I Could Have Lied Tab

by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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[Intro/Verse]
 
(Guitar 1)
 
(00:00)(x6) - (00:49)(x6) - (01:37) - (02:25)(x6)
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) - (01:30)
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)(x2) - (03:06)(x2)
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-------------------------------------------15-17b|
G|------7------7--7-----------------------------------14/16------|
D|--------9-9-------9-9--9-7-9----------------12-14/16-----------|
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)
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--10-12-12-------10-12-|
G|-----------------9-------9-7-9-7-9--7h9-x----------12-9-12------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-12-15-12--------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)(x4)
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!
 
 
************************************
 
| x    Dead note
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| r    Release
| b    Bend
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
 
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15 comments
pat440
a kick arse tab for an unreal song, this is the shit
+3
uberguitaruber
uber
+2
skatanist1085
F**KIN Awesome tab 4 an awesome song! The beginning missing a couple notes but u should be able 2 figure it out on ur own. i'd suggest not trying 2 figure out the solo and just jamming- use the scale and u can do some nasty jamming and make up ur own solo
+1