Song: Skin Blues
Artist: John Frusciante
Album: Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt
Transcribed by Boozeroony
Figure 1 (Intro)
Gtr. I
| E | 5 3 0 | 5 3 0 |
| B | 5 3 | 5 3 |
| G | 5 5 3 | 5 5 3 |
| D | 4 2 2 2 2 | 4 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 3 2 2 2 2 | 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 |
| E | 0 | 0 |
| E | 5 3 0 | 5 3 0 |
| B | 5 3 | 5 3 |
| G | 5 5 3 | 5 5 3 |
| D | 4 2 2 2 2 | 4 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 | 5 3 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 | 0 0 1 2 |
Figure 2
Gtr. I or: alternate for one Guitar:
| E | | Variations with those chords |
| B | | | |
| G | | | |
| D | 0 | | 5 5 |
| A | 2 | | 5 4 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 | | 3 5 |
Gtr. II
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 0 0 |
| D | 5 0 5 |
| A | 5 5 5 |
| E | |
Figure 3
Gtr. I and II
| E | | |
| B | | |
| G | Gtr | 999 77 77 77 77 77— | 999 77 77 77 77 77 |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | Gtr | 666 66 66 66 66 66 | 666 66 66 66 66 66 |
| E | | |
| B | Gtr. | 7 | 7 |
| G | Gtr. | 8 7 8 8 7 8 | 8 7 8 8 7 888 |
| D | | |
| A | Gtr. | 6 6 6 6 6 6 666 | 6 6 6 6 6 6 666 |
| E | Gtr. | 7 7 7 7 7 7 777 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 777 |
| E | | |
| B | Gtr. | 7 | 6 |
| G | Gtr. | 8 7 8 8 7 888 | 7 7 6 7 7 6 777 |
| D | | |
| A | Gtr. | | |
| E | Gtr. | 6 6 6 6 6 6 666 | 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 666 |
| E | | |
| B | Gtr. | 6 | 5 |
| G | Gtr. | 7 6 7 7 6 77 | 7 7 5 7 7 5 777 |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | Gtr. | 5 5 5 5 5 5 555 | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 555 |
| E | | |
| B | Gtr. | 6 | 8 |
| G | Gtr. | 7 6 7 7 6 777 | 9 8 9 9 8 999 |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | Gtr. | 6 6 6 6 6 6 666 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 777 |
| E | | |
| B | Gtr. | 8 | 8 |
| G | Gtr. | 9 8 9 9 8 999 | 9 9 8 9 9 8 99 |
| D | Gtr. | 7 7 7 7 7 7 777 | |
| A | Gtr. | x x x x x x xxx | |
| E | Gtr. | 8 8 8 8 8 8 888 | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 999 |
Figure 4
Gtr.I
| E | |
| B | 9 5 |
| G | 9/10 9 10 10 9 10 9h10p\7 5/6 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 10 9 7 7 7 7 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Gtr.II
| E | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 8 |
| A | 5 4 5 |
| E | 6 5 7 6 7 |
Figure 5
Gtr I
| E | 1 1 | 5 3h5p3 0 |
| B | 0 0 | 5 |
| G | | 5 5 |
| D | | 4 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 3 4 | 5 3 2 2 2 2 |
| E | | 0 |
| E | 5 3 0 |
| B | 5 3 |
| G | 5 5 3 4 |
| D | 4 2 2 2 4 5 5p4 2 |
| A | 5 3 2 2 |
| E | 0 |
( 1/2 bend )
| E | 5 3 0 6 6 6 5h6p5 0 |
| B | 5 3 |
| G | 5 5 3 |
| D | 4 2 2 |
| A | 5 3 2 2 |
| E | 0 |
| E | 5 3 0 |
| B | 5 3 |
| G | 5 5 3 |
| D | 4 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 3 2 2 |
| E | 0 |
Figure 6 (Solo)
Gtr II
There is too much fuzz to figure
| E | (1/2 release) | this part out, just mess around |
| B | 11b12— 8b9 | with the figures in the brackets |
| G | 9p7h9 7 | and use hammer on and pull off |
| D | 7b8 7h8p7 5 | |
| A | 7 | 5h7p5 5 |
| E | | 7 (5 7)(3 5)(0 3)—5/7 |
| E | 10b12 10 10b12r10 10 10 |
| B | 8b10 8 10b12 12r10 8 8 |
| G | 9 9~ 7 9~~~ |
| D | 9 7/9 |
| A | 7 9 10 |
| E | |