Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Song: Brendan?s Death Song Album: I?m With You (August 2011) tabbed by: necriononguitar e-mail (NO SPAM!): tim.rathgen@gmx.de REAL FANS SUPPORT BANDS BY PURCHASING THEIR CD'S!!! Tuning: Standard . = Palm-Muted ~ = hold note ^ = vibrate p = pull off h = hammer on / = slide up \ = slide down **I produce a lot of music, check it out https://soundcloud.com/long-naps-music** (Acoustic, Orchestral, Electronic and more) This song is amazing. Been playing it quite a bit. The song has been tabbed by me BY EAR. This is no book and no machine, just me! The pattern?s pretty accurate I think. PLEASE leave feedback, Ill use every correction I get! Josh might play this with bar-chords but I dont. So get over it. Anyways, enjoy and go buy the album! UPDATE 31/08/2011 Grrrr... listed under ?tab?, shoudlve been chords, dunno what happended. Doesnt matter. Changed some chords. UPDATE 04/09/2011 Added a version 2 for the verse and changed the ?let me live...? lyrics part a little. Thanks for all the corrections, keep em coming! Chords: D C Am G Cmaj7 Em E---2---0---0?-(3)------0---------| B---3---1---1---0---0---0---------| G---2---0---2---0---0---0---------| D---0---2---2---0---2---2---------| A-------3---0?-x/5--3---2---------| E---------------3-------0---------| THE Riff: Version 1 thanks to tayloaw0 for the addition. Check out his tab (detail picking) D C Am Em G E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------| B-------------1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------| G---2~----0---0~---------0--2~-----------2-0--------0~--*strumm or pick G*-| D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------| A-------------3~------------0~---------------0-----------------------------| E-------------------------------------0~--------3~-------------------------| Version 2 original one D C Am Em G E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------| B---------3---1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------| G---2~--------0~---------0--2~-----------2-0-2------0~--*strumm or pick G*-| D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------| A-------------3~------------0~---------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------0~--------3~-------------------------| [Chorus] G Cmaj7 Em (someone tell me if thats really Cmaj7!) E----------------(0~)---------| B---0~-----0~-----0~----------| G---0~-----0~-----0~----------| D---0~-----2~-----2~----------| A?-x/5~----3~-----2~----------| E---3~------------0~----------| [Verse] D C Am Em G Live or die before I get it done will you decide? D C Am Em G Take my words and turn them into signs they will survive D C Am Em G because a long time ago I knew not to deprive D C Am Em G It's safe out there now your everywhere just like the sky D C Am Em G And you I love you, you are the lucid dream you are the ride D C Am Em G And when you hear this you know it's your jam it's your goodbye [Chorus] G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong [Verse] D C Am Em G We all cross when we were feeling lost it's just the time D C Am Em G Could terry cry the day her lover died she recognized D C Am Em G Because you gave her a life of real love it's no surprise D C Am Em G The nights are long but the years are short when your alive D C Am Em G Way back when we?ll never be again it was a time, D C Am Em G It's gonna get you; so glad I met you to walk the line [Chorus] G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong Fill on Em (please feel free to post something for that in the comments!) G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong (Lyric suggestions for next lines please) [Verse] G Cmaj7 Em Let me live so when it's time to die even the reaper cries G Cmaj7 Em Let me die so when it's time to live another sun will rise G Cmaj7 Em I said Yeah YeahYeah YeahYeah G Cmaj7 Em I said Yeah YeahYeah YeahYeah (cont. a while, fading) [Chorus] G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the drummer drums it's gonna play my song to carry me along G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone G Cmaj7 Em Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again people, this is not a tab, don?t expect any Solo, Electric Riffs or such! and that?s pretty much it! I hope you enjoyed, please leave a rating, comment and CORRECTIONS! Fucked up lyrics? put em in the comments! Cheers...
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/red_hot_chili_peppers/brendans_death_song_chords_1087174
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