A Firm Kick Tab

by John Frusciante
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author chatlo77 [a] 227. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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			     A Firm Kick - John Frusciante
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Tabbed by: Brenton Chattin
Email: annihilative1@hotmail.com
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Verse 1. 0:01 - "A firm kick in the pants"
 
      A          E       B         D     E
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------9-9-9-------------7-7---9-9---------------------------------|
G|----6-6---6----9-9-9---8--8--8---7-7---9-9---------------------------------| X2
D|----7-7---7----9-9-9---9--9--9---7-7---9-9---------------------------------|
A|----7-7---7----7-7-7---9--9--9---5-5---7-7---------------------------------|
E|-5--5-5-5-5------------7--7--7---------------------------------------------|
 
Bridge 0:24 - "Look out, for yourself tonight"
 
   F#m               D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Chorus  0:34 - "I never meant what I said to you"
 
   A    E    B           F#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-9------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--9-9--8--8-8--8---2-2-------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--9-9--9--9-9--9---4-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--9--9-9--9---4-4-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-------7--7-7--7---2-2-------------------------------------------------|
										 X2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-9----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--9-9--8-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--9-9--9-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--9-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 2. 1:00 - "A little time to adjust"
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------9-9-9-------------7-7---9-9---------------------------------|
G|----6-6---6----9-9-9---8--8--8---7-7---9-9---------------------------------| X2
D|----7-7---7----9-9-9---9--9--9---7-7---9-9---------------------------------|
A|----7-7---7----7-7-7---9--9--9---5-5---7-7---------------------------------|
E|-5--5-5-5-5------------7--7--7---------------------------------------------|
 
Bridge 1:22 - "Forgone, stressed at the light"
 
   F#m               D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
Chorus 1:35 - "I never say what I aim to do"
 
   A    E    B           F#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-9------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--9-9--8--8-8--8---2-2-------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--9-9--9--9-9--9---4-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--9--9-9--9---4-4-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-------7--7-7--7---2-2-------------------------------------------------|
										 X2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-9----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--9-9--8-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--9-9--9-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--9-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Bridge 1:57 - "No I'm not disguising"
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-9-9--7-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9--7-7----------------------------------------------------------------| X3
D|-9-9-9--7-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7--5-5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Solo 2:05 - Strange effect, I think it is Filter Modelling
 
e|-12-12-12-12-12------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Tremolo picking
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
2:17 - "I will play some, light from the sun"
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------5-5--9-9-9---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2--6-6--9-9-9--8-8----------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4--6-6--9-9-9--9-9----------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4--4-4--7-7-7--9-9----------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2--------------7-7----------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 3. 3:06 - "When I revisit the past"
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------9-9-9-------------7-7---9-9---------------------------------|
G|----6-6---6----9-9-9---8--8--8---7-7---9-9---------------------------------| X2
D|----7-7---7----9-9-9---9--9--9---7-7---9-9---------------------------------|
A|----7-7---7----7-7-7---9--9--9---5-5---7-7---------------------------------|
E|-5--5-5-5-5------------7--7--7---------------------------------------------|
 
 
Bridge 3:30 - "How'd we, pretty up that speech"
 
   F#m               D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Chorus 3:41 - "I've never done what I set out to do"
 
   A    E    B           F#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-9------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--9-9--8--8-8--8---2-2-------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--9-9--9--9-9--9---4-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--9--9-9--9---4-4-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-------7--7-7--7---2-2-------------------------------------------------|
										 X2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-9----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6--9-9--8-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--9-9--9-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--9-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Bridge 4:05 - "I'll never forget"
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-9-9--7-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9--7-7----------------------------------------------------------------| X6
D|-9-9-9--7-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7--5-5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
End on
 
     F#m
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|----2------|
D|----4------|
A|----4------|
E|----2------|
 
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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5 comments
Scottay88
Does anyone else hear 2 guitars? maybe one playing an octave down/up from all the chords?
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Matetz
Dunno if I'm right but to me the first chord of the bridge sounds like an A, not F#m.
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raty06
4 the verses its a b minor insted of a b atsil good tab tho an sorry about my guitar pro version bin corrupt il put anova 1 on soon
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