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SAVE THE POPULATION
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 2003 Album GREATEST HITS)
Words by anthony kiedis
Music by flea, chad smith, john frusciante
This song was put on their greatest hits, i do not however think it made it to
a proper album, Stadium Arcadium, but i think it is a proper enough song,
good enough to be tabbed out, properly...enjoy...and please rate
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John - lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John - background'
Intro
Gm D Gm
4/4
Gtr I
|---------|-------------------|--------10----10-----|-------------------|
|---------|-----11------------|---------------------|-----11------------|
|---------|-12-----10---------|---------------------|-12-----10---------|
|---------|------------13-12--|-(12)------12----12--|------------13-12--|
|---------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D Gm
|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------13----13-----|-----11------------|
|---------------------|-12-----10---------|
|-(12)------12----12--|------------13-12--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
D Gm
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------10--10--10b11r|=(10)-----------------------|
|----------------------|------12--12---(12)-10b12r==|
|-(12)-----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
Verse
$
D Gm D
|---------------------|-------------------|------13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|---------------------|-----11------------|----------------------------|
|-(10)----------------|-12-----10---------|----------------------------|
|------12--12-(12)----|------------13-12--|-(12)-------------12-12-12--|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
Gm D
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----11------------|----------13----13-----|
|-12-----10---------|-----------------------|
|------------13-12--|-(12)--12----12----12--|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
Gm D
|-------------------|--------13-13-13-13-10--|
|-----11------------|------------------------|
|-12-----10---------|------------------------|
|------------13-12--|-(12)-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
Gm D Gm
|-(10)-10-10-10----------------|----------------------------|----------------|
|---------------13-13-13-13-11-|-(11)-11-11-11-10-10-10-10--|----------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------12-|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|------8---------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|-10-------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------11-10--|
D Gm
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|--------/10-10-10-10--|------8---------|
|----------------------|-10-------------|
|-(10)-----------------|---------11-10--|
D Gm
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--------/12-12-12-12--|------8----------|
|----------------------|-10--------------|
|-(10)-----------------|---------11-10---|
D Gm
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|
|--------/11--11--11h12-|-(12)----------|
|-----------------------|-------12------|
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-(10)------------------|---------------|
Prechorus
D Gm
|-------------------------|---3-----3-----|
|-------------------------|---3-x-x-3-x-x-|
|------11-11-11-11-11-11--|---3-x-x-3-x-x-|
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12--|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
Bb Gm
|-3-----3-----3---|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--|-----3-----3------|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3---|-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-|-6-x-x-6-x-x-6--|-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x--|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3/--|-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-7-x-x-7-x-x-7--|-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x--|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
Bb Eb
|-3-----3-----3--|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--|--------11--11-11--11--|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3--|-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-|-6-x-x-6-x-x-6--|--------11--11-11--11--|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3--|-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-7-x-x-7-x-x-7--|-/12-12-12--12-12--12--|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
Cm D
|-11--11-11--11-11--|----8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8-8--|-10--10--10-10---14---|
|-11--11-11--11-11--|----8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8-8--|-10--10--10-10--(10)--|
|-12--12-12--12-12--|--8-8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8-8--|-11--11--11-11--(11)--|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|
Gbm
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Chorus
Eb F
|----14---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------15------13-15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12-------12---------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
Gm
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------15--|
|-------15------13-15-13-15---|----------15------13---15-13-----|
|-12-12----12-----------------|-12----12----12------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
Eb F
|----14---------------------|---------------------------|
|----------15---13-15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12----12------------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
Gm
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------15--|
|-------15------13-15-13-15---|----------15------13---15-13-----|
|-12-12----12-----------------|-12----12----12------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
Eb F
|----14---------------------|---------------------------|
|----------15---13-15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12----12------------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
To Coda
Gm
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------15--|
|-------15------13-15-13-15---|----------15------13---15-13-----|
|-12-12----12-----------------|-12----12----12------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
Eb F
|----14---------------------|---------------------------|
|----------15---13-15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12----12------------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
Gm
|------------------------10---|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|-------15------13-15-13-11---|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
|-12-12----12------------12---|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|------------------------12---|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|--(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|--(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
Gm D
|-------------------|-------------13-13-13-13--|
|-----11------------|--------------------------|
|-12-----10---------|--------------------------|
|------------13-12--|-12-12-12-12----12-12-12--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
Gm D
|-------------------|-------------11-11-11-11---|
|-----11------------|---------------------------|
|-12-----10---------|---------------------------|
|------------13-12--|-12-12-12-12----12-12-12---|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
Gm D
|-------------------|-------------10-10-10-10-10-10----|
|-----11------------|-------------------------------13-|
|-12-----10---------|----------------------------------|
|------------13-12--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Gm D
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(13)-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-10-|--10--10-10-10---------------|
|------------------------------|---------------13-13-13-13---|
|---------------------12-12-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
&
Eb F
|----14---------------------|---------------------------|
|----------15---13-15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12----12------------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
Gm
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------15--|
|-------15------13-15-13-15---|----------15------13---15-13-----|
|-12-12----12-----------------|-12----12----12------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5-----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3-----|
Eb F
|----14-----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------15---13---15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12----12--------------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8-8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8-8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8-8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6-6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|-----------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
Gm
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------15-|
|-------15------13-15-13-15---|----------15------13---15-13----|
|-12-12----12-----------------|-12----12----12-----------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5----|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5----5-|-(5)-5--5--5----5----5--5--5----|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----3-|-(3)-3--3--3----3----3--3--3----|
Eb F
|----14---------------------|---------------------------|
|----------15---13-15-13-15-|-------15------13-15-13-15-|
|-12----12------------------|-12-12----12---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--2-----2--2-2--2--2--2----|
|--8-----8--8-8--8--8--8----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|--6-----6--6-6--6--6--6----|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3----|
|---------------------------|--1-----1--1-1--1--1--1----|
Gm
|---------------------------|---------*|
|-------15------13-15-13-15-|-(15)----*|
|-12-12----12---------------|---------*|
|---------------------------|---------*|
|---------------------------|---------*|
|---------------------------|---------*|
|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3--3-|--(3)----*|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3--3-|--(3)----*|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3--3-|--(3)----*|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5--5-|--(5)----*|
|--5-----5--5-5--5--5--5--5-|--(5)----*|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--3--3--3-|--(3)----*|
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
