I Could Have Lied tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tabs

Intro (0:00)
e||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD||----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0------|
A augmentedA||-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2----------------|
E MajorE||---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5---2---3----|

 Verse 1 (0:14)
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5---2---3-----|
  There must be something...   feel

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------2h3p2-------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4-----4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|-0h2--2--2--2-------------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5---2---3-----|
  Stare she bares...       bleed

Pre-Chorus (0:42)

B(barre2)  D(barre5)  A(open) G6(open)
I could never...

 (0:48)
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------2h3p2--(6r5)------|------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4-----4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|-0h2--2--2--2-------------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5---2---3-----|

 Verse 2 (1:03)
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------(2/4)-----|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5-------3-----|
  A augmentedA mountain never seems...    seek

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------0---|------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4------|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2------|----------------------5---2---------|
  The sweetest feeling...     true

Pre-Chorus (1:30)

B(barre2)  D(barre5)  A(open) G6(open)
I could never...

 (1:37)
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0---4---0---4---0---4/7-5\4-0----|
A augmentedA|-0h2---2---2---2---2---2--------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------5---2---3--|

Chorus (1:44)

E(barre7)  G(barre10)  D(barre5) C(barre 3)
I could have lied...
Showed her...

 Solo (1:58) - over Pre-Chorus chords and at (2:25), the intro riff.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------11--11--11-11-9-11--11-9-11------|
D MajorD|------------7-9/11-11\9--------9-9/12----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------7/9-------------10--10-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-7--10-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-/10--8---------------------------------------12----/10-12-10----------|
G+G|--------11--7--7-9-7-9---/11-11-/11-11-/11-11----11-----------11-12p11-|
D MajorD|----------------------(9)----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-11h12p11-9-11-----------12-11-11h12p11-----------11-------------------|
D MajorD|---------------9-7-9-9-9----------------12-9-9-12----12-9-/9-9-7-9-/4--|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------12-/14--/17\15\14-10-------------------------|
BB|---------------------12----------------------10\-----------------/7-/7-|
G+G|----------------9/12----------------------------/(9)\7-(7)-7-9-7-------|
D MajorD|-/5--5/9--9/12---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2-2-2/4---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------4/5\4-2p0----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------4-and straight into verse 3-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Verse 3 (2:39)
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|---2--2--2--2--2--2-------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5---2---3-----|
  But now she’s gone...      stay

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|--------------2h3p2---------(2h3p2)----------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--4--0--4-----4/7-5-4-0----|-----0--4--0--4--0--4/7-5-4-0-------|
A augmentedA|-0h2--2--2--2-------------------|-0h2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------5---2---3--|----------------------5---2---3-----|
  You see she hides...      spared

Chorus (3:06)

E(barre7)  G(barre10)  D(barre5) C(barre 3)
I could have lied...
Showed her...

 Chorus (3:20) - with Solo over.
e|-12------------10/12---------------------------------------|
BB|---12-10/12-12-------12-10-8-10-8-10/12-10/12--10--8--8-10-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 I could have lied...

e|-------------------------------x-------------------------5/7-10-7-10-|
BB|-8-10-8------8h10p8------------x--8-10-12 10h12p10------8------------|
G+G|--------9(9)--------7-9-7-9-/9-x-------------------12-9--------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------x-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------x-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------x-------------------------------------|
 I showed her...

 Outro (3:33) - over arpeggiating Chorus chords.
e|-7---7p5---/7-/7\5---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------8--------(7)-10p8 /10\8-------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------11h12p11-h12b13r\11----\4-7-4-4---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------7.....let ring--||
BB|---------------------------------------------------8----------------||
G+G|--------------7-------------------------/9-9-9----9-----------------||
D MajorD|------7-(7)/9---9\7-5-7-5-7-5-/4\2---2-2---------7------------------||
A augmentedA|-7-10-------------------------------------------7-------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

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