Venice Queen - Bass tab By the Red Hot Chili Peppers From the Album "By the Way" Tabbed by Tim Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com) Normal tuning Part1: (x11) Slowly fades in at the beginning G-|-------------------------------| D-|-------------------------------| (x3) -7th and 10th time through (x2) A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--6--| E-|-------------------------------| G-|---------------------------|---------------------------| D-|---------------------------|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-| A-|---------------------------|---------------------------| E-|-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-|---------------------------| Last line before entrance to part 2 G-|-----------------------| D-|-----------------------| A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------| E-|-------------x-0-------| Part2: (x5) Starts with a guitar only part G-|---------------------| D-|---------------------| (x3) A-|-7-7--7-7---x--------| E-|-------------x-8-7-5-| The last time through doesn't include this part, and goes straight G-|----------------|---------------------------| into part 3 D-|-7--7--77-7-7-7-|7/12-12-12--12121212-12-12-| A-|----------------|---------------------------| E-|----------------|---------------------------| Part3: (x10 including variations) variations are listed 1st time through (these bars always used unless otherwise noted) G-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D-|-7--7--x77-7--7--7--x77-7-77xx-|-5--5--x55-5--5--5--x55-5-55xx-| A-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| E-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G-|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------| D-|-3--3--x33-3--3--------------------|-------------------------------| A-|----------------xx3--3--x33-3-3333-|-5--5--x55-5--5--5--x55-5-55xx-| E-|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2nd time through, 4th bar G-|-----------------------------------| D-|----------------xx5--5--x55-5-5555-| A-|-5--5--x55-5--5--------------------| E-|-----------------------------------| 3rd time through, 2nd bar G-|----------------------------| D-|-5--5--x55-5--5--5-xx/7--5--| A-|----------------------------| E-|----------------------------| 4th time through, same as 2nd time through 5th time through, 1st bar 4th bar G-|---------------------------| |---------7----------------------------| D-|7--7--x77-7--7--7-xx/9--7--| |--------------------------------------| A-|---------------------------| |5--5--x5----5-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17| E-|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------| 6th time through, same as 2nd time through 7th time through, same as 5th time through 8th time through, 4th bar G-|-------------------------------| D-|--------------55555-55555-5555-| A-|-5--5--x55-5-------------------| E-|-------------------------------| 9th time through, 4th bar |----------7--------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-5--5--x5----5-/17-17--x1717-171717-| |-------------------------------------| 10th time through, 3rd and 4th bars G-|-------------------------------|-----------------| D-|-3--3--x33-3--3----------------|-----------------| Good luck!? -Tim A-|----------------x3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| Next up: Revised E-|-------------------------------|-----------------| Zephyr song