Buckle Down tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Red Hot Chili Peppers
 Buckle Down by Kiedis, Balzary, Sherman, Martinez.
 This is an overlooked gem from their debut on EMI Records, 1984.
Transcribed by David Gibbs-send corrections, requests or rants to
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standard tuning

Main riff:
E----------
B----------
G----------
D---------
A-0-2-3-
E---------
       Hot !

Second part:

E------10--------10---------------
B-10--10--10--10---------------
G-10--10--10--10---------------
D-10--9---10--9------------------
A-X--10---X--10---11-10-8--
E-10-------10------------------8
  Dm7Dm7 G9G9

Chorus:
E-----------------------------
B-------------8---------8-8-
G------------7----------7-7-
D------------6----------6-6-
A-5-4-3-2-7----------7-7--
E-3-2-1-0---XXXX-----  etc.
         E9aug. (Hendrix Purple Haze chord)

End of chorus is:E- E-D-E G+GGGGGG

Solo:
E---------20bb-20-17------------------17---------
B------------------------20-17-20-20b---20---------
G------------------------------------------------19b-5
D-------------------------------------------------------7p5
A------------------------------------------------------------7
E-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------
Slight muting on the low E.

E-----------------------------------------------22bb
B----------------------------------17h20p17-------
G-7b-7p5h7p5--17h19p17-----------------------
D-------------------------------19--------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

Tell Flea I'm ready to tour if John quits again!