MELLOWSHIP SLINKY IN B MAJOR
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1991 Album BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK)
Words and Music by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Transcribed by Floyd Cribb
Bm/D E7 A#m/C# F#9sus4
x x x 7 7 7 x x x 9 9 10 x x x 6 6 6 x 9 9 9 9 x
G9sus4 F9sus4
x 10 10 10 10 x x 8 8 8 8 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Funk Q=92(16=s16)
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7-7-5-7--|-4---3---2---5-6-|
|-----------------|---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E e e
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------5---7-----------5---|-4---3---2---5-6-|
|---0---0---7---7---0---0---7---7-|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-7-----------5---7-7-5-7--|-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7---------||
|---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|---0---0---7---7---0-------||
Pre-Verse
N.C.(B7)
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E e Q H E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|-------------|---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------||
|------------------7-|-------------|------------------7-|--------------------||
|--------------------|---9---------|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------||
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------||
Verse 1
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E e Q
|--------------------|----------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|----------------|
|------------------7-|----------------|
|--------------------|---9------------|
|--------------------|-------5--------|
|--------------------|-----------5----|
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------|
|------------------7-|--------------------|
|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|----------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|----------------|
|------------------7-|----------------|
|--------------------|---9---7--------|
|--------------------|-----------5----|
|--------------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------|
|------------------7-|--------------------|
|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E. S +S +S E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---10b12-------12b14==(12)-(12)r-10-|--------------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|------------------------------------|---12-10-9-10-9-----|
|------------------7-|------------------------------------|------------------7-|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
E E +S E. E. a S +E E E. S +E E a E. S +E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|---9-(9)-8--7------------|-----------------7-(7)-8-||
|---------------8s9-(9)-8-|-7--5-(5)-7-8s9----------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Pre-Chorus Verse
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C#
e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|
||o-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|
||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1.
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C#
e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e E S S S S
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6---||
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--o||
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6---||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Chorus
2.
$
N.C. F#9sus4 N.C.(Em)
E E +S E. e E E. S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------9----||----------------------------|
|----------------9----||----------------------------|
|---9-(9)-8--7---9----||------------------5---------|
|----------------9--5-||-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-|
|---------------------||----------------------------|
S S e E. S S S S S S S S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------5---------|------------------5---------|
|-5-4-5----4-5-4-5-----4---5-|-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------5---------|
|-5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4-|-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
S S e E. S S S S S S S S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------5---------|------------------5---------|
|-5-4-5----4-5-4-5-----4---5-|-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
To Coda
G9suF#9F9sN.C.
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------------|-10--9--8------||
|-----------------------------|-10--9--8------||
|-----------------------------|-10--9--8------||
|-5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4-|-10--9--8------||
|-----------------------------|-----------10--||
Verse 2
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C#
S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6-|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C#
S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e E S S S S
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--|
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--|
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C#
e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|
||o-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|
||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1.
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C#
e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E E S S S S
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|---x-7-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6--||
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|---x-7---7-7-7---6-6-6-6-o||
|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|---x-7---7-7-7---6-6-6-6--||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------||
Guitar Solo
2.
D.S. al Coda &
N.C. F#9sus4 G9suF#9F9sN.C. N.C.(Bm)
E E +S E. e E E. S Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------||---------------|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--|
|----------------9----||-10--9--8------|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--|
|----------------9----||-10--9--8------|-4s7-7-7s9-9-9s11-11-11s14-14-14s16--|
|---9-(9)-8--7---9----||-10--9--8------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------9--5-||-10--9--8------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-----------10--|-------------------------------------|
a E S a S +S S a E S a S E a E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--|
|---0-0---0-(0)-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--|
|-2s4-0-2s4-(4)-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-0-|-4s7-7-7s9-9-9s11-11-11s14-14-14s16--|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
a E S a S +S S a E S a S E a E S S
|-------------------------------------|
|---0-0---0-(0)-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
|-2s4-0-2s4-(4)-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
N.C.(Am)
S E S E S S +S S E S S E
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||--12s10---10s=9-----9s7-(7)-7s5----5s=7-7-|
||o-------0----(0)-0-------0------0-(0)-----|
||------------------------------------------|
E E +S E. E. S +Q
1. 2.
a E S a S +S S a E S a E S a E E a E S a S S S a E S a E S Q
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||-------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------||
|-----0---------0-----0-----0-----0-o||-----0-------0-----0-----------||
|-3s5---3s5-(5)---3s5---3s5---3s5----||-3s5---3s5-5---3s5---3s5-------||
Verse 3
E E E E E E E E E e Q H
|--------------------|-------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|-------------|
|------------------7-|-------------|
|--------------------|---9---------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e S S S S a S S
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|---------------------10----------|
|------------------7-|----------------9s11----10s9p7---|
|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E e Q H E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|-------------|---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------|
|------------------7-|-------------|------------------7-|--------------------|
|--------------------|---9---------|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|-----------------|
|------------------7-|---4---2---------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------5-----|
|--------------------|---------------5-|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---12-10-9-10-9-----|----------------------|
|------------------7-|----------------------|
|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7---------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------5S17---|
Outro
N.C.
E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7-7-5-7-|-4---3---2---5-6-|
|-----------------|---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E e e
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------5---7-----------5---|-4---3---2---5-6-|
|---0---0---7---7---0---0---7---7-|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*|
|-7-----------5---7-7-5-7-|-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7---------*|
|---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|---0---0---7---7---0-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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