WALKABOUT (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 Q=92
4/4
Gtr I
|-6-|
E S E S E. S E e E S +S +S S E
|-----7---|-9--7-----------------------|
|---9---9-|--------5---7b8-(7)r(7)-5---|
|---------|--------------------------0-|
|---------|----------------------------|
+W E E +S S E e S +S +S S E
|------------|---9-(9)-7---------------------|
|------------|-------------5-7b8-(7)r(7)-5-0-|
|-(0)--------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
+W E. S E e E S +S +S S E +W
|------------|-9--7-----------------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|--------5---7b8-(7)r(7)-5---|--------|
|------------|--------------------------0-|-(0)----|
|------------|----------------------------|--------|
E E +S E. e S +S +S S a E +W E. S +E e E S +S +S S a E
|--------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------|----5-(5)-7---7b8-(7)r(7)-5-7s9-|
|---0-(0)-3--5-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-5s7-|-(7)--------|-7------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|
+W E E +S S E e S +S +S S E +Q. S S H
|------------|---9-(9)-7---------------------|----------------|
|-(9)--------|-------------5-7b8-(7)r(7)-5-0-|-(0)------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|-------0-0-3----|
|------------|-------------------------------|----------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|----------------7---5-----|
|------------------------7-|
|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|------------------------7-|
|--------------------------|-5------------------------|
Verse
Q S S S S E S S Q Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------||------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------||----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|-5------------5-4-3--||------------------------7-|-5--------------4---5h7---|
|------0-5-4-3--------||-5------------------------|------------------------0-|
Q S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12-------|--------------------------|
|---------------------5---|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|-------------------------|-5--------------4---5---7-|
|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9--------------|
|----------------7---5------|
|------------------------7--|
|-5-------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|------------------------7-|
|--------------------------|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|----------------------5-------|
|-5------------0-4-5-7---7-----|
|------0-5-4-3-----------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12-------|--------------------------|
|---------------------5---|------0-7-6-5---5---5---7-|
|-------------------------|-5------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12----------|
|---------------------5------|
|-------------------------7--|
|-5--------------------------|
E +E S S S S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5-(5)/-------------4---5h7---|
|----------0-5-4-3-----------0-|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------7---5h7---|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|------------------------0-|-5------------4-5---6---7-|
|-5------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S Q S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E
|------0-7-8-9-------------|---------------------||-----------------5---------|
|----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5--5-5---||-7-----5-------------------|
|------------------------7-|-5-------------------||-----------7-----------6---|
|-5------------------------|---------------------||---------------------------|
S E. Q H S S S S E S S E S S S S E S E. S E. S E. Q
|--------------|-----------------5---------|--------------------||
|--------------|-7-----5-------------------|--------------------||
|-5------------|-----------7-----------6---|-5------8--7--------||
|--------------|---------------------------|--------------------||
Verse
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|----------------7---5-----|
|------------------------7-|
|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5h7---|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|------------------------0-|
|--------------------------|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S Q S S S S
|----------------------------|------0-7-8-9---2---0---|------------------------|
|----------------------5-----|------------------------|------0-7-6-5---5-5-----|
|-5------------0-4-5-7---7---|------------------------|-5--------------------5-|
|------0-5-4-3---------------|-5----------------------|------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S E E Q S S S S E S S S S E
|------0-7-8-9---2---0-2---|--------------7-6-5---|------0-7-8-9---12---0----|
|------------------------2-|------0-7-6-5---------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-5--------------------|--------------------------|
|-5------------------------|----------------------|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S E. S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|-------------------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5-----------------------|------------------------7-|
|------0-5-4-3--x-0-0---3-|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|------0-7-6-5--------------|
|-5-------------------------|
|----------------2---3---4--|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S Q S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|------0-7-6-5--5-5---|------0-7-8-9-------------||
|----------------7---5h7---|---------------------|----------------7---5h7---||
|------------------------0-|-5-------------------|------------------------0-||
|-5------------------------|---------------------|-5------------------------||
Chorus
S S S S E S S E S S S S E S E. Q H S S S S E S S E S S S S E
|-----------------5---------|--------------|-----------------5----------|
|-7-----5-------------------|--------------|-7-----5--------------------|
|-----------7-----------6---|-5------------|-----------7-----------6----|
|---------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
Verse
S E. S E. S E. Q Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------||------0-7-8-9-------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------||----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5--------------|
|-5------8--7-------||------------------------7-|-5--------------4---5---7--|
|-------------------||-5------------------------|---------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|----------------7---5h7---|
|------------------------0-|
|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------12---|------0-7-8-9------------|
|------0-7-6-5-----0-14------|----------------7---5----|
|-5------------0-4-----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-5-----------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E. S S E.
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9---12---------|-----------------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|---------------------5-----|------0-7-6-5--5-5-----|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|-------------------------7-|-5---------------------|
|--------------------------|-5-------------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E S S S E S e e E E E S S S E S S S E E E E S S S E S
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----9-------7---7---|-----9s7-----7---7---|-------9-------7---7---|
|-9-------7-----------|-9-9-----7-----------|-9-9-------7-----------|
e e E E E S S S E S E E S S S S E S S S S E e e S S E E S S S S E
|---------------------|-------11---11-------------|-------11---------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------|------------------------||
|-----9-------7---7---|-----9-------------7---7---|-----9----7-----7---7-7-||
|-9-9-----7-----------|-9-------------7---------7S|=9-9--------7-----------||
Guitar Solo
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|------------------------7-|-5--------------4---5---7-|
|-5------------------------|--------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-----------------|
|------------------7---5h7-----|
|--------------------------0---|
|-5----------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------------------------5-|----------------5---7-----|
|-5--------------4---5-----|------------------------x-|
|------0-5-4-3-------------|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------0-7-6-5---7-6-5---------|
|-5----------------------7-----|
|------------------------------|
Verse
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q E S S E S S E E Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------||------0-7-8-9--------------|
|----------------7---5-----|--------------------||----------------7---5------|
|------------------------7-|-5------------------||------------------------x--|
|-5------------------------|------2-2---3-3---4-||-5-------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5--------------4---5h7---|------------------------7-|
|------------------------0-|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------0-7-6-5---------5-------|
|-5------------0-4-5-7---7-----|
|--------------------------0---|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12---12-----|
|--------------------------x-|
|----------------------------|
|-5--------------------------|
Q S S S S E. S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------0-14-13-12--0-19-18-17-|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|-12----------------------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------x-|
|-------------------------------|-5------------------------|
Q S S S S E S S S S S S E E Q H W
|--------------------------|-------------|------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|-------------|------|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|-------------|------|
|--------------------------|-5-----------|------|
W W E e S e S e S S S S S S
|----------|----------|------------------17---17---19-|
|----------|----------|---19---17---19----------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------------|
S S E S E S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-17--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----19-----17--------16---17-|-----------------------------17----17-19---|
|-----------------------------|-18-17-15-----------------17----15---------|
|-----------------------------|----------17-15-17-17----------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S E +E
|-21-19-17-17---19-17------------17-(17)---|
|--------------------------17-19------------|
|-----------------------19------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E S E S E E E E E E S E S a +E E E E E E S E S
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------12---14---|
|-------------------|-----------------10---|-12b13-(12)-----14-------------|
|-------4---5---6---|-7-----10---12--------|-------------------------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
Outro
E S S +S S E S E. +Q S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------17-(17)---19---17--(17)--||--------------------------------------------|
|-17-----------------------------||-17-19-17------------------17----17-19-19---|
|--------------------------------||------------19-18-17-18-19----19------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
S S E E +E +S +S E Q
|---17-19-19b20-(19)-(19)r(19)-17----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-5----|
Q. S S +Q. E W Q. S S +Q. E
|------------------|----------|------------------|
|--------5-(5)-----|----------|--------5-(5)-----|
|-5----------------|----------|-5----------------|
|------------------|-5--------|------------------|
W Q. S S +Q. E W
|----------|------------------|------|
|----------|--------5-(5)-----|------|
|----------|-5----------------|------|
|-5--------|------------------|-5----|
Q. S S +Q. E e E E. S e e S S S S e E Q e e S S S S
|------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|--------5-(5)-----|----------------------|--------5-5----------|
|-5----------------|----------------0-7-6-|-5------------5-5-5--|
|------------------|-5------5-5-5---------|---------------------|
e E E. S e e S S S S e E Q e e S S S S e E E. S e E S S S S
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------5-5---------|----------------------|
|----------------0-7-6-|-5------------5-5-5-|----------------0-7-6-|
|-5------5-5-5---------|--------------------|-5------5-5-----------|
e E S S E Q. E H. +E. S +Q. S S +Q. E
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-------5-5-5------|---------------|-------7-5-(5)-----|
|-5----------------|-------------5-|-(5)---------------|
|------------------|-5-------(5)---|-------------------|
S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5b5.5-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb7-(5)-5pb7.5-(5)-5pb8.5-(5)-5pb8-(5)-5pb9-(5)-5pb9-(5)-5pb8-(5)-5pb7.5-(5)-5pb7-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5-|
Q +E S S +Q. E
|--------------------|
|--------7-5-(5)-----|
|-5--(5)-------------|
|--------------------|
S S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S a +S S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-3-|
|-5-5-5pb5.5==(5)-5pb5.5-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb7-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb5.5-(5)-------|
2/4
Q +E. S +H W +E E Q
|-----------------|----------:----------*|
|-----------------|----------:----------*|
|-5--(5)----------|----------:----------*|
|--------3-(3)----|-5--------:-(5)------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
