Breaking The Girl Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo:	no capo

Author Subway-To-Venus [a] 82. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

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Breaking The Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
 
Tab by: Subway-To-Venus
Tuning: Half-Step Down
 
Okay firstly i have to say that i just created an account on this page to tab this song
because all the other tabs aren't even close to the chords john plays ^^
 
Dealing with a John Fru-Chili Song, i suggest you to play it thumb-based.
(look it up on any youtube-john-vid, he plays the E-String with his thumb)
It will be much easier for you to play it (after you learned how to play thumb-based -
quite diffucilt :D) and of course it sounds a lot more like the original and thats
what we want to achieve :)
 
So here it is:
 
O yeah and of course i can't express the rhythm he plays in this tab, but you can easily
it out by listening to the song combining it with this tab.
(which is, in my opinion, the best way how to really learn playing the guitar - by
it out on yourself)
 
Intro:
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-6^5-5-7-7-7-8^7-7-9-10-10-10-------|
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9--9--9--------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-11-11-11-------|    4x
A-------3^0----------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse:
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-6^5-5-7-7-7-8^7-7-9-10-10-10-------|
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9--9--9--------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-11-11-11-------|
A-------3^0----------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
      I     am  a   man     cut   from  the know
 
continue playing that part until the Pre-Chorus
 
Pre-Chorus:
 
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
B-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------|
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2------|
E-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------|
 
  Feeling so  gooood that dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy  ^^
 
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
B-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------|
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
E-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------|
 
 A feeling of looove that dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy            (btw He really mutes
                                                          the E-String here)
Chorus:
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9--9--9---|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
 
 Twisting and turning your feelings are burning you're
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------|
D-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------|
E-------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
 
 Breaking the giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirl....                (This part sounds
                                                          right but it's
                                                          really
                                                          uncomfortable to
                                                          play, i'll soon
                                                          update it to the
                                                          correct version ;)
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9--9--9---|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
 
 Sheeeeeeeee   meeeeant   yoouuuuu    nooooooooo
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
A-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarm
 
 Keep on playing that stuff until the Vers stars again.
 
 Verse 2:
 
 The same as in Verse 1
 
 Pre Chorus 2:
 
 The same as in Pre-Chorus 1
 
 Chorus 2:
 
 Almost the same as in Chorus 1,
 exept the small but very important
 variation during the last
 "He loves no one else" which
 opens the Interlude:
 
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|
A-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 elseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
 Interlude:
 
 This Part is quite difficult
 because you have to mute the
 E-String with your thumb while
 you slam the rest of the
 strings (mute the unused rest too),
 otherwise this part wouldn't
 sound as good as in the song.
 
 
e------------------------------------15-15-15----------|
B------------------------------------15-15-15----------|
G-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-14-x-x-x-x-x-14-14-14----------|
D-x-x-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-x-14-x-x-x-x-x-15-15-15----------|
A-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-0-x--0-0-0-0-0-x--x--x-----------|
E-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-----------|
 
 Continue this part until the Chorus starts again :)    (no way xD)
 
 
 Okay you almost made it:
 play the third Chorus as
 usual until the end of
 the song (Outro=Chorus)
 and after that
 you managed to play:         Breaking The Girl
 
 Congratulations :)) , i hope this one helped you
                       more than the other wrong stuff
                       and feel free to comment ^^
 
 See you soon, your Subway-To-Venus
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e--------------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------------------| G-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------| D-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------| A-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------| E-------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7--------| That's pretty sick, even with the thumb on e it's like impossible, are you sure of that ;)?

last chrods in the chorus are wrong. Don't know how to write tab here so bear with me. during the breaking the girl part the fingering goes A string 7th fret, D G &B strings barred at the 9th fret and the high E at the 10th fret. You can hear it ring on the strums. For the second part ending is A string 8th fret, D string 10th, G string 9th and B string 10th. Strum A to E strings

Great tab. I've a twelve string and it sounds pretty much spot on. Check out this master track of just the 12 string guitar on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MKkgq9Vuaw (It is Frusciante playing it btw, I'm not pimping myself playing)