE
G|-------------|--12------------|------------|------||--7-9-------7-9--------|
D|---7-9-10-12-|9----9-10-10-12-|---7-9-10-12|-9-10-||o----------------------|
A|10-----------|----------------|10----------|------||o7-----7-7-7-------7-7-|
E|-------------|----------------|------------|------||-----------------------|
h T P P T T T P P T T
1st Time
G|---7-9-------7-9------|----------------------|---------------------11-----||
D|----------------------|---9-9--------9-9-----|---10-10-------10-10---12--O||
A|-5-----5-5-5-----5----|----------------------|---------------------------O||
E|-------------------5--|-7-----7-7-7------7-7-|-8-------8-8-8--------------||
T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P
2nd Time 3rd Time
G|--------------------------||---------------9-7----------------------------||
D|---10-10-------10-10-----o||---10-10-----------10------------------------O||
A|-------------------------o||---------------------------------------------O||
E|-8-------8-8-8-------8-8--||-8-------8-8-8--------8-8---------------------||
T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T T T
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/cant_stop_btab.html ]
4th Time SECOND CHORUS
G|----------------------------------||--------------|---11-12----------------|
D|---10-10-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||----7-9-10-12-|-9---9---9-10-12-10-----|
A|----------------------------------||-10-----------|--------------------12--|
E|-8-------8-8----------------------||--------------|------------------------|
T P P T T
G|--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------------|
D|----7-9-10-12-|-9-9-10-14-12----|----7-9-10-12-|-9-9-12-9-10-9-7-----------|
A|-10-----------|--------------12-|-10-----------|---------------------------|
E|--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------------|
p
INTERLUDE
G|--------------|--------||--------------|-14----------|---------------------|
D|----7-9-10-12-|-9--10--||o-------14----|----12-------|----(9)--------------|
A|-10-----------|--------||o-------------|-------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|--------||--12-12----12-|-------10-10-|-7-7-7-7-------------|
2nd Time 3rd Time
G|------------||-------------------||---------------------------------------||
D|-12-10-----o||-12-10------------o||-12-10--------------------------------o||
A|-----------o||------------------o||-----------10-12----------------------o||
E|-------8-8--||-------8-8--10-11--||-------8-8-------10-11-----------------||
p
4th Time BRIDGE - BASS ON ITS OWN
G|-----------||---7-9--------7-9------|---7-9-------7-9----------------------|
D|-12-10-----||-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------||-7------7---5------7-7-|-5-----5-5-5-----5--------------------|
E|-------8-8-||----------0------------|-------------------5------------------|
T P P T P P T P P T T T P P T T
G|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
D|---9-9-------9-9-----|---10-10----------10--------------------------------||
A|---------------------|---------------------10-12-10-----------------------||
E|-7-----7-7-7-----7-7-|-8-------8-8-8-10-----------------------------------||
T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T h h p
Verse 3
G||----7-9-------7-9-----|---7-9-------7-9-----|-----------------------------|
D||o---------------------|---------------------|--9-9-------9-9--------------|
A||o-7-----7-7-7-----7-7-|-5-----5-5-5-----5---|-----------------------------|
E||----------------------|-------------------5-|7-----7-7-7-----7-7----------|
T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T T P P T T
1st Time 2nd Time
G|------------------------------||------------------------------------------||
D|---10-10-------10------------o||---10-10-------10-10---------------------o||
A|------------------------12---o||-----------------------------------------o||
E|-8-------8-8-8-----8-8-----10-||-8-------8-8-8--------8-8-----------------||
3rd Time 4th Time BASS ENDS
G|---------------------------------||---------------------------------------||
D|---10-10------------------------o||---10-10-------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------o||---------------------------------------||
E|-8-------8-8-8-10-10-10-10-11-11-||-8-------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------||
T P P T T T T T T T T T T P P
VOCALS ACAPELLA
G|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
/ slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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