Otherside Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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[Intro]
 
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------2---2---4---2----------------------------|
D|----2--2--2------------------------5---2--2-----0---0------|
A|----0-------------3-----------------------3----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------3------|
                                                             |
Guitar 2                                                     |(x3)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------7---7---9---7----------------------------|
A|-----7--7--7----------------------10---7--7---5---5--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Then play this:
 
Guitar 1
e|------------------------0--0--0-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------0--0--0-----------|
G|-------------2--2-2-------------------------------------|
D|----2--2-2----------------------------------------------|
A|----0--------3---------3--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-----------------|
 
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------9--9--9----12-12-12-------------|
D|---------------7--7-7-----------------------------------|
A|----7--7--7---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
(with above guitar parts)
 
How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It' s all I ever
 
 
(Guitar one plays the chords while guitar 2 plays this)
e|----------------------------------------15------------|
B|------------------------------13-12-------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----5-(5)---/----12----------------------------------|
 
(repeat as needed listen for timing)
 
 
[Verse]
 
Am Em
I heard your voice through a photograph
Am Em
I thought it up it brought up the past
Am Em
Once you know you could never go back
G Am
I've got to take it on the otherside
Am Em
Centuries are what it meant to me
Am Em
A cemetery where I marry the sea
Am Em
Stranger things could never change my mind
G Am
I've got to take it on the otherside
G Am
Take it on the otherside
G
Take it on
Am
Take it on
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am F C
How long how long will I slide
G Am F C
Separate my side I don't
G Am F
I don't believe it's bad
C
Slit my throat
G
It's all I ever
Am Em
Pour my life into a paper cup
Am Em
The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
Am Em
She wants to know am I still a slut
G Am
I've got to take it on the otherside
Am Em
Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
Am Em
A candidate for my soul mate bled
Am Em
Push the trigger and pull the thread
G Am
I've got to take it on the otherside
G Am
Take it on the otherside
G
Take it on
Am
Take it on
 
 
[Chorus]
Em  G  Em  G
 
Em
Take me on take me for a hard ride
G
Burn me out leave me on the otherside
Em
I yell and tell it that
It's not my friend
G
I tear it down I tear it down
And then it's born again
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am F C G Am F
How long I don't I don't believe it's bad
C
Slit my throat
G Am
It's all I ever
Ok the solo is realy short so here it is
 
Ok repeat the 15p12 as needed listen for the rhythm
 
e|------------------------12---12--12--15p12--12----|
B|-10----10--10--10---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
 
************************************
 
| (n)  Ghost note
| /    Slide up
| p    Pull-off
 
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8 comments

great tab but on the intro of guitar 2, the last 3 notes should be '5 5 5' not '7 5 5' - still on the same string

I agree on the perfectness, but RHCP doesnt have two guitars. They are just 4 members. So you should play guitar 2 at the intro and the rest of the song as guitar 1. Otherwise great!

well tabbed, who knows if its perfect just started playing guitar and this is a great beginners song to learn.