MELLOWSHIP SLINKY IN B MAJOR
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1991 Album BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK)
Words and Music by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Transcribed by Floyd Cribb
Bm/D E7 A#m/C# F#9sus4
x x x 7 7 7 x x x 9 9 10 x x x 6 6 6 x 9 9 9 9 x
G9sus4 F9sus4
x 10 10 10 10 x x 8 8 8 8 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro Moderate Funk Q=92(16=s16) 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7-7-5-7--|-4---3---2---5-6-||-----------------|---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E e e|---------------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------------|-----------------||-7-----------5---7-----------5---|-4---3---2---5-6-||---0---0---7---7---0---0---7---7-|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S S S E Q|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|||-7-----------5---7-7-5-7--|-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7---------|||---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|---0---0---7---7---0-------||
Pre-Verse N.C.(B7) Gtr II E E E E E E E E E e Q H E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|||---12-10-9-10-9-----|-------------|---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------|||------------------7-|-------------|------------------7-|--------------------|||--------------------|---9---------|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------|||--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------||
Verse 1 ~ E E E E E E E E E E E E E e Q|--------------------|----------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|----------------||------------------7-|----------------||--------------------|---9------------||--------------------|-------5--------||--------------------|-----------5----|
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q|--------------------|--------------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------||------------------7-|--------------------||--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
~ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|--------------------|----------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|----------------||------------------7-|----------------||--------------------|---9---7--------||--------------------|-----------5----||--------------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q|--------------------|--------------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------||------------------7-|--------------------||--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E. S +S +S E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---10b12-------12b14==(12)-(12)r-10-|--------------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|------------------------------------|---12-10-9-10-9-----||------------------7-|------------------------------------|------------------7-||--------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
E E +S E. E. a S +E E E. S +E E a E. S +E E|-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||---9-(9)-8--7------------|-----------------7-(7)-8-|||---------------8s9-(9)-8-|-7--5-(5)-7-8s9----------|||-------------------------|-------------------------||
Pre-Chorus Verse Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C# e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|||o-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1. Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C# e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e E S S S S|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6---|||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--o|||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6---|||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------------|----------------------------o|||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Chorus 2. $ N.C. F#9sus4 N.C.(Em) E E +S E. e E E. S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S|---------------------||----------------------------||----------------9----||----------------------------||----------------9----||----------------------------||---9-(9)-8--7---9----||------------------5---------||----------------9--5-||-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-||---------------------||----------------------------|
S S e E. S S S S S S S S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||------------------5---------|------------------5---------||-5-4-5----4-5-4-5-----4---5-|-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-||----------------------------|----------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------5---------||-5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4-|-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
S S e E. S S S S S S S S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||------------------5---------|------------------5---------||-5-4-5----4-5-4-5-----4---5-|-7-5-7----5-7-5-7-----7---4-||----------------------------|----------------------------|
To Coda G9suF#9F9sN.C. S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q Q Q Q|-----------------------------|---------------|||-----------------------------|-10--9--8------|||-----------------------------|-10--9--8------|||-----------------------------|-10--9--8------|||-5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4---5-4-5-4-|-10--9--8------|||-----------------------------|-----------10--||
Verse 2 Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C# S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6-||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6-||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6-||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C# S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e E S S S S|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-x---7-x-x-7---7---6-6-6-6--||-----------------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C# e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|||o-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|||--7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-6-6-6-6--|||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1. Bm/D E7 Bm/D A#m/C# e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E E S S S S|-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x-10-10-10-10-|---x-7-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6--|||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|---x-7---7-7-7---6-6-6-6-o|||-7-x-7---x-7-7---7---x--9--9--9--9-|---x-7---7-7-7---6-6-6-6--|||-----------------------------------|--------------------------|||-----------------------------------|-------------------------o|||-----------------------------------|--------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2. D.S. al Coda & N.C. F#9sus4 G9suF#9F9sN.C. N.C.(Bm) E E +S E. e E E. S Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------||---------------|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--||----------------9----||-10--9--8------|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--||----------------9----||-10--9--8------|-4s7-7-7s9-9-9s11-11-11s14-14-14s16--||---9-(9)-8--7---9----||-10--9--8------|-------------------------------------||----------------9--5-||-10--9--8------|-------------------------------------||---------------------||-----------10--|-------------------------------------|
a E S a S +S S a E S a S E a E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-------------------------------------|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--||---0-0---0-(0)-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0-----0--0-----0--0--0--||-2s4-0-2s4-(4)-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-0-|-4s7-7-7s9-9-9s11-11-11s14-14-14s16--||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
a E S a S +S S a E S a S E a E S S|-------------------------------------||---0-0---0-(0)-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-||-2s4-0-2s4-(4)-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-2s4-0-0-||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
N.C.(Am) S E S E S S +S S E S S E||------------------------------------------|||o-----------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------|||--12s10---10s=9-----9s7-(7)-7s5----5s=7-7-|||o-------0----(0)-0-------0------0-(0)-----|||------------------------------------------| E E +S E. E. S +Q
1. 2. a E S a S +S S a E S a E S a E E a E S a S S S a E S a E S Q|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|||-----------------------------------o||-------------------------------|||------------------------------------||-------------------------------|||------------------------------------||-------------------------------|||-----0---------0-----0-----0-----0-o||-----0-------0-----0-----------|||-3s5---3s5-(5)---3s5---3s5---3s5----||-3s5---3s5-5---3s5---3s5-------||
Verse 3 E E E E E E E E E e Q H|--------------------|-------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|-------------||------------------7-|-------------||--------------------|---9---------||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e S S S S a S S|--------------------|---------------------------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|---------------------10----------||------------------7-|----------------9s11----10s9p7---||--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7--------------------||--------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E e Q H E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|-------------|---12-10-9-10-9-----|--------------------||------------------7-|-------------|------------------7-|--------------------||--------------------|---9---------|--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7-------||--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
~ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-----------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|-----------------||------------------7-|---4---2---------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------5-----||--------------------|---------------5-|
Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E +S E. e E Q|--------------------|----------------------||---12-10-9-10-9-----|----------------------||------------------7-|----------------------||--------------------|---9-(9)-8--7---------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|--------------5S17\---|
Outro N.C. E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------||-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7-7-5-7\-|-4---3---2---5-6-||-----------------|---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E e e|---------------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------------|-----------------||-7-----------5---7-----------5---|-4---3---2---5-6-||---0---0---7---7---0---0---7---7-|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S e e S E. E E E E E E e e S S S S S S S S S S E Q|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*||--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*||--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*||--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------*||-7-----------5---7-7-5-7\-|-4---3---2---5-6-|-7-----------5---7---------*||---0---0---7---7----------|-----------------|---0---0---7---7---0-------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
- 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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