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Walkabout Bass

(ver. 1)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
(1)
WALKABOUT (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1995 Album ONE HOT MINUTE)



 Words and Music by Anthony Keidis, Michael Balzary, Chad Smith And David Navarro

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
    Moderately Q=92
 4/4
  Gtr I
    |-6-|
  E S E S   E. S E e E S   +S  +S  S E
|-----7---|-9--7-----------------------|
|---9---9-|--------5---7b8-(7)r(7)-5---|
|---------|--------------------------0-|
|---------|----------------------------|


  +W           E E +S  S E e S   +S  +S  S E
|------------|---9-(9)-7---------------------|
|------------|-------------5-7b8-(7)r(7)-5-0-|
|-(0)--------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|


  +W           E. S E e E S   +S  +S  S E   +W
|------------|-9--7-----------------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|--------5---7b8-(7)r(7)-5---|--------|
|------------|--------------------------0-|-(0)----|
|------------|----------------------------|--------|


  E E +S  E. e S   +S  +S  S a E   +W           E. S +E  e E S   +S  +S  S a E
|--------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------|----5-(5)-7---7b8-(7)r(7)-5-7s9-|
|---0-(0)-3--5-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-5s7-|-(7)--------|-7------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|


  +W           E E +S  S E e S   +S  +S  S E   +Q.   S S H
|------------|---9-(9)-7---------------------|----------------|
|-(9)--------|-------------5-7b8-(7)r(7)-5-0-|-(0)------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|-------0-0-3----|
|------------|-------------------------------|----------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|----------------7---5-----|
|------------------------7-|
|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|------------------------7-|
|--------------------------|-5------------------------|


                        Verse
  Q  S S S S E S S Q     Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------||------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------||----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|-5------------5-4-3--||------------------------7-|-5--------------4---5h7---|
|------0-5-4-3--------||-5------------------------|------------------------0-|


  Q  S S S S E S  S S S E   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12-------|--------------------------|
|---------------------5---|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|-------------------------|-5--------------4---5---7-|
|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9--------------|
|----------------7---5------|
|------------------------7--|
|-5-------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|------------------------7-|
|--------------------------|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|----------------------5-------|
|-5------------0-4-5-7---7-----|
|------0-5-4-3-----------------|


  Q  S S S S E S  S S S E   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12-------|--------------------------|
|---------------------5---|------0-7-6-5---5---5---7-|
|-------------------------|-5------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S  S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12----------|
|---------------------5------|
|-------------------------7--|
|-5--------------------------|


  E +E   S S S S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5-(5)/-------------4---5h7---|
|----------0-5-4-3-----------0-|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------7---5h7---|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|------------------------0-|-5------------4-5---6---7-|
|-5------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                   Chorus
  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S Q  S S E    S S S S E S S E S S S S E
|------0-7-8-9-------------|---------------------||-----------------5---------|
|----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5--5-5---||-7-----5-------------------|
|------------------------7-|-5-------------------||-----------7-----------6---|
|-5------------------------|---------------------||---------------------------|


  S E. Q  H      S S S S E S S E S S S S E   S E. S E. S E. Q
|--------------|-----------------5---------|--------------------||
|--------------|-7-----5-------------------|--------------------||
|-5------------|-----------7-----------6---|-5------8--7--------||
|--------------|---------------------------|--------------------||


 Verse
  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|----------------7---5-----|
|------------------------7-|
|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5h7---|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|------------------------0-|
|--------------------------|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S E   Q  S S S S Q   S S S S
|----------------------------|------0-7-8-9---2---0---|------------------------|
|----------------------5-----|------------------------|------0-7-6-5---5-5-----|
|-5------------0-4-5-7---7---|------------------------|-5--------------------5-|
|------0-5-4-3---------------|-5----------------------|------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S E E   Q  S S S S E S  S S S E
|------0-7-8-9---2---0-2---|--------------7-6-5---|------0-7-8-9---12---0----|
|------------------------2-|------0-7-6-5---------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-5--------------------|--------------------------|
|-5------------------------|----------------------|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E. S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|-------------------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5-----------------------|------------------------7-|
|------0-5-4-3--x-0-0---3-|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|------0-7-6-5--------------|
|-5-------------------------|
|----------------2---3---4--|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S Q  S S E   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|------0-7-6-5--5-5---|------0-7-8-9-------------||
|----------------7---5h7---|---------------------|----------------7---5h7---||
|------------------------0-|-5-------------------|------------------------0-||
|-5------------------------|---------------------|-5------------------------||


 Chorus
  S S S S E S S E S S S S E   S E. Q  H      S S S S E S S E S S S S E
|-----------------5---------|--------------|-----------------5----------|
|-7-----5-------------------|--------------|-7-----5--------------------|
|-----------7-----------6---|-5------------|-----------7-----------6----|
|---------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|


                      Verse
  S E. S E. S E. Q     Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------||------0-7-8-9-------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------||----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5--------------|
|-5------8--7-------||------------------------7-|-5--------------4---5---7--|
|-------------------||-5------------------------|---------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|----------------7---5h7---|
|------------------------0-|
|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S S S S S  S  S E   Q  S S S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------12---|------0-7-8-9------------|
|------0-7-6-5-----0-14------|----------------7---5----|
|-5------------0-4-----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-5-----------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S  S S S S S   Q  S S S S E. S S E.
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9---12---------|-----------------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|---------------------5-----|------0-7-6-5--5-5-----|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|-------------------------7-|-5---------------------|
|--------------------------|-5-------------------------|-----------------------|


  E E E E E S S S E S   e e E E E S S S E S   S S E E E E S S S E S
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----9-------7---7---|-----9s7-----7---7---|-------9-------7---7---|
|-9-------7-----------|-9-9-----7-----------|-9-9-------7-----------|


  e e E E E S S S E S   E E S  S S  S E S S S S E   e e S  S E E S S S S E
|---------------------|-------11---11-------------|-------11---------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------|------------------------||
|-----9-------7---7---|-----9-------------7---7---|-----9----7-----7---7-7-||
|-9-9-----7-----------|-9-------------7---------7S|=9-9--------7-----------||


 Guitar Solo
  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------7---5-----|------0-7-6-5-------------|
|------------------------7-|-5--------------4---5---7-|
|-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-----------------|
|------------------7---5h7-----|
|--------------------------0---|
|-5----------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------------------------5-|----------------5---7-----|
|-5--------------4---5-----|------------------------x-|
|------0-5-4-3-------------|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------0-7-6-5---7-6-5---------|
|-5----------------------7-----|
|------------------------------|


                                                  Verse
  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  E S S E S S E E    Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|------0-7-8-9-------------|--------------------||------0-7-8-9--------------|
|----------------7---5-----|--------------------||----------------7---5------|
|------------------------7-|-5------------------||------------------------x--|
|-5------------------------|------2-2---3-3---4-||-5-------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-5--------------4---5h7---|------------------------7-|
|------------------------0-|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------0-7-6-5---------5-------|
|-5------------0-4-5-7---7-----|
|--------------------------0---|


  Q  S S S S E S  S S  S S S
|------0-7-8-9---12---12-----|
|--------------------------x-|
|----------------------------|
|-5--------------------------|


   Q  S S  S  S  E. S  S  S  E    Q  S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------0-14-13-12--0-19-18-17\-|------0-7-8-9-------------|
|-12----------------------------|----------------7---5-----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------x-|
|-------------------------------|-5------------------------|


  Q  S S S S E S S S S S S   E E Q  H      W
|--------------------------|-------------|------|
|------0-7-6-5-------------|-------------|------|
|-5--------------4---5---7-|-------------|------|
|--------------------------|-5-----------|------|


  W          W          E  e S  e S  e S  S S  S S  S
|----------|----------|------------------17---17---19-|
|----------|----------|---19---17---19----------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------------|


   S  S E S  E S Q  S  S S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S  S E
|-17--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----19-----17--------16---17-|-----------------------------17----17-19---|
|-----------------------------|-18-17-15-----------------17----15---------|
|-----------------------------|----------17-15-17-17----------------------|


   E  S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S  S  E  +E
|-21-19-17-17---19-17------------17-(17)\---|
|--------------------------17-19------------|
|-----------------------19------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  E E E E E E S E S   E E E  E E  E S  E S    a     +E  E E  E E  E S  E S
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------12---14---|
|-------------------|-----------------10---|-12b13-(12)-----14-------------|
|-------4---5---6---|-7-----10---12--------|-------------------------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|


                                   Outro
   E S  S  +S  S  E S  E.  +Q        S  S  E S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S
|------17-(17)---19---17--(17)\--||--------------------------------------------|
|-17-----------------------------||-17-19-17------------------17----17-19-19---|
|--------------------------------||------------19-18-17-18-19----19------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|


  S  S  E  E     +E   +S   +S   E Q
|---17-19-19b20-(19)-(19)r(19)-17----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-5----|


  Q.   S S +Q.   E   W          Q.   S S +Q.   E
|------------------|----------|------------------|
|--------5-(5)-----|----------|--------5-(5)-----|
|-5----------------|----------|-5----------------|
|------------------|-5--------|------------------|


  W          Q.   S S +Q.   E   W
|----------|------------------|------|
|----------|--------5-(5)-----|------|
|----------|-5----------------|------|
|-5--------|------------------|-5----|


  Q.   S S +Q.   E   e E E. S e e S S S S   e E Q  e e S S S S
|------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|--------5-(5)-----|----------------------|--------5-5----------|
|-5----------------|----------------0-7-6-|-5------------5-5-5--|
|------------------|-5------5-5-5---------|---------------------|


  e E E. S e e S S S S   e E Q  e e S S S S   e E E. S e E S S S S
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------5-5---------|----------------------|
|----------------0-7-6-|-5------------5-5-5-|----------------0-7-6-|
|-5------5-5-5---------|--------------------|-5------5-5-----------|


  e E S S E Q.   E   H.      +E. S   +Q.   S S +Q.   E
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-------5-5-5------|---------------|-------7-5-(5)-----|
|-5----------------|-------------5-|-(5)---------------|
|------------------|-5-------(5)---|-------------------|


  S a     +S  a    +S  a      +S  a    +S  a      +S  a      +S  a    +S  a    +S  a    +S  a    +S  a      +S  a    +S  a    +S  E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5b5.5-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb7-(5)-5pb7.5-(5)-5pb8.5-(5)-5pb8-(5)-5pb9-(5)-5pb9-(5)-5pb8-(5)-5pb7.5-(5)-5pb7-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5-|


  Q  +E  S S +Q.   E
|--------------------|
|--------7-5-(5)-----|
|-5--(5)-------------|
|--------------------|


  S S a       +S  a      +S  a    +S  a    +S  a      +S  a      +S  a    +S  a      +S  a    +S  a      +S  S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-3-|
|-5-5-5pb5.5==(5)-5pb5.5-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb7-(5)-5pb6.5-(5)-5pb6-(5)-5pb5.5-(5)-------|


                              2/4
  Q  +E. S +H       W          +E  E Q
|-----------------|----------:----------*|
|-----------------|----------:----------*|
|-5--(5)----------|----------:----------*|
|--------3-(3)----|-5--------:-(5)------*|






Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
            
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