Minor Thing - Bass tab By the Red Hot Chili Peppers From the Album "By the Way" Tabbed by Tabmaster Timothy Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com) Normal tuning Verse: (x4) G-|----------------|-----------------------| D-|-4--4--4-4--4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4---| A-|----------------|---------------------4-| E-|----------------|-----------------------| G-|-----------------|---------------------| D-|-----------------|---------------------| A-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5-5-2-2-x-x-| E-|-----------------|---------------------| Prechorus: (x1) G-|-2--2-2--2-2h3h4-4----|-----------------| D-|-------------------2--|-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| A-|----------------------|-----------------| E-|----------------------|-----------------| G-|----------2--2-2-2-2---|--------------------| D-|---------------------2-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-| A-|-4 --0-0--------------|--------------------| E-|-----------------------|--------------------| Chorus: (x2) slap the F#, finger pluck the open A G-|----------------|---------------------------| D-|----------------|---------------------------| A-|----------------|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E-|---2--x-2-2---x-|-2-2---x-2-----------------| T T T T T T T T T Verse: (x2) Verse Variation: (x1) This replaces the third repetition of the verse G-|--------------------|------------| D-|-4--4--4-4-4--4/7-4-|-4-4/7-7-4--| A-|--------------------|-----------4| E-|--------------------|------------| G-|-----------------|---------------------| D-|-----------------|---------------------| A-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5-5-2-2-x-x-| E-|-----------------|---------------------| Prechorus: (x1) same as the first one except without the hammer on part in the first bar Chorus: (x4) Verse: (x6) but during the guitar solo, on the second repetion of the verse, first bar, use this line instead G-|--------------------------| D-|-4--4--4-4-4-4/7--7-74-4-| A-|--------------------------| E-|--------------------------| Outro: (x7) Almost always the same except for a couple of slides to the 7th fret like in the verse variation G-|-----------------|-------------------------| D-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2/7-9----2-4/7-| A-|-----------------|-----------------4-------| E-|-----------------|-------------------------| G-|-----------------|-------------------------| D-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-------| A-|-----------------|-------------------4-3-2-| E-|-----------------|-------------------------| Endbars: play the outro x7, then finish with these 2 bars G-|-----------------|---------2-/6---2-2-|-------------| D-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2---4------------|-4-----------| A-|-----------------|-----2--------2-----|-------------| E-|-----------------|--------------------|-------------| Fun song once you figure out the rythim - Tim