Scar Tissue Tab

by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Author Andrewbiles 4,845. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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I've updated this version now and added in as many of the little verse parts in
as I could.  It all sounds complete to me and as though there is not much missing.
I have been trying most people's intros to this song on this site for a while,
and feel that they're not entirely right, I feel it goes like this:
(standard tuning)
 
Intro
|--------------------------------
|---10---10-10-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-6/5-
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4---------4/3-
|--------------------------------
 
|-----------------------------
|---10---10-10-5-5/6--8p6h8p6-
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4----------
|-----------------------------
 
First Verse
|--------------------------------
|---10---10-10-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-6/5-
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4---------4/3-
|--------------------------------
 
|-----------8----------------------
|---10---10---10-8h10-10--10-8-6-5-
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
|-8----8---------------------------
|----------------------------------
 
Chorus
|-1---1---1-----1----1-----1----1--1--1--1-1-1--1---
|-1---1---1-----1----1-----1----1--3--3--1-3-1--1---
|-2---2---2-----2----2-----2----2--2--2--2-2-2--0---
|-3---3---3-----3----3-----3----3-------------------
|-3---3---3-----3----3-----3----3-------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
 with the birds I'll share this-a lonely   view and..
 
Verse 2
|--------------------------------
|---10---10-10-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-6/5-
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4---------4/3-
|--------------------------------
 
|-----------10-8---------13-12-10-8-
|---10---10------8h10-10------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-8----8----------------------------
|-----------------------------------
 
First solo/break
|------------------------------------
|-13/10--10/8--8/10--10/12--12/13-13-
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
 
Verse 3
|------------------------------------
|---10---10-10-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-8p6h8p6-
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4-----------------
|------------------------------------
 
|-----------8----------7-8-7-5-
|---10---10---8h10-10--x-x-x-x-
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|-8----8-----------------------
|------------------------------
 
Verse 4
|--------------------------------
|---10---10-10-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-6/5-
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4---------4/3-
|--------------------------------
 
|-----------8-----------12-10-8-5-
|---10---10---8-8/10-10-----------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-8----8--------------------------
|---------------------------------
 
Solo  (with slide)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-13/15--15\13--13\10--10\8--13\10--13/15--17--13/10--10--10/13\8--8-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--------------------|
-13/10--15/17-17/18-|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
 
Verse 5
|--------------------5~-
|---10---10-10-5-5/6----
|-----------------------
|-----------------------
|-8----8-------3-3/4----
|-----------------------
 
|--------------8---------------------
|-5/10-10---10---8-8h10-10--10-8-6-5-
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-3/------8--------------------------
|------------------------------------
 
Outro
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-20/22----22\20---20---20/22\17---17--17--17/18\15--15\13--
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------- 
 
----------------------------------------------------
-13\15--15\13---13/15--15---15\13---13\10---10/13\8-
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
 
--------------------------------------------------------
--10/13\10--10------------------------------------------
----------------------------14--14--14--14--------------
----------------12\14/12-------------------12/14--14/12-
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------
-----18\--17--17--12/13/12/15---15\10---------------------
-14/------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------12/14\10--10-
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
 
--------------------------------|
----------------10/13\10\8-8/10-|
--------------------------------|
-10/12--------------------------|
-------12--12/------------------|
--------------------------------|
 
that should be everything apart from the chords under the solos and the kind
of verse style playing, but if you really want that you can work it all out.
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22 comments
tenchi
umm, if you have the book, then why the hell are you looking at the tab? weirdo
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PeacefulChaosPC
its not working... so i'll explain it orally..... when u do the slide with 3rd fret-a string and 5th fret-b string to 4th fret- a string and 6th fret-b string, u have to slide 3 fret-a string and 5th fret-b string to >>5
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Attack No.1
Iv got the official book, and this tab is wrong. Even if it was right you missed out a hell of a lot anyway.
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