Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Zephyr Song bass tab

From: "Tim Marti"

Subject: r/red_hot_chili_peppers/the_zephyr_song.btab

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:55:18 -0600

The Zephyr Song - Bass tab

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers

>From the Album "By the Way"

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

Normal tuning

Intro: (x1)

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

D-|--7--|--5--|-----|-----|

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

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

Verse1: (x3) With very slight variations each time

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

D-|-7---9-9-7-|-5---7-7-5-|-----9-9---|-----------|

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

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

Prechorus: (x1)

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

D-|-7---9-9-7-|-5---7-7-5-|-----9-9----|--9-10--9-10--|

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

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

Chorus: (x2) It's hard to hear the bass but it

is just the root notes

G-|-7---7--7-|----7--7-|---------/9-|--9--9--9-|

D-|----------|---------|--5---5-----|-7--------|

A-|----------|---------|------------|----------|

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

Verse1: (x2)

Prechorus: (x1)

Chorus: (x4)

Guitar Solo: (x2) try strumming with your fingernail

G-|-9--9-9-9--9-9-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|

D-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-9--9-9-9--9-9-|

A-|---------------|---------------|---------------|

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

1st time 2nd time

-|-10--10-10-10--10-10-| |-10--10-10-10--10----|

-|-10--10-10-10--10-10-| |-10--10-10-10--10-7--|

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

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

Verse2: (x1) Similar to first

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

D-|-7--7-7-7-9--7--|-5-5-5--5-5-7--5-|-5-5------9---|

A-|----------------|-----------------|----7--7-7--7-|

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

-|----------/10-10-10-|

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

-|-7-7-8--8-----------|

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

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

D-|-7--7-7-7-9--7--|-5-5-5--5-5-7--5-|--------9--9-----|

A-|----------------|-----------------|-7--7-7------7-7-|

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

I couldn't quite tell but i think he does hit the octive

-|-10------|

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

-|--8------|

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

Chorus: (x8)

Much improb on the end of the song, but it mostly involves

5ths and octives so it is not hard to improvise

Endnote:

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

D-|--------| Enjoy -Tim

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

E=|--------|

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