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Universally Speaking Bass tabs by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Universally Speaking bass tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Universally Speaking - Bass tab

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

Normal tuning

Intro: (x1)
G-|-7---7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|-7---7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|
D-|-----------------|---------5-----|-----------------|---------5-----|
A-|---5---5---5---5-|--5---5--------|---7---7---7---7-|--7---7--------|
E-|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
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Verse: (x7)
G-|----7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|----7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|
D-|----------------|---------5-----|----------------|---------5-----|
A-|-5----5---5---5-|--5---5--------|-7----7---7---7-|--7---7--------|
E-|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Line before entry into the chorus
G-|--------------|----------------|
D-|--------------|----------------|
A-|-5---5-5-5-5-5|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-|--------------|----------------|

Chorus1: (x1) What may sound like octaves on the bass is just the bass drum
G-|-------------|--14-----16--14---|-------------|--14----18-16--14---|
D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14-------14-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14---------14-|
A-|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E-|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|

G-|---------------|------------|
D-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--9-9--9--9-|
A-|---------------|------------|
E-|---------------|------------|

G-|-------------|--14----18-16-14---|-------------|--14----18-16-------|
D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14---14---------14-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14------14-14-|
A-|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E-|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|

G-|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
D-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--9-9--9--9-0|4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--9-9--9--9-9-|
A-|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
E-|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|

G-|--------------|--------------|
D-|--------------|--------------|
A-|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|
E-|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--|

Verse: (x6) + line before entry to the chorus

Chorus2: All the same except for the beginning of the 2nd time
	 through (shown below)
G-|-------------|--14-----18-16--14---|
D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14----------14-|
A-|-------------|---------------------|
E-|-------------|---------------------|

G-|-------------|--14----14-16-14------|
D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14--------14-14-|
A-|-------------|----------------------|
E-|-------------|----------------------|

Verse: (x3)

Line before entry to the outro:
G-|-7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---|
D-|-----------------|----------------|
A-|---5---5---5---5-|--5---5---5---5-|
E-|-----------------|----------------|

Outro: (x1) This part has some weird sounding shit in it
G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12\|--------------|
D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|----0-0--0-0--|
A-|-----12--------12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0--0-0--0-0--|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|

G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12\|----------------|
D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|----1212--1212--|
A-|-----12--------12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0---0-0---0-0--|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|

G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12\|--------------|
D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|----0-0--0-0--|
A-|-----12--------12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0--0-0--0-0--|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
						  Let last note ring
G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12\|--------------|
D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|-0~~~~~~~~~~--|
A-|-----12--12----12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0~~~~~~~~~~--|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
				Play well and don't get mad at me!~? -Tim
					(next up: Venice Queen)

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