• Song:

    The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie

  • Artist:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tabbed by Brendan Calver as heard on YouTube.  Both Bass and Guitar are in this tab 
because... well its the Peppers, and what is Funk with no bass?

Intro/Riff1:
BASS GUITAR:
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--7---7-10-10-7----7--------------------------|
E|------------------10-----8--8---8-10-10-10-8-7--|

LEAD GUITAR:
[E]    [E] (On 7th fret of A string)

Verse1:
[E] Lipstick junkie be funky all he wantchy
[E] came back wearing a smile
Look a like [E] someone drug me
then wanted to unplug me
No one [E] here is on trial
Its just a turnaround (Fill1:)

Fill 1: (play where noted, LEAD GUITAR)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-7/9\7--------|
E|--------------|

Break: (Riff1) (Add Cowbell)
We go [E]
Oh
And we go [E]
Oh oh oh oh

Verse2:
[E] Tic-toc, I want to rock you like the 80s
[E] Cock-blocking isn’t allowed (Fill1:)
Tug [E] boat Sheila is into memorabilia
Who [E] said three is a crowd?
We bet-ter get it on the go (Fill1:)

Chorus1:
BASS GUITAR:
G|-------12-12-------12-12-|-----9-9-----9-9--|
D|-------------------------|------------------|
A|-10-10-------10-10-------|-7-7-----7-7------|
E|-------------------------|------------------|(x2)
[G] Hey [E] now
We gotta [G] make it rain some[E]how

BASS GUITAR:
G|-----5-5----5-5-|-----4-4----4-4-|-----2-2----2-2-|------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A|-3-3-----3------|-2-2-----2------|-0-0-----0------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
She [C] told me too
And showed me [B] what to do
How Maggie [A] makes it in a [D] cloud

Chorus2:
BASS GUITAR: (Same bass as 1st chorus [Riff1])

LEAD GUITAR: (Roughly correct)
e|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|-10-10b11r10-8-----|
B|-8--10-10b11r10-8----|------------------|-8--10-10b11r10-8----|---------------10--|
G|------------------9--|------------------|------------------9--|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-5--7-7b8r7--5----|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------7--|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

e|-8-10b11r10-8----8----|--7----------|-15-15b16r15-12-----|------------------|
B|--------------10------|-------------|----------------15--|-10-10b11r10-8----|
G|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------9--|
D|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
A|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
I said
[G] Hey [E] now
We gotta [G] make it rain some[E]how

She [C] told me too
And showed me [B] what to do
She knows [A] how to make it [D] loud

Verse3: (Riff1:)
Rain dance maggie advances to the final
Who knew she had the goods?
Little did I know her body was one delicious vinyl
To your neck of the woods

Chorus1:
[G] Hey [E] now
We gotta [G] make it rain some[E]how

She [C] told me too
And showed me [B] what to do
How Maggie [A] makes it in a [D] cloud

Solo:
BASS GUITAR: (Bass plays Riff1)

LEAD GUITAR:  (Improvise on the following)
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|---------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|-8/10v---|
G|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--5/7\5v----|-7/9-----|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|---------|
A|-1-whammy-up-to-3-release-to-1--|--3-whammy-to-5-release-to-3--|------------|---------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|---------|

Verse4: (Riff1:)
You got the wrong girl
But not for longer
Its in a song girl
Cos I'll be gone girl

Chorus1:
[G] Hey [E] now
We gotta [G] make it rain some[E]how

She [C] told me too
And showed me [B] what to do
How Maggie [A] makes it in a [D] cloud

Chorus2:
BASS GUITAR: (Same bass as 1st chorus [Riff1])

LEAD GUITAR: (Roughly correct)
e|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|-10-10b11r10-8-----|
B|-8--10-10b11r10-8----|------------------|-8--10-10b11r10-8----|---------------10--|
G|------------------9--|------------------|------------------9--|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-5--7-7b8r7--5----|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------7--|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

e|-8-10b11r10-8----8----|--7----------|-15-15b16r15-12-----|------------------|
B|--------------10------|-------------|----------------15--|-10-10b11r10-8----|
G|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------9--|
D|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
A|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
I said,
[G] Hey [E] now
We gotta [G] make it rain some[E]how

She [C] told me too
And showed me [B] what to do
She knows [A] how to make it [D] loud

Ending: (Riff1)
But not for longer
Its in a song girl
Cos Ill be gone girl bye bye
bye bye.. (Cowbell)
girl..
bye bye...
girl..


Chords:
  [E] [G] [C] [B] [D]
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-9---12--5---4---7----|
D|-9---12--5---4---7----|
A|-7---10--3---2---5----|
E|----------------------|
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