Yertle The Turtle Chords & Tabs
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YERTLE THE TURTLE - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Tabbed by:Yaneey from the backwoods
Email:yaneey@freemail.hu
Tuning:standard
Played with wah-wah pedal.
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Intro |
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(before and at the start of the verses)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---00000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---55555-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---55555-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------6-6/8-8----------------------------------------------------------|
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Main riff |
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(through the most of the verses)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/yertle_the_turtle_tab_ver_2.html ]
G5 Bb5 C5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12-----12--xxx----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---12-----12--xxx--8--/---10---xxx-----------------------------------------|
A|---10-----10--xxx--8--/---10---xxx-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------6--/---8----xxx-----------------------------------------|
Move that leg up&down on the wah-wah pedal!
Bb5 and C5 chords are not recorded on the CD (because of the trumpet),
but they're used at concerts.
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Bridge |
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"...He piled them high
Into a ten turtle stack
I'm Yertle the turtle The things I now rule
I'm king of a cow I'm king of a mule
(Look at that turtle go,bro!)..."
Here comes the bridge.
G5 Bb5 C5 *************
G5 Bb5 *G5 : 355xxx*
G5 Bb5 C5 *Bb5: x133xx*
G5 Bb5 *C5 : x355xx*
C5 Bb5 *C#5: x466xx*
G5 Bb5 C5 D5 *D5 : x577xx*
G5 C#5 C5 *************
And then some G5 B5 C5.
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Outro |
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G5 Bb5 C5 <--------- Repeat
355xxx x133xx x355xx
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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