How Strong
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Funky Monks Single Tracks
4 String Bass, Standard Tuning
Tabbed By SurPsychoSexy
*EFFECTS: The effect used in this song is similar to the effect Flea uses in Sir Psycho
A wah-wah phaser type of thing.
RIFF 1 (INTRO AND VERSE) ***
G|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|---------------|-------3------|--------------|-------3------|
A|-3-5---0-5~~~~x|-0-3-0---0-3-0|-3-5---0-5~~~x|-0-5-0---0-3-0|
E|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
(When playing alternate fills, play the fills u see below were the *asterisks* are above
repeat the first 3 measures of Riff 1)
***alternate fills:
G|---------------| |--------------| |--------------|
D|--5-4-3~~~-----| |-----5-0-3----| |---5-0-3------|
A|---------------| |-3-0-------3--| |-5-------3~~~-|
E|---------------| |--------------| |--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/how_strong_btab.html ]
RIFF 2 (CHORUS)
G|---------------|--------------|++++++|----------|
D|--5~~~~~~~~----|-3~~~~~~~~~~--|++++++|----------|
A|---------------|--------------|\\x3//|-5---3~~~~|
E|---------------|--------------|++++++|----------|
RIFF 3 (GUITAR SOLO)
G|----------|----------|------------------|
D|-3~~~~~---|-2~~~~~---|------------------|
A|-5~~~~~---|-3~~~~~---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
E|----------|----------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| x2 then-
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-5~~~~~~~~~~---|
E|---------------|
G|-----------|--------------|--------------|
D|-3~~~~2~~~-|--------------|--------------|
A|-5~~~~3~~~-|-3~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------|
E|-----------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------|
G|-----------|---------------|
D|-3~~~~2~~~-|---------------|
A|-5~~~~3~~~-|-3~~~~~5~~~~~~-|
E|-----------|-3~~~~~--------|
:::SONG STRUCTURE::: RIFF #
Intro (0:00-0:39)---------- 1-|
Verse 1 (0:39-1:04)-------- 1-|
Chorus 1 (1:04-1:30)------- 2-|
Verse 2 (1:30-2:33)-------- 1-|
Chorus 2 (2:33-2:59)------- 2-|
Guitar Solo (2:50-3:37)---- 3-|
Verse 3 (3:37-4:28)-------- 1-|
Outro (4:28-end)----------- 1-|
++**NOTE**++
Repeat riffs as many times as needed until next section
Flea does some minor improv in this song
