Under The Bridge
Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers Album: Tuning: Standard Pedals: None Tabbed by: Paul Fivey There is no bass in verse 1 End of Verse 1 ("together we cry"): G----------------- D----------------- A----------------- E--0--0--0--0----- There is no bass in verse 2 End of Verse 2 ("now that is a lie"): G--7~9------------ D----------------- A----------------- E----------------- Chorus: G------------9--------------- D--11------9-------9--------- A--9---7-7-----------7-9-9-9- E--------------9-7----------- Play the chorus four times with slight variations Verse 3: G------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------- A-----2-----------------------2---4---0-0--- E--0----------------4--5---0---------------- Play this three times then: G----------------- D--9-------------- A--7-------------- E----------------- Chorus: Play the chorus four times with slight variations Bridge: G-----9---5----------7----------5----- D---7---7---7-5-7--5---5-3--5/7---7-5- A------------------------------------- Play this twice E------------------------------------- G-----9---5----------7------ D---7---7---7-5-7--5---5-3-- A--------------------------- E--------------------------- G------------------------------------ D------------------------------------ A------------------------------------ E--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--- The main figure is then repeated until the end: G-----9---5----------7----------5----- D---7---7---7-5-7--5---5-3--5/7---7-5- A------------------------------------- E------------------------------------- Flea throws in lots of variation which would be pointless to tab out (see the original tab below if you really want them.) The most notable fill that he does is towards the end when its just the guitar and bass playing alone: G-----9---5----------7----------5~7~5----- D---7---7---7-5-7--5---5-3--5/7-------7-5- A----------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------- The song ends: G-----9---5----------7----------5----- D---7---7---7-5-7--5---5-3--5/7---7-5- A------------------------------------- (getting quite slow towards the end) E------------------------------------- G--------- D--------- A--0------ E--------- Here's the original which is a bit fuller in places: Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers no bass during first or second verse bass plays this chord as a bridge after the first, second, and third verse G|9----| D|-----| A|7----| E|0----| first two choruses (x2) G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----2-2---2------2-4-4-4h64-------2-2---2------2-4-4-4h6p4h64-| A|---------4---4-2-----------------------4---4-2-----------------| E|x-2---------------------------x-2------------------------------| first chorus end/third verse riff G|-------------| D|-------------| A|---2---4-----| E|0--------5-5-| last choruses/outro (repeat as needed) G|----------------7---------5------9-9--9-9-9---7----------5h7p5----9---5----------7-------55-- D|--------------5---5-3--5h7--7p5-------------5---5-3--5/7------75----7----7-5-7-5---5-3-57--75 A|-----3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|5--5----5-3-5------------------5---------------------------------5--------------------------- ---9-9--9-9-9---7---------5----| --------------5--5-3--5/7---75-|<--leave off those last five notes in the outro -------------------------------| -5-----------------------------| "one time" G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-| end note G|-----| D|-----| A|-----| E|5----| A tab by Achilles (blue_sincere@hotmail.com)