Red Hot Chili Peppers - Knock Me Down bass tab
Song: Knock Me Down
BY: Red Hot Cili Peppers
Previous author: Martin Peters
Tabbed by Brian Fitzpatrick
Intro:
Pretty easy, listen to the cd and you'll get the first time.
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|-----3-5h7---3-5|-----3-5h7---3-5|-----3-5h7---3-5|----------------|
E-|-3/5-------5----|-3/5-------5----|-3/5-------5----|1---------------|
Verse:
A very tricky and scyncopated rythym, listen carefully to the cd for timing
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|-5-5------------|---------3-4-X--|4/5-5-5-X-3-3-1-|1-3p1-1h4p1-----|
E-|-----X-5-5---3--|-3-3-3/5--------|----------------|----------------|
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|4h5-5-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E-|------0-5-5---3-|---3---3---4----|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
P T T T
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|-7-7------------|---------5-6-X--|7-7-X-5-5-3-----|-3-5-3-5-3-6----|
E-|----X-7-7-5-(5)-|-5-5-5/7--------|----------------|----------------|
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|-7--------------|----------------|--------------7\|
A-|6/7-7-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E-|-----0-7-7-5----|---5---5-5h6----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
P T
Chorus:
Here comes the fun part... I'm not sure if this is right, but it sounds
right
to me.
G-|---7------5-----|----------5-----|---------9------|----------------4-----|
D-|----------------|----------------|----6-----------|----------------------|
A-|5-5--XX-3--3-3-X|-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-0|0-0---0-7--7-7-0|----------X-2-2--3/4--|
E-|----------------|----------------|----------------|0-1-2-3--5------------|
T TP TT T PT T T T T T T TPT T T T T P T TP T T T T T T PT
G-|---7------5-----|----------5-----|---------9------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----6-----------|
A-|5-5--XX-3--3-3-X|-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-0|0-0---0-7--7-7-0|
E-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
T TP TT T PT T T T T T T TPT T T T T P T TP T T T
Pre-verse:
Almost the same as the first line of the verse.
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|-------0-2-3-4--|5-5-X-----------|-----------3---3|-5-5-0-3-3---1--|-1p3-1p3-1p4-1p4|
E-|1-2-3-----------|------X-5-5--3--|3-3-00-3h5---5--|----------------|----------------|
Interlude:
Much easier than the verse
G-|-0h2-7/9-------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|0--------------|-----------------|--3-3-----------|----------------|
A-|---------------|-----------------|-------/3--3--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|
E-|------------6--|6----3-----6\----|-----/1---------|----------------|
G-|---------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|----------------|
A-|---------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
E-|---------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
G-|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-|---------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|\1-1/------------|----------------|
Ending:
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|------------------------|
Intro X 1
Verse X 1
Chorus X 1
Pre-Verse X 1
Verse X 1
Chorus X 1
Interlude X 1
Chorus X 3
Ending X 5