This is the basic bassline to this song, but with it being Flea
theres a lot of improvisation, so if you\'re up to it, throw
lots of fills in on the verse and outro.
intro
G|-----------------15------------------15--|
D|-------15-----14-----------15-----14-----|
A|----14-----13-----------14-----13--------|
E|-13------------------13------------------|
verse
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1--0--------------1----1-3-1-0-|
E|-3----1----3----xx---------x-1--3-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------3-5-|
A|-------------------1--0------------------3-4--5-----|
E|-3----1----3----xx---------x-1--3----3-6------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/charlie_btab_ver_4.html ]
chorus
G|-------------------------10--------8---|
D|------10--------8-----10----10---8---8-|
A|---10----10---8---8-8----------6-------|
E|-8----------6--------------------------|x3
G|----------------------10-------10-----7-------7---|
D|------10--------8---------------------------------|
A|---10----10---8---8-8----8-8-8----8-5---5-5-5---5-|
E|-8----------6-------------------------------------|
middle bit/outro
G|--------------3h5--------------8h10-----------------------10h12------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-666--------8-8-8-888---------10-10-10-101010-------------10-10-10-101010--------|
E|----------666--------------888---------------------101010----------------------1010108-|
^ only play to here on 3rd/9th time round
structure:
intro
verse x5
chorus
verse x5
chorus
middle bit x3
verse x4
chorus
outro x9
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