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What Is Soul by Red Hot Chili Peppers
What Is Soul
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------3-----------------------------------------||
A|---3--3-5-------------------3-------5--3-----------------------------------||
E|-5--5------x-x--x-x-x-x---5---5-------------x-x-x-x-x----------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------3---------------------------------||
A|------3-----3--5-------------------3--5-----5--3---------------------------||
E|---5-----5---------1---3-----3-4-5-----------------------------------------||
This is the main riff, and is the same on bass. In between the riffy bits, just
play little funk fills, favourites including the slide down of:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--12-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--13------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
or little in-key twiddles:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--7---5----------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|----------------------5--7--5-------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
or simply rest your fingers over the fretboard without hitting notes and strum funkily,
but this is better with a wa-wa pedal, as is the rest of the song. Anyway, Frusciante
quickly sets off in the song to play a couple octaves higher:
E|----------------------10--------------------------------13--10-------------||
B|--10---13------10--13-----------x-x-x-x--x---10--13-10----------13---------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------10-----------------------13--10-----------------------||
B|--10--13---10----13---------------10--13--10----------13-------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------xxxxx-------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------10-----------------------------13--10------------------||
B|--10--13--10---13--------------------------11--13----------13--------------||
G|-----------------------10--12----12-13-14----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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version 2
Standard tuning: E A D G B e
This is the Fleas part... You could play this on a regular guitar..
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----3----3--5--------3-----3--5-------------|
E|-5----5-----------5-----5--------1--3-------|
Then there is the last part of the riff.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-----------3--------------------------------|
A|-------3-5---5------------------------------|
E|-3-4-5--------------------------------------|
After this John basiclly does the same thing.. Just in a higher tone..
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12----12--14-------12-----12---14-----------------------------|
G|-13----13-----------13-----13--------------11---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------14--------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------13-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------13-15----15--------------------------------------------|
G|-12-13-14--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Tip: use wah-wah while you play Johns part... Brings the song up to new level in
( dont think that its even a word )
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