Song: Tear
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: By the Way
Transcribed by: Chris Valente
E-Mail: RedHotMetallica@aol.com
There's actually guitar in this song besides the guitar solo. It doubles the organ in the verse sometimes.
It doesn't do it while the organ has it's fills though. Song starts on C on organ only.
Verse (Guitar)
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------
B|---5-------|---3-------|---1-------|---------------
G|---5-------|---4-------|---2-------|---------------
D|---5-------|---5-------|---2-------|---------------
A|-3---------|---5-------|-0---------|---------------
E|-----------|-3---------|-----------|---------------
Verse (Organ)
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
B|---5-------|-----------|---1-------|-----------------------------
G|---5-------|---4-------|---2-------|-----------------------------
D|-----------|---5-------|-----------|-----------------------------
A|-3---------|-----------|-0---------|-----------------------------
E|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-----------------------------
E|-----3-----|-----------|----0---0--|-0--0------------------------
B|---5---6-5-|-----6-5-3-|---1-1---1-|--1--1-----------------------
G|---5-------|---4-------|---2---2--2|---2--2----------------------
D|-----------|---5-------|-----------|-----------------------------
A|-3---------|-----------|-0---------|-----------------------------
E|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-----------------------------
Theres another fill for G used for transition to the chorus.
E|-----5-3---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------5v------------------------------------------------------
G|---4-------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-3---------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus (Vocals)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/tear_tab_ver_2.html ]
E|----|----|----|----|----|---|---|--------------------------------
B|-17-|-16-|-13-|-12-|-10-|-8-|-5-|-7------------------------------
G|-17-|-16-|-14-|-12-|-10-|-9-|-5-|-7------------------------------
D|-17-|-16-|-14-|-12-|-10-|-9-|-5-|-7------------------------------
A|-15-|-14-|-12-|-10-|--8-|-7-|-3-|-5------------------------------
E|----|----|----|----|----|---|---|--------------------------------
Chorus Ends on Am
Solo
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-5-6-8-6-5------------------------5--------5--------5--------5---
G|-----------5----4-5-7-5-4-------5---7p5--5---7p5--5---7p5--5---5-
D|-------------5-----------5-5/7---------7--------7--------7-------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-5-6-8-6-5------------6-5---------5--------5--------5---------5--
G|-----------5----4-5-7-----5-----5---7p5--5---7p5--5---7p5---7-5--
D|-------------5--------------5/7---------7--------7--------7-9----
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bridge (Tremelo Picking)
E|-12-|-10-|-15-|--8-|---------------------------------------------
B|-13-|-12-|-13-|-10-|---------------------------------------------
G|-14-|-12-|-14-|-10-|---------------------------------------------
D|----|----|----|----|---------------------------------------------
A|----|----|----|----|---------------------------------------------
E|----|----|----|----|---------------------------------------------
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Sometimes Thrown In
Trumpet Solo
E|-----5-----------5-----------5-----------------------------------
B|-5-8---8-5---5-8---8-5---5-8---8-5-------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
The Outro is just Am. How GREAT is this song? Makes me wanna know how to play piano.
