• Song:

    Blood Sugar Sex Magik

  • Artist:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Album:

    Live On Air

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Song: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tabbed by David Mety (guitarbuster2k)

Standard Tuning

Intro (distortion)

                                PM-------|                                 PM-------|   3x
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o||--|
|----12--14/-16--12/-14--------------------------11-12/-14--11/-12----------------------||--|
|-14-10--12/-14--10/-12--12/-14--------------14---9-10/-12--9/--10--11/-12--------------||--|
|-12---------------------10/-12-12-12-12-12--12---------------------9/--10-10-10-10-10-o||--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|


                                  PM-------|                                  PM-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12--14/-16--12/-14---------------------------11--12/-14--11/-12---------------------------|
|-14--10--12/-14--10/-12--12/-14--12-12-12-12--14---9--10/-12--9/--10--11/-12-------------------|
|-12----------------------10/-12---------------12----------------------9/--10-10-10-10-10--12--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse (asterik means add wah-wah)

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--|

        *       *       *       *         *       *       *       *


|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------7----------|------------------------|
|------------------9-8-7----|------------------------|
|-------7-5-7------------10-|-------7-5-7-------4-5--|
|-0-0-0---------------------|-0-0-0--------3-5-------|




|--------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13------------------|
|--------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--12-12-12-12-12--|
|-10-10-10-10--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--12-12-12-12-12--|
|-10-10-10-10----------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12--|
|--8--8--8--8----------------------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 								wah wah
|---------------|---------------------||---------------|-------------------|
|-------8-------|-------8h10-8-------o||-------8-------|-------8b10--------|
|-9-7-9---9-7-9-|-9-7-9--------9-7-9--||-9-7-9---9-7-9-|-9-7-9------9-7-9--|
|---------------|---------------------||---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--------------------o||---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------------||---------------|-------------------|



Guitar Solo: (Wah-wah)


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------12-p15-12---------15-12-0-----------------------------------|
|-14b16--14b16--14b16--14b16-------------14b16--------0--14--14b16--0--12-----12----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------14--0--14--p14-12--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12---12-p14-12-------12-p14b16r14--12------12-p14b16r14--12-----p14b16r14--12----12--|
|-14-----------------14---------------------14--------------------14---------------14-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------15b17--15-----------------------------------|
|p14b16r14--12-----12-p14b16r14--12------12-----------p14b16r14--12------12--14b16------|
|--------------14--------------------14------------------------------14-------------12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                                         ~
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------0-3-----0-3-2-------------------------|
|-2b4---2b4--2b4--2b4---2b4---2b4---2b4------2b4-------2b4r2-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------h0-2-----2-2--0--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------0-3---------|


|-12b14--12b14--12------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15-----15--------15b17--12-p15-12------12----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------15---------h12p14-12--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------14------------14b16--(14)b16--(14)--(14)4-----x--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----|


Guitar 2 (Chorus/Outro)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13--11--13--(13)9--13--11--13-------6-7--13-11--13--(13)-9--13--11--13--|
|---------------------------------5-7---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------|
|----------|
|-----6-7--|
|-5-7------|
|----------|
|----------|


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legend
------

 h  = hammer-on		 |  = bar
 p  = pull-off		||  = double bar
 b  = bend		||* = repeat start
 r  = bend release	*|| = repeat end
 /  = slide up/down	*|  = double bar (end)
[5] = nat. harmonic	 !  = repeat beat (?,8th)
<5> = art. harmonic	!!  = repeat beat (16th)
 ~  = vibrato		 %  = repeat measure
 tr = trill		 :  = bar (freetime)
 T  = tap		du  = tremolo bar dip
 TP = trem. picking	 d  = tremolo bar down
 PM = palm muting	 u  = tremolo bar up
 S  = slap		ud  = tremolo bar inverted dip
 P  = pop		 =  = hold (bend or tremolo bar)
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