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Tear Guitar Tablature
Song: Tear
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: By the Way
Transcribed by: Chris Valente
E-Mail: [email protected]

There's actually guitar in this song besides the guitar solo. It doubles the organ in the verse sometimes.
It doesn't do it while the organ has it's fills though. Song starts on C on organ only.

  Verse (Guitar)

E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------
B|---5-------|---3-------|---1-------|---------------
G|---5-------|---4-------|---2-------|---------------
D|---5-------|---5-------|---2-------|---------------
A|-3---------|---5-------|-0---------|---------------
E|-----------|-3---------|-----------|---------------

  Verse (Organ)

E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
B|---5-------|-----------|---1-------|-----------------------------
G|---5-------|---4-------|---2-------|-----------------------------
D|-----------|---5-------|-----------|-----------------------------
A|-3---------|-----------|-0---------|-----------------------------
E|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-----------------------------

E|-----3-----|-----------|----0---0--|-0--0------------------------
B|---5---6-5-|-----6-5-3-|---1-1---1-|--1--1-----------------------
G|---5-------|---4-------|---2---2--2|---2--2----------------------
D|-----------|---5-------|-----------|-----------------------------
A|-3---------|-----------|-0---------|-----------------------------
E|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-----------------------------

Theres another fill for G used for transition to the chorus.

E|-----5-3---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------5v------------------------------------------------------
G|---4-------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-3---------------------------------------------------------------

  Chorus (Vocals)

E|----|----|----|----|----|---|---|--------------------------------
B|-17-|-16-|-13-|-12-|-10-|-8-|-5-|-7------------------------------
G|-17-|-16-|-14-|-12-|-10-|-9-|-5-|-7------------------------------
D|-17-|-16-|-14-|-12-|-10-|-9-|-5-|-7------------------------------
A|-15-|-14-|-12-|-10-|--8-|-7-|-3-|-5------------------------------
E|----|----|----|----|----|---|---|--------------------------------

					Chorus Ends on Am

  Solo

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-5-6-8-6-5------------------------5--------5--------5--------5---
G|-----------5----4-5-7-5-4-------5---7p5--5---7p5--5---7p5--5---5-
D|-------------5-----------5-5/7---------7--------7--------7-------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-5-6-8-6-5------------6-5---------5--------5--------5---------5--
G|-----------5----4-5-7-----5-----5---7p5--5---7p5--5---7p5---7-5--
D|-------------5--------------5/7---------7--------7--------7-9----
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

  Bridge (Tremelo Picking)

E|-12-|-10-|-15-|--8-|---------------------------------------------
B|-13-|-12-|-13-|-10-|---------------------------------------------
G|-14-|-12-|-14-|-10-|---------------------------------------------
D|----|----|----|----|---------------------------------------------
A|----|----|----|----|---------------------------------------------
E|----|----|----|----|---------------------------------------------
	    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
	Sometimes Thrown In

  Trumpet Solo

E|-----5-----------5-----------5-----------------------------------
B|-5-8---8-5---5-8---8-5---5-8---8-5-------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  The Outro is just Am. How GREAT is this song? Makes me wanna know how to play piano.
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