Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Song: Brendan’s Death Song
Album: I’m With You (August 2011)
tabbed by: necriononguitar
e-mail (NO SPAM!): tim.rathgen@gmx.de
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Tuning: Standard
. = Palm-Muted
~ = hold note
^ = vibrate
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
This song is amazing. Been playing it quite a bit.
The song has been tabbed by me BY EAR. This is no book and no machine,
just me!
The pattern’s pretty accurate I think. PLEASE leave feedback, Ill use
every correction I get!
Josh might play this with bar-chords but I dont. So get over it.
Anyways, enjoy and go buy the album!
UPDATE 31/08/2011
Grrrr... listed under „tab“, shoudlve been chords, dunno what happended.
Doesnt matter. Changed some chords.
Here’s a little tutorial and cover for the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gmybUhl3U
UPDATE 04/09/2011
Added a version 2 for the verse and changed the „let me live...“ lyrics part a little.
Thanks for all the corrections, keep em coming!
Chords:
D C Am G Cmaj7 Em
E---2---0---0—-(3)------0---------|
B---3---1---1---0---0---0---------|
G---2---0---2---0---0---0---------|
D---0---2---2---0---2---2---------|
A-------3---0—-x/5--3---2---------|
E---------------3-------0---------|
THE Riff:
Version 1 thanks to tayloaw0 for the addition. Check out his tab (detail picking)
D C Am Em G
E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------|
G---2~----0---0~---------0--2~-----------2-0--------0~--*strumm or pick G*-|
D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------|
A-------------3~------------0~---------------0-----------------------------|
E-------------------------------------0~--------3~-------------------------|
Version 2 original one
D C Am Em G
E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------3---1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------|
G---2~--------0~---------0--2~-----------2-0-2------0~--*strumm or pick G*-|
D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------|
A-------------3~------------0~---------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------0~--------3~-------------------------|
Chorus:
G Cmaj7 Em (someone tell me if thats really Cmaj7!)
E----------------(0~)---------|
B---0~-----0~-----0~----------|
G---0~-----0~-----0~----------|
D---0~-----2~-----2~----------|
A—-x/5~----3~-----2~----------|
E---3~------------0~----------|
D C Am Em G
Live or die before I get it done will you decide?
D C Am Em G
Take my words and turn them into signs they will survive
D C Am Em G
because a long time ago I knew not to deprive
D C Am Em G
It's safe out there now your everywhere just like the sky
D C Am Em G
And you I love you, you are the lucid dream you are the ride
D C Am Em G
And when you hear this you know it's your jam it's your goodbye
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
D C Am Em G
We all cross when we were feeling lost it's just the time
D C Am Em G
Could terry cry the day her lover died she recognized
D C Am Em G
Because you gave her a life of real love it's no surprise
D C Am Em G
The nights are long but the years are short when your alive
D C Am Em G
Way back when we’ll never be again it was a time,
D C Am Em G
It's gonna get you; so glad I met you to walk the line
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
Fill on Em (please feel free to post something for that in the comments!)
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
(Lyric suggestions for next lines please)
G Cmaj7 Em
Let me live so when it's time to die even the reaper cries
G Cmaj7 Em
Let me die so when it's time to live another sun will rise
G Cmaj7 Em
I said Yeah YeahYeah YeahYeah
G Cmaj7 Em
I said Yeah YeahYeah YeahYeah (cont. a while, fading)
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
G Cmaj7 Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
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Again people, this is not a tab, don’t expect any Solo, Electric Riffs or such!
and that’s pretty much it! I hope you enjoyed, please leave a rating, comment and
CORRECTIONS! Fucked up lyrics? put em in the comments!
Cheers...
