Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Midnight bass tab

From: "Tim Marti"

Subject: r/red_hot_chili_peppers/midnight.btab

Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:27:35 -0600

Midnight - Bass tab

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers

>From the Album "By the Way"

Tabbed by Tabmaster Timothy Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com)

Normal tuning

This one was kind of tough to figure out, it's hard to tell when

he's playing the double notes or not but this sounds great with it

Verse: (x2)

G-|-11---9-----------------------|-11---9------------------------|

D-|-11--11--12---11-9-7----------|-11--11--12---11-9-7-----------|

A-|---------12---11-9-9-------9--|--9------12---11-9-9-9--12--9--|

E-|---------------------9--12----|---------------------9--14--9--|

2nd time through, add this to the end of the last measure------^

------|

------|verse transition #1

------|

--x-9-|then proceed directly to bridge

Bridge:

G-|-11--9--7---6---------------|-------------------------------|

D-|--9--9--------9-7-----------|-9--7-9--7-9-7-----------12-12-|

A-|-------------------5--7--9--|---------------9--7------12-12-|

E-|----------------------9--9--|---------------------10--------|

Verse: (x2) use verse transition #2 this time

--------7-|

-x-9/11---|verse transition #2

----------|

----------|

Bridge: (x1)

Prechorus: (x1)

G-|---9--------9-|---------10-----------|

D-|-7---7----9---|------10-----10--7-10-|

A-|-------7------|--x-8-----------------|

E-|--------------|----------------------|

G-|---9--------9-|---------10---------10-|

D-|-7---7----9---|------10---------10----|

A-|-------7------|--x-8--------x-8-------|

E-|--------------|-----------------------|

G-|---------10-------------------|

D-|------10----------------------|

A-|--x-8--------x-8-8--5-8p5-----|

E-|--------------------------8-8-|

Chorus1:

G-|---5----------|----------------|

D-|--------------|-----4-7-7--7-7-|

A-|-3---x--------|-x-5------------|

E-|-------3--3-3-|----------------|

G-|---------------|----------------|

D-|---------------|-----4-7-7--7-7-|(x2)

A-|-x-3-3---------|-x-5------------|

E-|--------3--3-3-|----------------|

G-|---------------|-7--7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-6-|

D-|---------------|-7--7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|

A-|-x-3-3---------|-5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|

E-|--------3--3-3-|----------------------|--------------------------|

Verse: (x2) use verse transition #2 to move into bridge

Bridge: (x1) includes a small walk up to the 9th in the 2nd bar,

and he does not play the octave and 5th at the end

Verse: (x2) use verse transition #3 to move into bridge

---------9----|

--9/11\9---11-|verse transition #3

--------------|

--------------|

Prechorus: (x1)

Chorus2: same as first except replace the fourth bar with this one

|----------------|

|---------7--7-7-|

|-x-8-7-5--------|

|----------------|

Prechorus: First play the first 2 bars three times each, then proceed to

the next part, but instead of hitting the power chord just hit the root

until you get to the last lick

Chorus2: (x1)

Chorus1: (x2)

Endbars: replace the power chords at the end of the chorus with these

G-|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7---7---7---|-5-------|

D-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-7-------|

A-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|---------|

E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|

Please email me if you think you can hear what he is really playing

during all those double stops, i would like to now - Tim

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