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Transcending by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Key: F#m

🎸 Intro: 

F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m E   ( x2 )



🎸 Verse 1:
    F#m             E
You are my God, you are my dog
    F#m                 A     E
You kept me close, love never lost
  F#m                    E
I called you hippie, you said fuck off
F#m                   B    A     F#m
Said your brother's a real punk rocker


🎸 Chorus: 
F#m                  E
Something's going to happen
F#m            E
Something very soon
F#m                      E
Transcending flesh could be a breeze
F#m         B     E        F#m
Sending me
Lord, over the moon

🎸 Verse 2:
F#m                     E
Friends near death, you gave respect
F#m         E
Sympathetic intellect
F#m             E
Choices are for one and all
F#m           B      A    F#m E F#m
All we are is leaves that fall
E         F#m E F#m A E
That's all


🎸 Bridge 1: 
          F#m       E F#m E
Always be loving you
         F#m      E  F#m E
Now I'm away from you
          F#m        E F#m E F#m E F#m E
Always be loving you


🎸 Verse 3:
F#m                 E
'Round and 'round inside your head
F#m               E
Smartest fucker I ever met
F#m              E
Vicious fish bit at your toes
F#m              B    A    F#m
Made you lie and numb your soul


🎸 Chorus: 
F#m                  E
Something's going to happen
F#m            E
Something very soon
F#m                      E
Transcending flesh could be a breeze
F#m         B     E        F#m
Sending me
Lord, over the moon


🎸 Verse 4:
F#m                 E
Mule donkey ass you bore the load
F#m               E
Of all creation's tortured souls
F#m             E
Choices are for one and all
F#m            B      A    F#m E F#m E
All we are are leaves that fall


🎸 Interlude: 
F#m            E
Like no other
I love you, you're my brother
F#m            E
Like no other
I love you, you're my brother
F#m            E
Like no other
I love you, you're my brother
F#m            E
Like no other
I love you, you're my brother
F#m            E
Like no other
I love you, you're my brother
F#m            E
Like no other
I love you, you're my brother


🎸 Bridge 2: 
G#m               C#m
Water flowing and I will drink it
G#m              E
I will drink for you
G#m                    C#m
A part of me left that only you knew
B                  E
Will never be understood
B                  Emaj7 E
Will never be understood


🎸 Instrumental: 
B Emaj7 E
F#


🎸 Outro 1: 
E
Hey, gone to stay
E
Entire lifetime flash before me
C#m  D      A
In a loving stream
E
Hey, mother may
E
Have lost a child but she gave birth
C#m  D      A
To a loving stream
E
Oh, never know
E
When the gods will come and take you
C#m  D      A
To a loving stream
E
Oh, heart of gold
E
The most special things you gave me
     C#m       D      A     E
Were from your loving stream
C#m  D      A
In a loving stream


🎸 Instrumental: 
E


🎸 Outro 2: 
E
Fuck the magazines
E
Fuck the green machine
E
See the human being
C#m  D      A
In a loving stream
E
Fuck the legal greed
E
Fuck the nothing scene
E
See the family
C#m  D      A
In a loving stream


🎸 Instrumental: 
E
C#m D A

Transcending Chords Info

Published: April 6, 2023

Last Updated: January 15, 2026

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Chords: F#m, E, A, B, G#m, C#m, Emaj7, F#, D