I Could Have Lied Tab

WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.

Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.

Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.

I Could Have Lied









By: David Harrison (blaze@interlog.com)
  w/correction by James Harding (insperatus@home.com)
Song: "I Could Have Lied" by "RHCP"
Album: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (1991)

This is, in my opinion, one of the best songs the Chili Peppers have ever
made. It's not very hard to play but you might need to practice the solo's
for a while before you're able to play them well without having to look at
the tab sheet.


[Intro/Verse] - Guitar 1

(00:00)6x - (00:49)6x - (01:37)1x - (02:25)6x
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0---4-----0---4-----0---4/(7)-7---5---4---------|
A|-0h2---2-----2---2-----2---2-------0-----------5-----|
E|-------------------------------------------3-------3-|


[Verse Fills] - Guitar 1

Fill 1: (00:30) (00:53) 
 E|---------|
 B|--2h3p2--|
 G|---------|
 D|---------|
 A|---------|
 E|---------|


[Verse Fills] - Guitar 2

           Fill 1: (00:53)  Fill 2: (01:14)
            |----------|      |-------|
            |----------|      |-------|
            |--10\7-7--|      |--2/4--|
            |----------|      |-------|
            |----------|      |-------|
            |----------|      |-------|

Fill 4: (01:22)    Fill 5: (02:55)    Fill 6: (02:59)
   E|-----|          |-------|         |---------|
   B|--0--|          |-------|         |---------|
   G|--4--|          |--7\6--|         |--6h7p6--|
   D|-----|          |-------|         |---------|
   A|-----|          |-------|         |---------|
   E|-----|          |-------|         |---------|


[Pre-Chorus] - Guitar 1

(00:42)1x - (01:30)1x
E|-----|-----|--0--|--0--| ************************
B|--4--|--7--|--0--|--0--| * These are just the   *
G|--4--|--7--|--6--|--4--| * chords. You'll have  *
D|--4--|--7--|--7--|--5--| * to figure out the    *
A|--2--|--5--|--7--|--5--| * rhythm for yourself. *
E|-----|-----|--5--|--3--| ************************


[Chorus 1] - Guitar 1

(01:44)2x - (03:06)2x
E|------|------|------|------| **************************
B|--12--|--15--|--10--|-- 8--| * Once again, these are  *
G|--12--|--16--|--11--|-- 9--| * just the chords and    *
D|--14--|--17--|--12--|--10--| * you can figure out the *
A|------|------|------|------| * rhythm for yourself.   *
E|-(12)-|-(15)-|-(10)-|--(8)-| **************************


[Solo 1] (01:58)

 - Guitar 1
E|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|
B|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
G|--4--|--4--|--6--|--4--|
D|--4--|--4--|--7--|--5--|
A|--2--|--2--|--7--|--5--|
E|-----|-----|--5--|--3--|

 - Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------7--7--7-7-7---7-|
G|-------------------------------------------7-------------9---|
D|--------------------7--9b~~~9r-----------9-------------------|
A|---------5-----7/9--------------10----10---------------------|
E|-/7----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7---7--/10---8---7---------------------x------7-7----7-7---|
G|----9------------------7----7-7-9-7-9p7--x-9b-----9b-----9b--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--7--------7-------------------------------------------------|
B|7---7-10-----10---7-10-10p7--7h10p7----------------------8-7-|
G|------------------------------------9-7-7h9p7----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------9-7-9--9-9-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|7h8p7--------7------------------------------------------1517b|
G|------7------7--7----------------------------------14/16-----|
D|--------9-9-------9-9--9-7-9----------------1214/16----------|
A|------------------------------9----10---9/14-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------17---\15-14-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------15---------------------7------------|
G|----------------------------14----------7-9-7-9-9b~~~~~~~~~r-|
D|-------------------------------14\12-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7h9---7-7/9\5~~~~\4/5\4\2p0-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|


[Solo 2] - Guitar 2 (w/[Chorus] - Guitar 1)

(03:19)1x
E|-11b---------------10-10-10--------------------------------|
B|------10-8-10b---8----------10b--10-8-10-8--10b---10b---10-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8---8-10-8-10-8------------------------x--101212-----1012-|
G|-----------------9-------9-7-9-7-9--7h9-x--------12912-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15121512--------12----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------14-12-14b-14b~r---------12-14-12-12b~r-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------11-12-11-11b~r----------7----------------------7----|
D|-----------------------------9---9-9-----------5-7-7b~~~7r-|
A|---------------------------------------------7-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------7-|
B|-------------------------------------------------8-|
G|-------------------------------------------------9-|
D|-5-7-5-7-5-------------------------/14--14--14---9-|
A|-----------/9~~~~\7----------7--7------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Part way into to the second solo change the [Chorus] to the following picking
pattern. It's still the same chords though...

[Chorus 2] - Guitar 1

(03:33)4x
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12----------12----------15----------15----------15---------|
G|-----12----------12----------16----------16----------16-----|
D|---------14----------14----------17----------17----------17-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10----------10-----------8-----------8-----------8---------|
G|-----11----------11-----------9-----------9-----------9-----|
D|---------12----------12----------10----------10----------10-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


Well, there it is! I hope you think I did a good job but even if you didn't
you can e-mail me with any corrections or additions you have. Thanx!