Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied Chords & Tabs

I Could Have Lied









By: David Harrison (blaze@interlog.com)
  w/correction by James Harding (insperatus@home.com)
Song: "I Could Have Lied" by "RHCP"
Album: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (1991)

This is, in my opinion, one of the best songs the Chili Peppers have ever
made. It's not very hard to play but you might need to practice the solo's
for a while before you're able to play them well without having to look at
the tab sheet.


[Intro/Verse] - Guitar 1

(00:00)6x - (00:49)6x - (01:37)1x - (02:25)6x
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0---4-----0---4-----0---4/(7)-7---5---4---------|
A|-0h2---2-----2---2-----2---2-------0-----------5-----|
E|-------------------------------------------3-------3-|


[Verse Fills] - Guitar 1

Fill 1: (00:30) (00:53) 
 E|---------|
 B|--2h3p2--|
 G|---------|
 D|---------|
 A|---------|
 E|---------|


[Verse Fills] - Guitar 2

           Fill 1: (00:53)  Fill 2: (01:14)
            |----------|      |-------|
            |----------|      |-------|
            |--10\7-7--|      |--2/4--|
            |----------|      |-------|
            |----------|      |-------|
            |----------|      |-------|

Fill 4: (01:22)    Fill 5: (02:55)    Fill 6: (02:59)
   E|-----|          |-------|         |---------|
   B|--0--|          |-------|         |---------|
   G|--4--|          |--7\6--|         |--6h7p6--|
   D|-----|          |-------|         |---------|
   A|-----|          |-------|         |---------|
   E|-----|          |-------|         |---------|


[Pre-Chorus] - Guitar 1

(00:42)1x - (01:30)1x
E|-----|-----|--0--|--0--| ************************
B|--4--|--7--|--0--|--0--| * These are just the   *
G|--4--|--7--|--6--|--4--| * chords. You'll have  *
D|--4--|--7--|--7--|--5--| * to figure out the    *
A|--2--|--5--|--7--|--5--| * rhythm for yourself. *
E|-----|-----|--5--|--3--| ************************


[Chorus 1] - Guitar 1

(01:44)2x - (03:06)2x
E|------|------|------|------| **************************
B|--12--|--15--|--10--|-- 8--| * Once again, these are  *
G|--12--|--16--|--11--|-- 9--| * just the chords and    *
D|--14--|--17--|--12--|--10--| * you can figure out the *
A|------|------|------|------| * rhythm for yourself.   *
E|-(12)-|-(15)-|-(10)-|--(8)-| **************************


[Solo 1] (01:58)

 - Guitar 1
E|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|
B|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
G|--4--|--4--|--6--|--4--|
D|--4--|--4--|--7--|--5--|
A|--2--|--2--|--7--|--5--|
E|-----|-----|--5--|--3--|

 - Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------7--7--7-7-7---7-|
G|-------------------------------------------7-------------9---|
D|--------------------7--9b~~~9r-----------9-------------------|
A|---------5-----7/9--------------10----10---------------------|
E|-/7----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7---7--/10---8---7---------------------x------7-7----7-7---|
G|----9------------------7----7-7-9-7-9p7--x-9b-----9b-----9b--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--7--------7-------------------------------------------------|
B|7---7-10-----10---7-10-10p7--7h10p7----------------------8-7-|
G|------------------------------------9-7-7h9p7----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------9-7-9--9-9-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/i_could_have_lied_tab_ver_4.html ]
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|7h8p7--------7------------------------------------------1517b|
G|------7------7--7----------------------------------14/16-----|
D|--------9-9-------9-9--9-7-9----------------1214/16----------|
A|------------------------------9----10---9/14-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------17---\15-14-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------15---------------------7------------|
G|----------------------------14----------7-9-7-9-9b~~~~~~~~~r-|
D|-------------------------------14\12-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7h9---7-7/9\5~~~~\4/5\4\2p0-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|


[Solo 2] - Guitar 2 (w/[Chorus] - Guitar 1)

(03:19)1x
E|-11b---------------10-10-10--------------------------------|
B|------10-8-10b---8----------10b--10-8-10-8--10b---10b---10-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8---8-10-8-10-8------------------------x--101212-----1012-|
G|-----------------9-------9-7-9-7-9--7h9-x--------12912-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15121512--------12----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------14-12-14b-14b~r---------12-14-12-12b~r-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------11-12-11-11b~r----------7----------------------7----|
D|-----------------------------9---9-9-----------5-7-7b~~~7r-|
A|---------------------------------------------7-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------7-|
B|-------------------------------------------------8-|
G|-------------------------------------------------9-|
D|-5-7-5-7-5-------------------------/14--14--14---9-|
A|-----------/9~~~~\7----------7--7------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Part way into to the second solo change the [Chorus] to the following picking
pattern. It's still the same chords though...

[Chorus 2] - Guitar 1

(03:33)4x
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12----------12----------15----------15----------15---------|
G|-----12----------12----------16----------16----------16-----|
D|---------14----------14----------17----------17----------17-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10----------10-----------8-----------8-----------8---------|
G|-----11----------11-----------9-----------9-----------9-----|
D|---------12----------12----------10----------10----------10-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


Well, there it is! I hope you think I did a good job but even if you didn't
you can e-mail me with any corrections or additions you have. Thanx!