Funky Monks Bass Tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Funky Monks bass tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bass Tab

Funky Monks

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers
>From the album BloodSugarSexMagik
Tabbed by Martin Peters

Moderately funk

5-string bass

Bass figure 1:
G-|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D-|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A-|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E-|-3--3--3-x3-|-3--3--3-x3-|-3--3--3-x3-|-3--3--3-x3-|
B-|------------|------------|------------|------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Verse variations:
G-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-|---------1--1----|---------3--1----|--------1-1-0-0-|
E-|-3--3-x3--3--3-1-|-3--3-x3--3--3-1-|-3--x3-3--------|
B-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

End of verse:
G-|---------------|----------------|
D-|---------------|----------------|
A-|---------------|----------------|
E-|--3--3--3-x3-3-|-3-3-1-1--------|
B-|---------------|---------3-2-1/-|

Chorus:
G-|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D-|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A-|-0-0---------------|-------------------|-0-0--------------|
E-|-----3-3-1-1--0-x1-|-1-1-1--0-0--------|-----3-3-1-1-0-x1-|
B-|-------------------|------------3-3-1/-|------------------|

G-|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A-|------------3-3-2-2-|-0-0---------------|--------------------|
E-|-1-1-1--0-0---------|-----3-3-1-1--0-x1-|-1-1-1--0-0---------|
B-|--------------------|-------------------|------------3-3--1/-|

G-|----------------|-------------------|-----|
D-|----------------|-------------------|-----|
A-|-0-0------------|-5-3---5/6-5p3-----|-----|
E-|-----3-3-1-1--0-|-----5---------5-3-|-5---|
B-|----------------|-------------------|-----|

Interlude:
G-|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D-|-----6-5-7-----7-6-|-----6-5-7----------|-----6-5-7-----7-6-|
A-|-------------------|-----------5-8-7--5-|-------------------|
E-|-5h7-------5-7-----|-5h7----------------|-5h7-------5-7-----|
B-|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

G-|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-|-----6-5-7------------|-----6-5-7-----7-6-|-----6-5-7---------|
A-|-----------7h8p7--8-7-|-------------------|-----------5-8-7-5-|
E-|-5h7------------------|-5h7-------5-7-----|-5h7---------------|
B-|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

G-|-------------------|-------------------|
D-|-----6-5-7-----7-6-|-----6-5-7---------|
A-|-------------------|-----------5-8-7-5-|
E-|-5h7-------5-7-----|-5h7---------------|
B-|-------------------|-------------------|

Guitar solo:
G-|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|-----2--1-3-----3-2--|-----2--1-3---------|-----2--1-3-----3-2-|
E-|---------------------|------------1-4-3-1-|--------------------|
B-|-1h3--------1-3------|-1h3----------------|-1h3--------1-3-----|

G-|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A-|-----2--1-3---------|-----2--1-3-----3-2-|-----2-1-3h5-3-1-4-3-|
E-|------------1-4-3-1-|--------------------|---------------------|
B-|-1h3----------------|-1h3--------1-3-----|-1h3-----------------|

G-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|-----2--1-3-----3-2-|-----2--1-3---------|
E-|--------------------|------------1-4-3-1-|
B-|-1h3--------1-3-----|-1h3----------------|

Outro:
G-|-1h2-------------x4-2-1-|-2-----------4-2-1-|-1h2------------x4-2-1-|D-|-----0-2-2--4-----------|--2-3-4------------|-----0-2-2--4----------|A-|--------------2---------|--------0h2--------|--------------2--------|E-|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|B-|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
G-|-2-----------4-2-1-|-1h2---------------------4-2-1-|-2---------4-2-1-|
D-|--2-3-4------------|-----0-2-0-3-0-4---------------|--2-3-4----------|
A-|--------0h2--------|-----------------0-2-0-2-------|---------2-------|
E-|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
B-|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|

G-|-1h2-----------x4-2-1-|-2---------------------4-2-1-|
D-|-----0-2-3-4----------|---2h3h4-2h3h4-2h3h4---------|
A-|-------------2--------|---------------------2-------|
E-|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B-|----------------------|-----------------------------|

G-|-1h2-----------x4-x7-8-|-4---2-------2-1-2-1-|-2--------------------4-|
D-|-----0-2-3-4-----------|---3-------4---------|--2h3h4-2h3h4-2h3h4-----|
A-|-------------2---------|-------0-2-----------|--------------------2---|
E-|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B-|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|

G-|-2----------4-2-|-1--2---2-x2-|-2--4---|-1--2---2-x2-|-7--4----1-|
D-|--2-3-4---------|-------------|--------|-------------|-----------|
A-|--------0h2-----|-------------|--------|-------------|-----------|
E-|----------------|-------------|--------|-------------|-----------|
B-|----------------|-------------|--------|-------------|-----------|

G-|-1h2-------------x4-2-1-|-2-----------4-2-1-|-1h2------------x4-2-1-|D-|-----0-2-2--4-----------|--2-3-4------------|-----0-2-2--4----------|A-|--------------2---------|--------0h2--------|--------------2--------|E-|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|B-|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
G-|-2-----------4-2-1-|-1h2---------------------4-2-1-|-2---------4-2-1-|
D-|--2-3-4------------|-----0-2-0-3-0-4---------------|--2-3-4----------|
A-|--------0h2--------|-----------------0-2-0-2-------|---------2-------|
E-|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
B-|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|

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