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Havana Affair Tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Havana Affair tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair - Ramones Cover
Tabbed by Purple (fruscianteisgod)


hey everyone, this is my first tab but im pretty sure its right,
i tabbed this from the Silver Lake Benifits gig so this is the live
version that john plays, anyway,here goes:


intro:

    Bm                   D            A
e|--------------------|-----------2------------0---|
B|-----------3--------|--------3------------2------|
G|*-------4-----4-----|-----2------------2--------*| play this twice
D|*----4-----------4--|--0------------------------*|
A|--2-----------------|---------------0------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
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Bm             G
PT-boat on the way to havanna.... (strum these chords)

|--2-----------3------------|
|--3-----------3------------|
|--4-----------4------------|
|--4-----------5------------|
|--2-----------5------------|
|--2-----------3------------|

   A
...I used to make a living, man

 |-0---------------------------|
 |-2---------------------------|
 |-2---------------------------|
 |-2---------------------------|
 |-0---------------------------|
 |-0---------------------------|

   F#
   Pickin' the banana.

 |-2-2-3--2-----------|
 |-2-2-3--2-----------|
 |-3-3-4--3-----------|
 |-4-4-5--4-----------|
 |-4-4-5--4-----------|
 |-2-2-3--2-----------|

(back to picking now)












 Bm                      G
 Now i'm a guide for the CIA

 |----------------------|----------------|
 |----------3-----------|----------3-----|
 |-------4-----4--------|-------4-----4--|
 |----4-----------------|----5-----------|
 |-2--------------------|----------------|
 |----------------------|-3--------------|

  A                F#
  Hooray  for  the USA!

 |----------0----|---------------|
 |-------------2-|----------2----|
 |-------2-------|-------3-----3-|
 |----2----------|----4----------|
 |-0-------------|---------------|
 |---------------|-2-------------|

 G                     F#
 Baby, baby make me a loco

 |-------------------|---------------|
 |----------3--------|----------2----|
 |-------4-----4-----|-------3-----3-|
 |----5--------------|----4----------|
 |-------------------|---------------|
 |-3-----------------|-2-------------|

G                     F#
 Baby, baby make me a mambo

 |-------------------|---------------|
 |----------3--------|----------2----|
 |-------4-----4-----|-------3-----3-|
 |----5--------------|----4----------|
 |-------------------|---------------|
 |-3-----------------|-2-------------|

 Bm                  G           F#
 oooooooo            oooooo      oooooooo

 |------------------|--------------------------|
 |----------3-------|--------------------------|
 |-------4-----4----|----------4-------------3-|
 |----4-----------4-|-------5------------4-----|
 |-2----------------|----5-----------4---------|
 |------------------|-3----------2-------------|














Bm                  G           F#
 oooooooo            oooooo      oooooooo

 |------------------|------------------------2-|
 |----------3-------|------------------------2-|
 |-------4-----4----|----------4-------------3-|
 |----4-----------4-|-------5------------4-----|
 |-2----------------|----5-----------4---------|
 |------------------|-3----------2-------------|


now repeat these  chords and picking patterns for the next verse:


Bm               G
Sent to spy on a Cuban talent Show

A            F#-G-F#
First stop - Havana au go-go

Bm
I used to make a living, man

G
Pickin' the banana

A          F#
Hooray for Havana!

G     F#
baby, baby.......... etc


Bm     G      F#
oooooo oooooo oooooo etc


next comes the bridge section:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| play x4
|-7/9--9-9--9-9----12---14--|
|-7/9--9-9--9-9----12---14--|
|-5/7--7-7--7-7----10---12--|


now just repeat the first 2 verses but this time
with the bridge section in between the 1st and 2nd
verses instead of at the end of the 2nd

finally end the song on a Bminor chord:

|-2---|
|-3---|
|-4---|
|-4---|
|-2---|
|-2---|

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