MY FRIENDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1995 Album ONE HOT MINUTE)
Words and Music by Anthony Keidis, Michael Balzary, Chad Smith And David Navarro
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
a Q E Q. E Q. E Q. S S Q. E
|-10h12--10-|----------10----10-|-------------------10-|
|-----------|-12----12----------|-------------10-------|
|-----------|-------------------|-10----10h12----------|
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|
Verse
Q. E Q. E H Q Q H Q. E
|-------9-10----10-|-12----------||------10----10-|
|-12---------------|-------------||---------------|
|------------------|-------8--7--||-5-------------|
|------------------|-------------||---------------|
H a E E +S S E Q. E Q. E H a E a E E E
|-12------------------------|-------9-10----10-|-12----10h12-10h12-10-10-|
|-------------10-(10)----10-|-12---------------|-------------------------|
|-------10h12---------12----|------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
Q. E E S S E S S Q. E S E. +Q Q. E H
|----------10-------------10-|-12-------------------|----------10-------|
|-12----12----------10-12----|-------12-9h10--(10)--|-12----12----------|
|-------------10h12----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|-------------(0)---|
H E Q.
Verse
H E E E E Q. E Q E S S Q E E e E +S S S S
|--------------||-----------------|----------------------|
|-5------------||--------3----3---|----------------------|
|----------3-4-||-5----5--------5-|--------3-3-(3)---3-4-|
|-3------5-----||-----------------|-3----3---------5-----|
Q E E Q. S S Q. E E. S +E E Q E E Q. S S
|-----------------|--------5--4-(4)-2-|-----------------|
|------2-3----3-3-|-5----5------------|--------3--------|
|-5---------------|-------------------|-5----5------3h5-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Chorus
Q E E Q. E Q. E H Q E E +E S S E E
|---------------||-------------|---------------------|
|---------------||--------5----|------7-(7)-9-9------|
|--------3------||-3----3------|-0--0-----------7-7--|
|-3----3--------||-------------|---------------------|
Q E E Q E E +Q +E. S S S Q. Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-------------7-|-(7)--(7)---7---7----|--------5-------|
|-3----3-5--5---|----------0---0------|-3----3------3--|
|---------------|---------------------|----------------|
Q. E +E Q +E Q. E a E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S
|------------9--(9)-|------------------|----------------------------||
|------7-(7)---------|------------7-----|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-0------------------|-3----3-3s5---5-0-|-(0)-0-0-0------------------||
|--------------------|------------------|----------------------------||
Verse
Q E E Q E S S Q E E Q. S S Q E E Q E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|------2----------|
|------2-3----3-3-|-5----5----------|--------3----3---|
|-5--5------------|--------3----3-4-|-5--5----------5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q. S S E E a E E Q E E Q. S S Q E S S Q. E
|--------------------|-----------------|------2----------||
|--------------2h3-2-|------2-3----3-3-|-5------5--------||
|----------3-3-------|-5--5------------|----------3------||
|-3----3h5-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
Q E E H Q. E E E E S S Q. E a E E E E
|-------------|------------------|--------------7---|
|--------5----|------7-7---7-----|------------7---7-|
|-3----3------|-0--------0---0-0-|-3----3-3h5-------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|
+Q +E. S S S E +S S E Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E +E
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-(7)--(7)---7---7-(7)---7-|--------5------|------7-7---7-(7)-|
|----------0---0-------0---|-3----3------3-|-0--------0--------|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------|
Guitar Solo
Q E E a E E E E +E E E S S E E S S E Q E E Q E S S
|--------------7---|-----------------------||-----------------|
|------------7-----|-----------------------||------2-3--3-4-4-|
|-3--3-3-3h5-----0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-5--5------------|
|------------------|-----------------------||-----------------|
Q. E E E +S S E Q E E Q E S S E. S E S S E E S S S S
|-----------12-(12)--------|-----------------|------4------------------|
|-5----5-10----------------|------2-3----3---|-------------------------|
|-------------------12-10-|-5--5----------5-|------------3-3-----3-4--|
|--------------------------|-----------------|-3--3---3-5-------5------|
E. S E E Q. S S E. S E S S e E +S S S S Q E E Q E S S
|-------------------|------------5-------------|------------------|
|--------2-3----3-2-|------5-------------------|------2-3----3-3--|
|-5--5-5------------|--------------3-(3)---3-4-|-5--5-------------|
|-------------------|-3--3---3-5---------5-----|------------------|
Bridge
E S S E E H E E E E E E E S S a E S S E S S E E E E
|-4-----4s2------||-------------------|---------7-------7------|
|-5-5-5-5---3----||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|----------------||-------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------|------------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S
|-------------6-----|-----5-----5---5-|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-3-3---3-3---3---|-----------5------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +S S E
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------4------|-----------------|-------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2----2-0-|-----------------|----------------15-(15)--------||
|------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1S|=13-13-13-13-13---------13-13-||
Verse
Q E E Q. S S Q. S S Q. E Q E E Q E S S
|-----------------|----------5----2-|-----------------|
|------2-3------3-|-5----3-5--------|------2-3--3-3---|
|-5--5--------5---|-----------------|-5--5----------5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q S S S S S S S S T T T T S S Q E E Q +S S S S
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------3---0h3h5p3-0---|------2-3--(3)---3-4--|
|--------3-3-3h5---3-----------3-|-5--5----------5------|
|-3--3h5-------------------------|----------------------|
Chorus
Q E E a E E S S E Q. E Q. E Q. E E S S Q
|------------5-----5-||---------------|--------------2--|
|-5--5-5-5s7---5h7---||---------------|------7-7---------|
|--------------------||-5----3-2----2-|-0--------0-0-----|
|--------------------||---------------|------------------|
H a E E E E +Q +E. S S S Q E Q. E H
|----------------|-------------14----14------|-------------|
|----------7-----|-----------------------12-|--------5----|
|-3----3s5---5-0-|-(0)--(0)-12----12---------|-3----3------|
|----------------|---------------------------|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E Q E E +E E E E E S S S S S S
|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|------7-7----|-----------7---|-------------------------||
|-0-----------|-3----3-5----0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||
E S S E E E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------/10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------/10-10-10-10-10----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8s10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------12-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
W +H Q E E +H +E Q. W
|-------------|---------19--19-19-|-(19)----(19)-19----|------*|
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|------*|
|-(12)--------|-(12)--------------|--------------------|------*|
|--10---------|-(10)--------------|--------------------|------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
