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From: HADDADI Fabien
Subject: [Bass Tabulature] My_friends by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 2:11:29 MET
[Bass Tabulature]
My Friends, THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
[WARNER BROS]
Original Music by Lyrics by : Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Dave Navarro & Chad Smith
Please send any suggestion to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
Fabien HADDADI, January 1996
Symbols : g : ghost note
/ : slide up
\ : slide down
h : hammer on
lr : let ring, lr4 : let ring 4 beats
r : rest 1/4 beat, r2 : rest 2 beats
beat = 76
G ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D 4||--------------1517------17--15--|12----------12--15----------12--|
A 4||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------14--|12----------14--15----------15--|
|10----------10--15--------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10--------------r2--------------|r2--------------15----------15--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
My friends are so depressed
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|17------------------------------|12----------14--15----------15--|
|-------------12h16--------1215--|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
I feel the question of your loneli-ness
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|17-----------15h17-h17-h17--15--|12----------12--15------------15|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------17--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Con - fide cause I'll be on your side
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|17----------12------------------|12----------12--15--------------|
|----------------15--------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
you know I will you know I will
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3-----------3---|
|10------------------0---3---4---|5-----------5-----------------5-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
X - girlfriend called me up
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------3-r-3-------3-4-|5-----------7---8-----------8-9-|
|3-----------3-----------r-5-----|--------------------------------|
A- lone and desperate on the prison phone
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------10---9----7-----|------------------------------3-|
|10----------10------------------|5-----------5---8-----------5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
They want to give her 7 years
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|----------------3---------------|3-----------3-------------------|
|3-----------3-------------------|--------------------------------|
For be-ing sad I love
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-----------------------|3-----------3---5-------5---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
all of you hurt by the co -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|----------------5---------------|
|--------------0-----------------|3-----------3---------------3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
ld So ha -rd &
|--------------------9---9\------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------7-----------|
|0-------------------------------|3-----------3---5-------5---0-lr|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
lo- ne -ly too when you don't know
|------------------------14141414|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------2---3-----------3-4-|
|(lr4)---------------------------|5-------5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
your - se - lf My friends are so distressed
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-----------5-------------------|------------7-------------5-3---|
|----------------3-----------3-4-|5-------5-------8-------------5-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
and stand - ing on the brink of emptiness
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------8---------------|
|----------------3---3-5/9---7---|5-------5---7---------------3-5-|
|3-----------3-------------------|--------------------------------|
No words ... I know of to ex -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|------------3---3---------------|3-----------3-------------------|
|3-------------3-----------------|--------------------------------|
press this emptiness I love all
|--------------------------------|------------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------7-----------|
|0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-----------3---5-----------0-lr|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
of you Hurt by the cold
|--------141414--141414--141414--|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|(lr4)---------------------------|3-----------3---------------3---|
|--------------5-------5-------5-|--------------------------------|
So ha -rd &
|--------------------------------|------------------------7-------|
|------------------------g7g77\--|--------------------7-----------|
|0(lr3)--------------------------|3-------3-------5-----------0-lr|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
lo- ne -ly too When you don't know
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|(lr4)---------------------------|5-------5---7---8-----------8---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------12|
your - self
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------9---10--107-----|--------------------------------|
|10--------------------------108-|------------7---8-----------8---|
|--------------------------------|10----------------------------10|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------9-------9---10--10------|--------------------------------|
|10----10----1010----------0-3-4-|5-------5---7---8-----------8---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------10|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------9-10101010------|--------------------------------|
|10(lr2)-------10----------0-3-4-|5-------5---7---8-----------8---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------10|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10--------------8---------------|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
I - ma - gine me
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------11------|
|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|9---9---9---9---9---9-------9---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
taught by tra - gedy
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------10----------10------10--|--------------------------------|
|8---8-------8(lr1)------8-------|--------------------10----------|
|--------------------------------|8---8---8---8---8-----------8---|
Re - lea - se is
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------9(lr1)------|--------------------------------|
|7---7---7---7---7-----------7---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1\--|
pea - ce
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------15(lr1)-----|5-------5---7---8-------------8-|
|13131313131313--14----------13--|----------------------------10--|
I heard a little girl
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------10------9---7---|----------------------------3---|
|10----------10------------------|5-----------7---8-------------5-|
|--------------------------------|--------5-----------------------|
And wha - t she said was something beautiful
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------5-8-5-5-1012--|------------7---8-------8-10-lr-|
|3---------5-7-8-8-------------8-|10------10------------10--------|
To give your love no matter what
|--------------------5-------5---|--------------------------------|
|----------------5-7-----5-7-----|--------------------------------|
|(lr2)---------------------------|3-----------3---2-----------3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
And what she said... I lo - ve
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------7---7\------|--------------------7-----------|
|0-----------0---0---------------|3-----------3---5---------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0---5---|
all of you Hurt by the co -
|----------------141414141414----|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------12\-|----------------5---------------|
|--------------------------------|3-----------3-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
ld So ha - rd & lone-
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------7-------|
|0-----------0---0---------------|3-----------3---5-----------0-lr|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
ly too When you don't know
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|(lr4)---------------------------|5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
your - se - lf
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10--10--10--10--10/151515151515-|5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------7-------7---7---|
|--------------------------------|------------------107-10--10--10|
|10--10--10--10--10/151515151515-|5---5-5-5---5-5-----------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|9---9-109-109-10----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------7---7-9-5-9-7-9-|5-5-5-5-5---5-5-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|1010101010--1010/151515151512---|5(lr4)-------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
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