Wet Sand Tab

by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author im_atheist [a] 415.
3 contributors total, last edit on May 26, 2020
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I'm pretty sure this is 100% accurate, no-one tabbed the full song so mixed various
and altered them a little, in the solo live John bends 21 instead of playing 23.
 
 
[Intro] (Figure out strumming pattern)
 
          G      D           Em            Bm
e|--------3------2-----------0-------------2-------------------|
B|--------3------3-----------0-------------3-------------------|
G|--------0------2-----------0-------------4-------------------|
D|--------0------0--------2--2-------------4--------0----------|
A|--------2-----------0h2----2-----5b--2---2------2---2-0------|
E|--------3------------------0-------------2--------------2----|
 
My shadow side, so amplified...
         G                D                 Em            Bm
e|-----3------------------2-----------------0-------------2----------------|
B|-----3------------------3-----------------0-------------3----------------|
G|-----0------------------2-----------------0-------------4----------------|
D|-----0-----0h2p0--------0-----0h2p0-------2-------------4----------------|
A|-----2------------2p0---------------2p0---2-----5b--2---2-----------0-2--|
E|-3---3------------------------------------0-------------2------2-3-------|
 
My love affair with everywhere...
         G                 D                  Em                 Bm
e|-------3-----------------2------------------0------------------2---------|
B|-------3-----------------3------------------0------------------3---------|
G|-------0-----------------2------------------0------------------4---------|
D|-------0-----------0-----0-----0-2-4-5--0---2------------------4---------|
A|-------2-------0-2---0----------------------2-----5s2-2s0--2---2---------|
E|---3---3-----3------------------------------0------------------2---------|
 
 
[Verse] (Open Chords)
 
G       D                 Em      Bm
      You're the best I know
G
My sunny side is up and died
D
I'm betting there when we collide
Em                             Bm
The universe will shift into a low
G
the travesties that we have seen
D
treating me like Benzedrine
Em                        Bm
automatic laughter from a pro
 
 
[Pre-Chorus] (Barre Chords)
 
Em        G              D       Em
My what a good day for a, walk outside
Em                 G                                D
I'd like to get to know you a little better babe God knows that I really tried
Em        G              D       Em
My what a good day for a take out bride
Em                  G                   D
I'd like to say we did it for the better of
 
 
[Verse] (Open Chords)
 
G
I saw you there so unaware
D
Those humming birds all in your hair
Em                     Bm
Elementry so, but it's so
G
The disrepair of Norma Jean
D
could not compare to you're routine
Em                            Bm
Ballorama beauty going toe to toe
 
 
[Pre-Chorus] (Barre Chords)
 
Em        G                D      Em
My what a good day just to let it slide
Em                 G                     D
I'd like to say we did it for the better of
 
 
[Chorus] (Open Chords)
 
E                        C          E
I thought about it and I brought it out
E                    C       E
I'm motivated by the lack of doubt
E                        C       E
I'm concentrated but I'm looking out
E
Mother, the father, the daughter
 
 
[Intro] (throughout verse but w/flange)
 
G
Right on the verge is one more dose
D
I'm travelling from coast to coast
Em                               Bm
my theory isn't perfect but it's close
G
I'm almost there, why should I care
D
my heart is hurting when I care
Em                        Bm
Someone opened up, let it show
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
Em         G              D    Em
My, what a good day for a walk outside
Em                 G                     D
I like to think we did it for the better of
 
 
[Chorus]
 
E                        C          E
I thought about it and I brought it out
E                    C       E
I'm motivated by the lack of doubt
E                        C       E
I'm concentrated but I'm looking out
E
Mother, the father, the daughter
 
 
[Bridge] (Open Chords)
 
E              F#          G#m
Yeah you don't form in the wet sand
E         F#      G#m
You don't form at all
E              F#          G#m     F#  E    Eb
Woah you don't form in the wet sand, I do, yeah
E         F#              G#m
You don't form in the wet sand
E         F#      G#m
You don't form at all
E              F#          G#m     F#  E
Woah you don't form in the wet sand, I do, yeah!
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|-16--16--16--16--19-16-19-16--16p14-14h16--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------16--16--14h16p14--12h14-12--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------11------18\--16~---23-23-23-23-23-23-19-21-21h23-21-19-21----|
B|-12-11h12-------12-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-21h23-19/21\19--19-18h19-/23-19--18h19-19--18h19p18-16-16--14-----------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------16--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-14/18\14-14/16--14-16-14------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------16~-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------\0----------------------|
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| s  Slap
 
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im_atheist
yeah if you're guitar has 21/22 frets like mine bend the 21 upto 23 :) John did live
+18
Mister.Y
dammit, i ran out of frets....(taking it down an octave) oh btw, you did a great job, thanks!
+8
alex2207
It sounds better if you bend the 16 at the start of the solo
+5