If You Have To Ask Chords & Tabs
If You Have To Ask Bass Tab
Hello, The first tab for this song was very well written, but had many mistakes. So this
is to clear up alot of the mistakes.
Artist= "Red Hot Chili Peppers"
Song= "If You Have To Ask"
Album= "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
Tabbed by= Jamie McDonald
*Tune to drop Drop-D for this tune.*
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If You Have to Ask
Come In after about 4 measures of guitar.
Different Endings
Verse: / / \ \
1. 2. 3.
G[-------------------------------] [--------] [---------] [---------]
D[-------------------------------] [--------] [---------] [---------]
A[----530-----530-------530------] [--------] [-2-3-----] [-02-3-45-]
D[-0-----5--0----3---0-----5-----] [-3/15\3-] [-----5~~-] [---------]
Order (Endings) : 1., 2., 1., 3., 1., 2., 1., 3.
Chorus:
G[----2h3p2----------------2h3p2---03-5------2h3p2------------]
D[----------1--3--1-------------1x3--3--1---------1--3--1-----]
A[-3-------------3-3-1---3-----------------3-----------3-3-1--]
D[------------------------------------------------------------]
G[----2h3p2---------------2h3p2---------------2h3p2--89--------]
D[----------1------------------1--3--1-------------1-----78----]
A[-3--------------------3-----------3-3-1---3--------------x6--]
D[------------0-1-3-4------------------------------------------]
G[---2h3p2----------------------]
D[---------1--3--1--------------]
A[-3------------3-3-1--3----1---]
D[------------------------------]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/if_you_have_to_ask_btab_ver_4.html ]
Different Endings
Verse: / / \ \
1. 2. 3.
G[-------------------------------] [--------] [---------] [---------]
D[-------------------------------] [--------] [---------] [---------]
A[----530-----530-------530------] [--------] [-2-3-----] [-02-3-45-]
D[-0-----5--0----3---0-----5-----] [-3/15\3-] [-----5~~-] [---------]
Order (Endings) : 1., 2., 1., 3., 1., 2., 1., 3.
Chorus:
G[----2h3p2----------------2h3p2---------------2h3p2------------]
D[----------1--3--1-------------1-3-4-5-------------1--3--1-----]
A[-3-------------3-3-1---3-------------------3-----------3-3-1--]
D[--------------------------------------5h8---------------------]
G[----2h3p2---2------------2h3p2---------------2h3p2--8-9-10--]
D[----------1--1----------------1--3--1-------------1---------]
A[-3---------1----------3------------3-3-1---3----------------]
D[---------------0h1h2----------------------------------------]
G[---2h3p2-----------------------]
D[---------1--3--1----------1----]
A[-3------------3-3-----3----1---]
D[------------------5h8----------]
Bridge:
G[-0---------------0------------------------------------------]
D[---4-3---1----------4-3---1--------5x4-x3x----1x------------]
A[-------3---1--5---------3---1--5----------3x3----1x5x-------]
D[------------------------------------------------------0--00-]
G[---------------------------]
D[-5x4-x3x----1x-------------]
A[--------3x3----1x5x--------]
D[--------------------0--00--]
Different Endings
During Guitar Solo: / / \ \
1. 2. 3.
G[-------------------------------] [--------] [---------] [---------]
D[-------------------------------] [--------] [---------] [---------]
A[----530-----530-------530------] [--------] [-2-3-----] [-02-3-45-]
D[-0-----5--0----3---0-----5-----] [-3/15\3-] [-----5~~-] [---------]
Order (Endings) : 1., 2., 1., 3., 1., 2., 1., 3.
After all that end on a (low) D
Now play the verse as usually
Ending:
G[-------------------------------5-45----------------------]
D[---------------------------6h7------3---0530-------------]
A[-----530------530-----530-----8-------3------------------]
D[-0------5---0----3--0----5------------------530~~~~~~~---]
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