• Song:

    Give it away

  • Artist:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Album:

    Give It Away

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Song: Give it away
By: Red Hot Chili Peppers

S=slap
/=slide
x=mute
h=hammer on
p=pull off

standard tuning


intro: guitar & drums for 2 measures, then:
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-5/17--5/15---|
  S     S

Verse 1:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----x-12/14--12/-------------x-12/14--12/-----------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--0--------------x-3--0-3--| x6
|----------------------------------------------------|
  What I’ve got you’ve got to...

Chorus
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------------3--|
   give it away give it away give it away now

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| x2
|--5----------5/---------------------------3--|
   give it away give it away give it away now

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| 
|--5----------5/------------------------------|
   can’t tell if I’m a kingpin or a pauper!


Verse 2:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----x-12/14--12/-------------x-12/14--12/-----------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--0--------------x-3--0-3--| x6
|----------------------------------------------------|
  greedy little people in a...


Chorus
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------------3--|
   give it away give it away give it away now

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| x2
|--5----------5/---------------------------3--|
   give it away give it away give it away now

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| 
|--5----------5/------------------------------|
   Oh...                     Oh Yeah!

rest for 2 measures.

guitar solo: the first word of verse 3 is at the end of the solo.
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------10/------------| x7
|-0-x-10/12-----0-3--x-3---|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---5---4--2---0----------------|
|-0---0--0---0---0-4-0-3-0-2-0--|
                           lucky

Verse 3:
|-------------12/----------------------12/-----------|
|----x-12/14------------------x-12/14----------------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--0--------------x-3--0-3--| x6
|----------------------------------------------------|
  me swimming in my ability...

Chorus: rest for entire chorus

Guitar solo:
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------10/------------| x3
|-0-x-10/12-----0-3--x-3---|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---5---4--2---0----------------|
|-0---0--0---0---0-4-0-3-0-2-0--|

Verse 4:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----x-12/14--12/-------------x-12/14--12/-----------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--0--------------x-3--0-3--| x6
|----------------------------------------------------|
  What I’ve got you’ve got to...

outro/chorus:
|-------------12/-----------|
|----x-12/14----------------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--| x7
|---------------------------|

|-----------12----14----12----12/--|
|---x-12/14----14----14----14------|
|-0--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|-------------12/-----------|
|----x-12/14----------------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--| x3
|---------------------------|

|------------12-------------------|
|----x-12/14---------7p0-5p0-4p0--|
|-0----------------0--------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-------------12/-----------|
|----x-12/14----------------|
|-0---------------x-3--0-3--| play 3 times and fade
|---------------------------|
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