Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Song: The Greeting Song
Album: Blood Sex Sugar Magik
Transcribed by -{" " Tomas Horsky " "}-
Fixed by Dean Parke
Main riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 7 x 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 7 x 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | (3b5) |
"(3b5)" is playded by the second guitar.
Little Bridge Part:
| e | |
| B | x 3 5 6/7 x 3 5 6/7 |
| G | 4 x 2 4 5/6 2/4 x 2 4 5/6 2/ |
| D | 4 2/4 2/ |
| A | |
| E | |
| . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| e | |
| B | 0 x 3 5 6/7 |
| G | /4 x 2 4 5/6 |
| D | /4 |
| A | |
| E | 3h5 5 5 5 5 5 3h5 5 5 5 5 5 |
(For the first time this part is played (without words), play
only first bar 2x).
Chorus "I love you, swim through me...":
| e | 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 10 10 1010 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 10 10 1010 |
| G | 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 11 11 1111 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 12 12 1212 |
| A | |
| E | |
A C D
| e | 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 |
| A | |
| E | |
A G D
At the end of song the chorus appears 2x. Play last two bars 2x for the first
time, then play them once moved 2 frets up and again like this.
Guitar solo:
guitar 1:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 10h12 10 |
| D | 7 7 10 10 12 10 |
| A | 8 8 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 9 |
| D | 10 10 12 12 12 10 |
| A | 12 12 |
| E | |
Repeat 4x (not sure about last bar)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 |
| A | |
| E | |
guitar 2:
| e | |
| B | 12h15p12 10 |
| G | 12b14 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12b14 12 |
| D | 12b14 12 /12 10 |
| A | 12 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 |
| D | 10 12b14 { hold } 14r12 10 |
| A | 12 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 13/15 15b17 15 13 |
| G | 12/14 [14] |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 15b17r15 |
| B | b17 15 13 15 13 15b17r15p13h15 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 13 13 |
| G | 14 12 14 14 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
guitar 1:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 |
| A | 13 12 |
| E | |
Repeat 3x
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 |
| A | |
| E | |
Repeat chorus
Turn around x2
| e | 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 12 12 12 12 |
| B | 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 12 12 12 12 |
| G | 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 13 13 13 13 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 14 14 14 14 |
| A | |
| E | |
Chorus
End with an A (--222-)