She's Only 18 Chords & Tabs
SHE'S ONLY 18
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 2006 Album STADIUM ARCADIUM)
Words by Anthony Kiedis
Music by John Frusciante, Michael Balzary, Chad Smith
Transcribed by Floyd Cribb
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean boosted w/wah, modulation-synth'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Solo w/wah, modulation-synth'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean w/rotary (synth)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Overdub'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Chorus w/Dist'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=71
N.C.(Gm)
4/4
Gtr I
H. Q Wx3 H S S S S S S S s
|-------------|------------|----------------------||
|-------------|------------|----------------------||
|-------------|------------|----------------------||
|---------x\--|------------|--------x-x-x-x-x-x-5-||
|---------x\--|------------|----------------------||
|-------------|------------|----------------------||
Verse
~
S E T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||----------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---3-|
||--x---3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5---|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---3---||
|----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5-----||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
~~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------15h17p15----15-------------15h17p15----15-|
|----15h17----------17----17----15h17----------17----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
~~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------15h17p15----15-------------15h17p15----15--|
|----15h17----------17----17----15h17----------17-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T S E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---3-|--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---||
|----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5---|----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5-||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
C5 Eb5 G5 F5
Gtr V
Q E E S S E E E Q E E S S E E E
||--------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------------|
||--5--5-5S8-8-8-8-8\-|--------10-10-10-10-10\-|
||--5--5-5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-5--5-5S10-10-10-10-10\-|
||o-3--3-3S6-6-6-6-6\-|-5--5-5S=8--8--8--8--8\-|
||--------------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
1.
C5 Eb5 G5 F5
Q E E S S E E E Q E S.T +S S E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-5--5-5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-----------------------||
|-5--5-5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-5--5-5s3-(3)-3-3-3-3--||
|-3--3-3S6-6-6-6-6\-|-5--5-5s3-(3)-3-3-3-3-o||
|-------------------|-3--3-3s1-(1)-1-1-1-1--||
2.
Gm/D D
Q E. S +S S E +E E Q E. S +Q +q
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-8--8--8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-|-7--7--7-(7)--(7)\--||
|-7--7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-|-7--7--7-(7)--(7)\--||
|-8--8--8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-|-7--7--7-(7)--(7)\--||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
Interlude
N.C.(Gm)
Gtr I
~
|---5---|
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T T E E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3p0h==3-|--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---3-|
|----3h5-------5---5----3h5---------5---|----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5---|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Verse
~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E 3x E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T S E
||---------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------o||------------------------------------|
||---------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---3--||--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3----|
||-----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5----||----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5--|
||o-------------------------------------o||------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
~~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------15h17p15----15-------------15h17p15----15-|
|----15h17----------17----17----15h17----------17----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
~~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------15h17p15----15-------------15h17p15----15--|
|----15h17----------17----17----15h17----------17-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
~
E. T T T T T T S S E. T T T T T T E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------3h5p3---3----------3h5p3---3-|
|----3h5-------5---5----3h5-------5---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~
E. T T T T T T S S S S +E S +T T E
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|--------3h5p3---3-----5b7==(5)r-5b7r(5)p3-----||
|----3h5-------5---5------------------------5--||
|--------------------------------3b5r(3)p1-(5)-||
|-------------------------------------------3--||
Chorus
C5 Eb5 G5 F5
Gtr V
Q E E S S E E E Q E E S S E E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5-5S8-8-8-8-8\-|--------10--10-10-10-10\---|
|-5--5-5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-5--5-5S10--10-10-10-10\---|
|-3--3-3S6-6-6-6-6\-|-5--5-5S=8---8--8--8--8\---|
|-------------------|-3--3-3--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q. S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------1-|
|-------------------|---------------------\3----|
C5 Eb5 G5 F5
Q E E S S E E E Q E S.T +S S E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|--5---5---5S8-8-8-8-8\-|------------------------------|
|--5---5---5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-5--5-5s3-(3)-3-3----3----3---|
|--3---3---3S6-6-6-6-6\-|-5--5-5s3-(3)-3-3----3----3---|
|-----------------------|-3--3-3s1-(1)-1-1----1----1---|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| Q +Q H H E e S S S S
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-/3--(3)\--------------|----------------8b10-8s6------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------/8-6-|
C5 Eb5 G5 F5
Q E E S S E E E Q E E S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5--5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-------------10--10-10----10-10\-|
|-5---5--5S8-8-8-8-8\-|-5--5--5S====10--10-10----10-10\-|
|-3---3--3S6-6-6-6-6\-|-5--5--5S=====8---8--8-----8--8\-|
|---------------------|-3--3--3-------------------------|
|
| ~~
| Q H. Q E. S +S E S E E
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------8--------8-10--|
|---------------------|---------10-(10)-------10--------|
|-8\------------------|---------------------------------|
C5 Eb5
Q E E S S E E E
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-5-----5--5S8-8-8-8-8\-|
|-5-----5--5S8-8-8-8-8\-|
|-3-----3--3S6-6-6-6-6\-|
|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~
| S E. H.
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-8---------------------|
|---10\-----------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
Gm/D D/A
Q E. S +S S E +E E Q E. S +Q +q
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-8--8--8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-|-7--7--7-(7)--(7)\--||
|-7--7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-|-7--7--7-(7)--(7)\--||
|-8--8--8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-|-7--7--7-(7)--(7)\--||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
Guitar Solo
Cm Bb Fm Cm
Gtr II
~~~~~~~
|---3---| |--3--| |---3----| |----3----|
Q E E A E A E A q E S S T S. E E +S E S E E T S. +E. S
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------3---5---0h5--(5)---|
|------------------------------------|-------------------5------------------5-|
|-------6-8s10---6s8---6s8---------6-|-8s10--8--------------------------------|
|----8---------------------------8---|---------11-(11)------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| T T T
| Q E. S S S E +Q Q E. S S S E +Q
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-4--4---------4-----3-----3-(3)-----|-1------------1----1---4---4------(4)---|
|-5--5---------5-----3-----3-(3)-----|-1------------1----1---5---5------(5)---|
|-5--5---------5-----3-----3-(3)-----|-3------------3----3---5---5------(5)---|
|-3--3---------3-----1-----1-(1)-----|-3------------3----3---3---3------(3)---|
|------------------------------------|-1------------1----1--------------------|
Cm Bb
|-3-| |------3------|
E E E E S S E E S S S +E S
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------6b7.5---5s6--4b6==(4)r---|
|-3-5-5b8-5\---3-5----------------------------|
|------------5--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E. S S S E +Q
|---------------------------------------------|
|-4-------4----4---3-------3-----(3)----------|
|-5-------5----5---3-------3-----(3)----------|
|-5-------5----5---3-------3-----(3)----------|
|-3-------3----3---1-------1-----(1)----------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Fm Cm
|---3---| |---3---| |--3--|
E E. S +S S S S S S S e S S S S a S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------11-(11)----11-13--------------------------------|
|---/12----------12-------12-10------10-10--8----8-10s12-|
|---------------------------------13----------10---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T
| Q E. S S S E +Q
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-----------1---------1-------4-----4-(4)--------------|
|-1-----------1---------1-------5-----5-(5)--------------|
|-3-----------3---------3-------5-----5-(5)--------------|
|-3-----------3---------3-------3-----3-(3)--------------|
|-1-----------1---------1--------------------------------|
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Cm Bb
~~~
|-----------------9:6-----------------|
a E. T T E E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-8h10--8----10--10-10p==8-10---10p8-10-10p=8-10-10p8-|
|---------10------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E. S S S E +Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----4--------4--------4------3----3----(3)-----------|
|----5--------5--------5------3----3----(3)-----------|
|----5--------5--------5------3----3----(3)-----------|
|----3--------3--------3------1----1----(1)-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Fm Cm
|---------12:7-----------| |-3--|
E S S E S S E S S +S E S S E S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------16-18b20==|
|-10-10p8-10-10p===8-15-15p12-(12)-/17---17-17b20-17-----17-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T
| Q E. S S S E +Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1------------1---------------1------------4-------(4)--------------|
|--1------------1---------------1---------5--5-------(5)--------------|
|--3------------3---------------3------------5-------(5)--------------|
|--3------------3---------------3------------3-------(3)--------------|
|--1------------1---------------1-------------------------------------|
Cm Bb
|----3----|
+Q. S +S S E. S +S E.
|--------------------------------------------18--|
|-(18)-----18r(18)p==16-18------18b20==(18)r-----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E. S S S E +Q
|------------------------------------------------|
|---4---4----------4--------3-3---------(3)------|
|---5---5----------5--------3-3---------(3)------|
|---5---5----------5--------3-3---------(3)------|
|---3---3----------3--------1-1---------(1)------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Fm
|-----3-----|
+E S +S S S S T T S S S S T +T S S T T S
|-(18)------------------------------------------18--------------------------|
|------18pb20r(18)-16-18--18-18p16----16-18b20=====16r(16)-18--18-18p16-----|
|----------------------------------17-----------------------------------17--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T T T
| Q E. S S S E +Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---1------------------1------------1-----1------1---------(1)--------------|
|---1------------------1------------1-----1------1---------(1)--------------|
|---3------------------3------------3-----3------3---------(3)--------------|
|---3------------------3------------3-----3------3---------(3)--------------|
|---1------------------1------------1-----1------1---------(1)--------------|
Out-Chorus
C Eb5 G5 F5
Gtr V
Q E E S S E E E Q E E S S E E E
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--5------5----5S=8----8-8--8----8\-|----------------10----10-10-10-----10\----|
|--5------5----5S=8----8-8--8----8\-|--5------5----5S10----10-10-10-----10\----|
|--3------3----3S=6----6-6--6----6\-|--5------5----5S=8-----8--8--8------8\----|
|-----------------------------------|--3------3----3---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q H. H Q. S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-17\-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------15-|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------\17-----|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-13-----13------13--------13-------|-13-----13------13----------13------------|
|-15b17--15b17---15b17-----15b17----|-15b17--15b17---15b17-------15b17---------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
C5 Eb5 G5 F5
Q E E S S E E E Q E S. T
S E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------5----5S==8----8-8---8----8\-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------5----5S==8----8-8---8----8\-|--5------5----5s=======3--(3)---3--3--3-------------3------|
|--3------------------------------3----3S==6----6-6---6----6\-|--5------5----5s=======3--(3)---3--3--3-------------3------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--3------3----3s=======1--(1)---1--1--1-------------1------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|----3-----|
| S +S +T +T +S +Q +E Q. Q. S S
E S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------18-------(18)-----18-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------18b20====(18)-----18-18r===(18)p16---------|
|-17----(17)b20==(17)r(17)-(17)-(17)-----(17)\----------------|---------------------------------------------------17-15---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q
Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-----------------------------13-------13---------13-------|-13-----13----------------13---------13--------------------|
|-15b17--------------------------15b17----15b17------15b17----|-15b17--15b17-------------15b17------15b17-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C5 Eb5
Q E E S S E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5------5------5S============8----8-8---8----8\-|
|--5------5------5S============8----8-8---8----8\-|
|--3------3------3S============6----6-6---6----6\-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| Q. S +S +E Q.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-17-----------[17]b20==(17)r(17)r----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-----13-------------------13---------13-------|
|-15b17--15b17----------------15b17------15b17----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5 F5 C5 Eb5
Q E E S S E E E Q E E S S E E E
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------10----10------10------10----10\-|--5------5-----5S======8----8-8--8----8\-|
|--5------5----5S10----10------10------10----10\-|--5------5-----5S======8----8-8--8----8\-|
|--5------5----5S=8-----8-------8-------8-----8\-|--3------3-----3S======6----6-6--6----6\-|
|--3------3----3---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| H S S +Q. Q. E +H
|----------------------15tr18-(15tr18)-----------|-18b20--------18b20==(18)r---------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-13-----13------13--------------------13--------|-13-----13------------13--------13-------|
|-15b17--15b17---15b17-----------------15b17-----|-15b17--15b17---------15b17-----15b17----|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gm/D
Q E. S +S S E +E E
|------------------------------------------|
|--8-------8-----8--(8)----8---8---(8)---8-|
|--7-------7-----7--(7)----7---7---(7)---7-|
|--8-------8-----8--(8)----8---8---(8)---8-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E. S +S S +Q.
|-20b22===20----20-(20)---20-(20)r---------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------|
|-15------15--------15-------------15------|
|-17b19---17b19-----17b19----------17b19---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
D
Q E. S +Q +Q +H +H
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|--7--------7-----7------(7)--(7)--|--(7)-----(7)\----*|
|--7--------7-----7------(7)--(7)--|--(7)-----(7)\----*|
|--7--------7-----7------(7)--(7)--|--(7)-----(7)\----*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|
| Q +E. S +H +W
|-20b22===(20)r--20b22==(20)-------|-(20)r------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|
| Q E. S +H +W
|-14-------14----14-----(14)-------|-(14)-------------*|
|-17b19----17b19-17b19==(17)-------|-(17)r------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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