Red Hot Chili Peppers — What Is Soul?
Tabbed By: Dave
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
This is from their live DVD ‘Off The Map’. That bit where John
goes mental — can’t do it. But here is the basics of it.
E|—————————————————————————||
B|—————————————————————————||
G|—————————————————————————||
D|———————————3——————————————||
A|—3—3-5——————-3——-5—3————————————||
E|-5—5——x-x—x-x-x-x—5—5————-x-x-x-x-x———————-||
E|—————————————————————————||
B|—————————————————————————||
G|—————————————————————————||
D|——————————————3———————————||
A|——3——3—5——————-3—5——5—3—————————||
E|—5——5———1—3——3-4-5——————————————||
This is the main riff, and is the same on bass. In between the riffy bits, just
play little funk fills, favourites including the slide down of:
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D|—12————————————————————————-||
A|—13————————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————————||
or little in-key twiddles:
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G|—7—5———————————————————————-||
D|———————-5—7—5————————————————-||
A|—————————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————————||
or simply rest your fingers over the fretboard without hitting notes and strum funkily,
but this is better with a wa-wa pedal, as is the rest of the song. Anyway, Frusciante
quickly sets off in the song to play a couple octaves higher:
E|———————-10———————————13—10————-||
B|—10—13——10—13————x-x-x-x—x—10—13-10———-13———||
G|—————————————————————————||
D|—————————————————————————||
A|—————————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————————||
E|———————10————————13—10————————||
B|—10—13—10—-13—————10—13—10———-13——————-||
G|—————————————————————————||
D|—————————xxxxx——————————————-||
A|—————————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————————||
E|———————10——————————13—10——————||
B|—10—13—10—13—————————11—13———-13—————||
G|————————10—12—-12-13-14———————————-||
D|—————————————————————————||
A|—————————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————————||
this is a really easy song to play, and with a bit of wah-wah sounds really classy.
I’ve fooled people into thinking i’m good.
