I worked most of this song out by watching John Frusciante play this on the VPRO documentary!!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| x Mute note
| * Accentuate note by pinching string instead of picking
Intro: Finger Picked
D F#
| e |
| B 3 3* 2 |
| G 2 2 3* |
| D 4 4 4 4 4 2 |
| A 5 4 2 4 4 5 4 2 |
| E 5 4 2 |
D F#
| e |
| B 3 3 h 5 p 3 |
| G 2 2 3 |
| D 4 4/6 6\ 4 4 4 2 |
| A 4 h 5 5 5 5/7 7\ 4 4 5 4 2 |
| E 2 |
D F#
| e |
| B 3 3* 2 |
| G 2 2 3* |
| D 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 |
| A 4 h 5 5 4 2 4 5 4 2 |
| E 5 4 2 |
D F#
| e |
| B 3 3 h 5 p 3 |
| G 2 2 3 3 |
| D 4 4/6 6\ 4 4 4 |
| A 4 h 5 5 5/7 7\ 4 4 4 4/7 |
| E 2 |
Verse - Plectrum
E B C#m G#m A
| e | |
| B | 9 x 7 x 9 4 5 |
| G | 9 x 8 x 9 4 6 |
| D | 9 x 9 x 9/11 6 7 |
| A | 7 9 x 9/11 6 7 |
| E | 7 x |
"Sometimes I feel like..........................
E B C#m A
| e | |
| B | 9 x 7 9 5 |
| G | 9 x 8 x 9 6 |
| D | 9 x 9 x 11 7 |
| A | 7 9 x 11 7 |
| E | 7 x 9 5 |
"Sometimes I feel like my..........................
E B C#m m A
| e | |
| B | 9 x 7 9 4 5 |
| G | 9 x 8 x 9 4 6 |
| D | 9 x 9 x 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 9 x 11 6 7 |
| E | 7 x 9 |
"the city I live in.........
E B C#m A Emaj7
| e | |
| B | 9 x 7 9 5 9 |
| G | 9 x 8 x 9 6 8 |
| D | 9 x 9 x 11 7 9 |
| A | 7 9 x 11 7 7 |
| E | 7 x 9 5 |
"lonely as I am together......
Second Verse
E B C#m G#m A
| e | 5h7p5 |
| B | 9 9 7 7 7 9 9— 4 5 5 |
| G | 9 9 8 8 8h9p8 8 9 9— 4 6 6 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9/11 11 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 7 9 9 9/11—11— 11—6 7 |
| E | 7 |
"I drive on the streets......
E *B * C#m G#m A
| e | 5 |
| B | 9 9 7 7 7 9 9— 4 5 5 |
| G | 9 9 8 8 8h9p8 8 9 9— 4 6 6 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9/11 11 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 7 9 9 9/11—11— 11—6 7 |
| E | 7 |
*=Or the change the B Chord riff to:
*B *
| e | 7h9 9 |
| B | 7 7 |
| G | 8 8 |
| D | 9 9 |
| A | 9 |
| E | 7 |
"I walk through................
E B C#m G#m A
| e | 5h7p5 |
| B | 9 9 7 7 7 9 9— 4 5 5 |
| G | 9 9 8 8 8h9p8 8 9 9— 4 6 6 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9/11 11 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 7 9 9 9/11—11— 11—6 7 |
| E | 7 |
"She sees my good...........................
E *B C#m A Emaj7
| e | 5 |
| B | 9 9 7 9 — 5 5 9 |
| G | 9 9 8 9— 6 8 |
| D | 9 9 9 9/11 11 7 9 |
| A | 7 7 9 9/11 —11— — 7 7 |
| E | 7 5 |
"I never worry now..............................
Pre-chorus
F#m E B F#m
| e | 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 x x x |
| B | 10 9 9 9 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 x— x x |
| G | 11 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 x— x | x |
| D | 11 9 9 9 11 11 11 x x x |
| A | 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 x x x |
| E | x —x | x |
Repeat X 4
"I don't ever wanna feel.........
End of pre-chorus leading into third verse
E B C#m G#m A
| e | 5h7p5 |
| B | 7 7 9 9— 4 5 5 |
| G | 8 8h9p8 8 9 9— 4 6 6 |
| D | 7 9 9 9/11 11 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 9 9 9/11—11— 11—6 7 |
| E | 7h9 |
"way____ yeah, yeah
E B C#m G#m A
| e | 5 |
| B | 9 9 7 7 7 9 9— 4 5 5 |
| G | 9 9 8 8 8h9p8 8 9 9— 4 6 6 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9/11 11 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 7 9 9 9/11—11— 11—6 7 |
| E | 7 |
"It's
E B C#m G#m A
| e | 5h7p5 |
| B | 9 9 7 7 7 9 9— 4 5 5 |
| G | 9 9 8 8 8h9p8 8 9 9— 4 6 6 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9/11 11 11 6 7 |
| A | 7 7 9 9 9/11—11— 11—6 7 |
| E | 7 |
"hard to believe that there's nobody out there
Continue with the same theme as second verse:
E *B C#m A
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
E B C#m A
At least I have her love The city she loves me
E B C#m A Emaj7
Lonely as I am Together we cry
Pre chorus
F#m E B F#m
| e | 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 x x x |
| B | 10 9 9 9 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 x— x x |
| G | 11 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 x— x | x |
| D | 11 9 9 9 11 11 11 x x x |
| A | 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 x x x |
| E | x —x | x |
Repeat X 4
"I don't ever wanna feel.........
Bridge
A Am G6 Fmaj7
| e | 5 5 0 0 |
| B | 5 5 3 1 |
| G | 6 5 4 2 |
| D | 7 7 5 3 |
| A | 7 7 5 3 |
| E | 5 5 |
"yeah,___, yeah,___ no,____no,____ etc...
Repeat x 3
Chorus
Fmaj7 Emaj7 G
| e | 12 10 |
| B | 10 9 12 |
| G | 10 x16(ish) 9—x8 12 |
| D | 10 9 12—x8 |
| A | 10 |
| E | |
Chords for chorus are:
A Am7 G6 Fmaj7
| e | 0 0 0 |
| B | 5 5 3 1 |
| G | 6 5 4 2 |
| D | 7 5 5 3 |
| A | 7 0 5 3 |
| E | |
During Chorus try pulling off and hammering on the B string note on the chords G6 &
sounds good and I think John does this during the VPRO performance!
A Am7
Under the bridge downtown
G6 Fmaj7
Is where I drew some blood
A Am7
Under the bridge downtown
G6 Fmaj7
I could not get enough
A Am7
Under the bridge downtown
G6 Fmaj7
Forgot about my love
A Am7
Under the bridge downtown
G6 Fmaj7
I gave my life away
Outro
A Am G6 A Am
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3h0 0 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 0h1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| G | 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 |
G6 Fmaj7
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 0 1 1h3p1 |
| G | 4 4 4 2 2 2 |
A Am G6 Fma7 A Am A
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 0 1 5 5 5 5 5 0 0—2 |
| G | 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2/6 6 6 5 5 5h7p5 4 2—2 |
| D | 7 7 7 2 |
| A | 0 |
Enjoy!!!
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