Red Hot Chili Peppers - Charlie
KEY:
Cym = Cymbals
> Crash = X
> China cymbals = C
> Splash = S
HH = Hi-Hat
> Hi - Hat -- O = Open HH
o = Loose HH
x = closed/close HH
# = HH with foot
RC = Ride Cymbal
> Ride -- x = Play ride
b = Play Bell on Ride
SD = Snare Drum
> Snare -- o = Play Snare
x = Play rim of snare
BD = Bass Drum
> Bass Drum = o -- One hit
d -- Two consecutive 32nd
TT = Tom-Tom
TT1 = Tom
TT2 = Higher floor tom
TT3 = lower floor tom
> Tom = o -- Play tom
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f = Flam
d = Drag OR 32nd notes with "both hands"
g = Ghost note
> = Accent
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NOTE: Chad uses a lot of ghost notes wich are not all listed here. Free for interpretation.
Verse:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/charlie_drum.html ]
|---------------------------------|
HH |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-O-|
SD |----og-g------og|-g--o-------o---|
BD |o--o----o--o-o--|--o--o--o--o----|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
note: Chad tends to use the ride bell sometimes, accented on each count during the lead guitar solos.
Chorus: Last 2 Chorus bars:
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
HH |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| HH |o---o---o---o---|o---o---o---o---|
SD |----o-------o---|----o-------o---| SD |----o-------o---|----o------gog-g|
BD |o-o-----o-o-----|o-o-----o-o-----| BD |o---------o-----|o---------------|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Bridge:
|---------------------------------|
Cym |x-----------------------------x--|
RC |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
SD |----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
BD |o-o-------oo-o--|o-o-------oo-o--|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
