Red Hot Chili Peppers - What It Is
Tabbed by: Peter
Email: pscholl@veryspeedy.net
Tuning: standard
Everything is slapped, unless otherwise stated
~~~~ = vibrato | = bar
x = muted note ||o = repeat start
/ = slide o|| = repeat end
h = hammer-on p = pull-off
(4) = tied note mb = micro-bend (bend 1/4 step up)
1,2,3,4 indicate beat in the bar
. indicates halfway between the beat, if necessary
Intro
4/4
1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 . 3 4
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|---------|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|----3-~~~~~--|
1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 2 . 3 4
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|----12/13----|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|----11/12----|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|---------|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|-------------|
this bar not slapped
Verse 1
1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|--------5---5-------o|
||o-----------------|--5p0---------------o|
||--0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5---|
play 4 times, 4th time last bar is:
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|-----------------------|
|---------5---5---------|
|--5p0------------------|
|-------x---x---3-3-5-5-|
Verses 2-5
1 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 2 . 3 . 4 .
|----------------------9-||-------------------------|----------------------9--||
|------------5-----------||o------------5---------6-|------------5-----------o||
|--------------------x---||o-7------------5-5h7-x---|-7------------------x---o||
|-0--x-3h5-x---5-5h7-----||-----x-3h5-x-------------|----x-3h5-x---5-5h7------||
repeat 7 and a half times
1st chorus
1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4-4-3---|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4----------|
|-6-3--6----------|-3-3--6---------6-|-3-3--6----------|-3-3--6------1-1-3-3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/what_it_is_btab_ver_3.html ]
then verse again, then:
2nd Chorus
1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------8mb-|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4--x-5-----|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4---------|
|-6-3--6----------|-3-3--6--------------|-x-3--6----------|-x-3--6------1-1-3-3|
Verse again, then:
3rd Chorus
1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 .
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4-4-3---|--------3-4--5-8-|--------3-4--3---|
|-6-3--6----------|-3-3--6---------6-|-3-3--6----------|-3-3--6--------6-|
Interlude
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|---------------------------------9-|-----------------------------------|
|-----2-----------------------5-----|-----2-----------------------5---6-|
|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|
|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|---------------------------------9-|-----------------------------------|
|-----2-----------------------5-----|-----2-----------------------5---6-|
|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|-----------5---4-(4)-5-5-x-x---x---|
|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|-0-x---x-x---x---------------------|
Then another verse, but played 9 and a half times instead of 7 and a half
Outro
1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------x----------|-----------------|--------5---5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--5p0---------------|
|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|---x----x-3--5---|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5--|
1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------x---------|-----------------|--------5---5-------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|--5p0---------------|
|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0--|---x----x-3--5--|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5--|
1 2 . 3 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 3 4 .
|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------5---5-------|------------------|
|-----------------|--5p0---------------|------------------|
|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-|------x---x---3--5--|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0--|
