• Song:

    Long Progression

  • Artist:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

RHCP Long Progression

Great new b-side from I'm with you.There wasn't any tabs so 
I made one for me and you.I hope you find it useful!Enjoy :)

Standard tuning

Intro:I don't know mhat kind of an effect Josh is using so i hope it's right

(not sure if the first chord is correct)

e|--10--------------------------------|
B|--12-------3----3-----3-----3-------|
G|--12-------4------4-----4-----4-----|
D|--12-(x?)--5--5-----5-----5-----5\--|
A|--10--------------------------------|
E|--10--------------------------------|

then:

e|-3--------5---------3---------|
B|-3--------7---------5---------|
G|-4--------7---------5---------|
D|-5--(x6)--7(x6)-----5(x6)-----| 
A|-5--------5---------3---------|
E|-3--------5---------3---------|


Verse:

Barre chords

G D Am Em

But,on Am do this:

e|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
B|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
G|--5--5--5h7-7-7p5-|
D|--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
A|--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
E|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|

Pre-chorus:

Just play these two chords,which is basically like playing Cmaj and Dmaj,
but it sounds better to me this way

e|-3-------5------|
B|-1-------3------| 
G|-0--(x6)-0-(x12)| 
D|-2-------4------|
A|-3-------5------|
E|-x-------x------|

Verse (x1)

Pre-chorus (x1)

Chorus:

  Em  D Am  G  C  B Em
e|-7--5--5--3--3--2--0--|
B|-8--7--5--3--5--4--0--|
G|-9--7--5--4--5--4--0--|(x2)
D|-9--7--7--5--5--4--2--|
A|-7--5--7--5--3--2--2--|
E|-7--5--5--3--3--2--0--|

Verse (x1)

Pre-chorus (x1)

Chorus (x2)

Bridge:

Just improvise around these chords:

G D Am Em

C D

Solo:Distorted

Gtr.2

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-16-16-16b----16-16b----16-16b-------------------------12b--12---16b-17b-|
A|----------14--------14--------14---12b---10---12b--12--------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------16b--16----16--14------14------|
D|-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-16----16b---------------------17------17--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------15b17-----|
G|-------------14--16--17------------|
D|-17--16--17------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Chorus:

Gtr.1

Em D Am G C B Em

Gtr.2-silent

e|-------------------------------|
B|--17r15------------------------|
G|---------16----14------14------|
D|-------------------17-----14---|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

Gtr.3-acoustic

Em D Am G C B Em

Gtr.1____________________________________
                                         \
Chorus chords again                       \
                                           \
Gtr.2                                       \
                                             \
e|--17b19~---17b19--17r19---14--15--12--|     \    
B|--------------------------------------|      \
G|--------------------------------------|       >(x2)
D|--------------------------------------|      /
A|--------------------------------------|     /
E|--------------------------------------|    /
                                            /
Gtr.3                                      /
                                          /
Chorus chords again______________________/

The last chorus:

Gtr.1-same chords

Gtr.2

e|-10b12~~~~----|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

Gtr.3-same chords

End on Em

That's it.I'm gonna update my other tabs soon.

Hope you'll find this useful! :)
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