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Yertle The Turtle by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Yertle The Turtle
Tuning:standard
Played with wah-wah pedal.
Intro
(before and at the start of the verses)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---00000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---55555-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---55555-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------6-6/8-8----------------------------------------------------------|
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Main riff |
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(through the most of the verses)
G5 Bb5 C5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12-----12--xxx----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---12-----12--xxx--8--/---10---xxx-----------------------------------------|
A|---10-----10--xxx--8--/---10---xxx-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------6--/---8----xxx-----------------------------------------|
Move that leg up&down on the wah-wah pedal!
Bb5 and C5 chords are not recorded on the CD (because of the trumpet),
but they're used at concerts.
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Bridge |
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"...He piled them high
Into a ten turtle stack
I'm Yertle the turtle The things I now rule
I'm king of a cow I'm king of a mule
(Look at that turtle go,bro!)..."
Here comes the bridge.
G5 Bb5 C5 *************
G5 Bb5 *G5 : 355xxx*
G5 Bb5 C5 *Bb5: x133xx*
G5 Bb5 *C5 : x355xx*
C5 Bb5 *C#5: x466xx*
G5 Bb5 C5 D5 *D5 : x577xx*
G5 C#5 C5 *************
And then some G5 B5 C5.
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Outro |
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G5 Bb5 C5 <--------- Repeat
355xxx x133xx x355xx
Look at that turtle go, bro
On a far away island
of Salamasond I said a
Yertle the turtle
Was king of the pond
A nice little pond
It was clean it was neat
The water was warm
There was plenty to eat
Until one day
The king of them all
Decided the kingdom
He ruled was too small
I'm a ruler of all that I see
But I don't see enough
And that's the trouble with me
With this stone for a throne
I am too low down
I cannot look down
Upon the places beyond
And Yertle the turtle king
Lifted his hand
And Yertle the turtle king
Gave a command
He ordered all the turtles
Onto one another's back
He piled them high
Into a ten turtle stack
Ow Yertle the turtle
The things I now rule
I'm king of a cow
I'm king of a mule
Then down from below
In the great turtle stack
Came a burp from a plain
Little turtle named Mack
Just part of the throne
This burpin' little turtle
Looked up and said "I beg
Your pardon king Yertle"
I've pains in my back
My shoulders and my knees
How long must we stand
Here your majesty
"Silence !" the king of the
Turtles barked back
To the bad burpin'
Little turtle named Mack
I'm Yertle the turtle
Oh marvelous me for
I am ruler of all that I see
Yertle, Yertle the turtle...
Yertle, Yertle the turtle...
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 2
Tuning: standard
h - hammer on
p - pull off
() - optional note/ play sometimes/ subtle note
etc.
Note- the length of space between notes doesn't neccesarily tell you how long each note
just listen to the song
Verse:
e|--------------------------|
B|-6666-xx--------11(11)----|
G|---------3-x-5-(10-10)----|
D|----------------(9--9)----|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Next bit:
e|--------------------------|
B|------(3--5--3)-------3---|
G|-4-----3--5--3--4-4---3---|
D|-5-----3--5--3--5-5---3---|
A|-5---5----------5-5-5-----|
E|-3---3----------3-3-3-----|
Later:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-32-1-1-1-1---|
E|--------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|---------3-3-5-5----4-x-43|
E|-3-3-6-6---------3--------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-----xxxxxx--probably-----|
D|-----xxxxxx--not the -----|
A|-----xxxxxx--correct no.--|
E|-6-8--------of muted notes|
Look at that turtle go, bro
On a far away island
of Salamasond I said a
Yertle the turtle
Was king of the pond
A nice little pond
It was clean it was neat
The water was warm
There was plenty to eat
Until one day
The king of them all
Decided the kingdom
He ruled was too small
I'm a ruler of all that I see
But I don't see enough
And that's the trouble with me
With this stone for a throne
I am too low down
I cannot look down
Upon the places beyond
And Yertle the turtle king
Lifted his hand
And Yertle the turtle king
Gave a command
He ordered all the turtles
Onto one another's back
He piled them high
Into a ten turtle stack
Ow Yertle the turtle
The things I now rule
I'm king of a cow
I'm king of a mule
Then down from below
In the great turtle stack
Came a burp from a plain
Little turtle named Mack
Just part of the throne
This burpin' little turtle
Looked up and said "I beg
Your pardon king Yertle"
I've pains in my back
My shoulders and my knees
How long must we stand
Here your majesty
"Silence !" the king of the
Turtles barked back
To the bad burpin'
Little turtle named Mack
I'm Yertle the turtle
Oh marvelous me for
I am ruler of all that I see
Yertle, Yertle the turtle...
Yertle, Yertle the turtle...
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