• Song:

    Ethiopia

  • Artist:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

guitar

INTRO
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
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VERSE
Guitar part 1
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-55----5------55---5----------|
-----7----55-----7---55-------|
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-----(5)5-----(5)5-----|
--5h7------5h7---------|
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Guitar part 2:
(appears first in verse 2)
POLY RHYTHM - bass and drums are in 7, guitar is in 2 (or 4)
  1      2      3      4
--12-12---------12-12---------|
--13-13---------13-13---------|
--14-14---------14-14---------|
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and still ending with
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-----(5)5-----(5)5-----|
--5h7------5h7---------|
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CHORUS
Am7           G        F
Tell me boy I love him so
Am7            D
Tell him so he knows
Am7         G  F
Lost in Ethiopia
Am7              D
Walk out in that road



BRIDGE:
GUITAR PART 1:
-7~~~~~~~~~~--
-10~~~~~~~~~--
-7~~~~~~~~~~--
-9~~~~~~~~~~--
-7~~~~~~~~~~--
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GUITAR PART 2:
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-----------5-----|
--7-5-7-55---7-7-|
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SOLO #1:
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---------------------7^10^7--5---5-------------------------|
----5--------7-10-7-----------/7-----5---------------------|
--5---7--10-----------------------/7---7---3/5/3-----------|
-------------------------------------------------5---------|

SOLO #2:
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-----5-----5--| repeat lick repeatively in poly rhythm.
-5h7---5h7----| Yay triplets over 7!
--------------| Josh is cool.



OUTRO:
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
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and outro chord:
--X-------------------|
--9-------------------|
--8-------------------|
--9-------------------|
-(7)------------------|
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it also very lightly does the solo 2 lick over and over, very very quietly.
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