Venice Queen - Bass tab

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the Album "By the Way"
Tabbed by Tim Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com)

Normal tuning

Part1: (x11)  Slowly fades in at the beginning
G-|-------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------| (x3) -7th and 10th time through (x2)
A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--6--|
E-|-------------------------------|

G-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-|
A-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E-|-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-|---------------------------|
Last line before entrance to part 2
G-|-----------------------|
D-|-----------------------|
A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
E-|-------------x-0-------|

Part2: (x5) Starts with a guitar only part
G-|---------------------|
D-|---------------------| (x3)
A-|-7-7--7-7---x--------|
E-|-------------x-8-7-5-|
   The last time through doesn't include this part, and goes straight
G-|----------------|---------------------------|          into part 3
D-|-7--7--77-7-7-7-|7/12-12-12--12121212-12-12-|
A-|----------------|---------------------------|
E-|----------------|---------------------------|

Part3: (x10 including variations) variations are listed
1st time through (these bars always used unless otherwise noted)
G-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|-7--7--x77-7--7--7--x77-7-77xx-|-5--5--x55-5--5--5--x55-5-55xx-|
A-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
    
G-|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|-3--3--x33-3--3--------------------|-------------------------------|
A-|----------------xx3--3--x33-3-3333-|-5--5--x55-5--5--5--x55-5-55xx-|
E-|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

2nd time through, 4th bar
G-|-----------------------------------|
D-|----------------xx5--5--x55-5-5555-|
A-|-5--5--x55-5--5--------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|

3rd time through, 2nd bar
G-|----------------------------|
D-|-5--5--x55-5--5--5-xx/7--5--|
A-|----------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|

4th time through, same as 2nd time through

5th time through, 1st bar		4th bar
G-|---------------------------| |---------7----------------------------|
D-|7--7--x77-7--7--7-xx/9--7--| |--------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------| |5--5--x5----5-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17|
E-|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|

6th time through, same as 2nd time through

7th time through, same as 5th time through

8th time through, 4th bar
G-|-------------------------------|
D-|--------------55555-55555-5555-|
A-|-5--5--x55-5-------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|

9th time through, 4th bar
|----------7--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-5--5--x5----5-/17-17--x1717-171717-|
|-------------------------------------|

10th time through, 3rd and 4th bars
G-|-------------------------------|-----------------|
D-|-3--3--x33-3--3----------------|-----------------| Good luck!? -Tim
A-|----------------x3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| Next up: Revised
E-|-------------------------------|-----------------| Zephyr song