Battle Ship
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from Freaky Styley
tabbed by Moe (mounir_karadja@hotmail.com)

Fun, punky track with totally unhearable lyrics!
There's a lot more to this song than you think at
first. Listen to the chorus, there are only two
D's (5 on the A-string) played but at least I 
thought that there were 3 (you know right before 
"battle ship, what!") 

?|                                        verse|
 |  B    A       B  A                          |
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--7--7-5-5-7---7--5-5-7----------------------|

?|                                       chorus|
 |  E           D                D    C#       |
G|-----------|----------------|----------------|
D|-----------|---------------alt---------------|
A|--7--7--7--|--5-5----5-5----|--5-5--4-4------|
E|-----------|----------------|----------------|


If you listen carefully to the third verse
you can hear how Flea changes the riff a bit (he
adds a B (7 on the E-string), but it does more to
the riff than you'd think. There's also a little
variation played once (the fourth time).

?|                                    3rd verse|
 |  B    A      B    A                         |
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--7--7-5-5-7--7-7--5-5-7---------------------|

?|                          3rd verse variation|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--7--7-5-5-4--3-3--222-----------------------|



**Flea is the second best bassist of all time, next to Les Claypool**