Purple Stain Tab

by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Red hot Chili Peppers - Purple stain
 
Tricky but catchy song, nice funky song to play.
Tabbed by: N.Coughlan
 
Tuning: Standard
 
 
[Intro/Verse]
 
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|----14\--------5-5----5-5------|
A|-----x------x------------------|
E|----12\-----x------------------|
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|----5-7---7-------5-7--7-------|
A|--7-------------7--------------|
E|-------------------------------|(x2)
 
Black and White, a red and blue, things that look good on you....
e|------------8---8--x------------8---8-------------8---8------------|
B|------------8---8--x------------8---8-------------8---8------------|
G|------------x------x------------x-----------------x--------5-------|
D|-----5-7----7------x-----5-7----7----------5-7----7-----------7--5-|
A|---7-------------------7-----------------7-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|(x2)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Knock on wood we all stay good 'cause we all live in hollywood....
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------8------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------6--------------------------7h9--(9)\-------|
A|--------------5--7-----7-----------------5--7~--------------------|
E|---3--3--5h7--------0---------3--3--5h7--------0------------------|(x3)
 
 
[Outro]
(strum continuesly, this is during Chads awsum drum solo.)
 
 - These chords are 2 bars each:                These for 1 bar each
    Em  F#/E  Em  F#/E  Em  D/E  C/E  D/E  Em         F#/E  A/E
e|--15---14---15---14---15---10---8---10---15----------14---17-------|
B|--12---11---12---11---12---7----5---7----12----------11---14-------|
G|--12---11---12---11---12---7----5---7----12----------11---14-------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Then back to 2 bars each
    Em   Bb   Em   Em   Bb   E5   E5
e|--15---18---15---15---18---19---19---------------------------------|
B|--12---15---12---12---15---17---17b--------------------------------|
G|--12---15---12---12---15---16---16---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
************************************
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| ~  vibrato
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
 
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10 comments
kurt-dave_krist
damn good...
+3
Nath_Frusciante
@xxorgazmadictxx not sure why it only has 4 stars.. and @jeff541 you can have a solo if other instruments are playing.. to call it an instrument solo all other instruments dont have to stop dead.. come one.. jeez
+1
blackwidow97
personally I think the 5th chord in the outro (the em) should be played either like this e--12-- b--12-- (easy way) g--12-- or like this e--12-- b--8--- (sounds better imo) g--9--- just my opinion, i think the e--15--- doesnt fit right there
+1