Red Hot Chili Peppers
Purple Stain
Off Californication (1999)
Written by A. Kiedis, J. Frusciante, Flea, C. Smith
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson
Standard Tuning
A funky song that reminds me on the good old
Rap – rockin´ Tracks of the Blood, Sugar,
Sex, Magik era.
Verse:
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| 5 times
|--------------------5-5---5-5---|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------12/-------------|
Bridge:
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------| 4 times
|-----5--7--7---|
|--7------------|
|---------------|
Chorus:
|-----------8--8---|
|-----------8--8---|
|------------------| 3 times
|-----5--7---------|
|--7---------------|
|------------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|--5---------|
|-----5--7---|
|------------|
|------------|
Play the whole chorus thing 2 times
Verse: same
Chorus: same, just twice
Interlude:
|------------------------------------|
|---------------8/-------------------|
|---------------7/-------------------| 4 times
|--5------------6/-----------5-------|
|----7-7-7-5-7—7/----5-7-7-7---7-7---|
|------------------------------------|
Verse: same
Bridge: same
Chorus: same as second Chorus
Interlude: same
Outro:
I have no idea about the end of this song,
but most of the work is done by the great
bass. Try strumming this chord,
|------|
|--8---|
|—-7---|
|--6---|
|--7---|
|------|
or try some of those strange, shortened Bar–
chords that John uses in songs like Around
the world or Tear .You know?
Looks like the Peppers´ latest tribute to
the god – like Jimi Hendrix (R.I.P).
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