Learn and Play Music: Universally Speaking bass tab - Red Hot Chili Peppers tabs

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  Universally Speaking
  By the Red Hot Chili Peppers
  From the Album "By the Way"
  Tabbed by Tim Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com)
  
  Normal tuning
  
  Intro: (x1)
  G-|-7---7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|-7---7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|
  D-|-----------------|---------5-----|-----------------|---------5-----|
  A-|---5---5---5---5-|--5---5--------|---7---7---7---7-|--7---7--------|
  E-|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
  
  Verse: (x7)
  G-|----7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|----7---7---7---|7---7------6--7|
  D-|----------------|---------5-----|----------------|---------5-----|
  A-|-5----5---5---5-|--5---5--------|-7----7---7---7-|--7---7--------|
  E-|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
  Line before entry into the chorus
  G-|--------------|----------------|
  D-|--------------|----------------|
  A-|-5---5-5-5-5-5|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
  E-|--------------|----------------|
  
  Chorus1: (x1) What may sound like octaves on the bass is just the bass drum
  G-|-------------|--14-----16--14---|-------------|--14----18-16--14---|
  D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14-------14-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14---------14-|
  A-|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
  E-|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
  
  G-|---------------|------------|
  D-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--9-9--9--9-|
  A-|---------------|------------|
  E-|---------------|------------|
  
  G-|-------------|--14----18-16-14---|-------------|--14----18-16-------|
  D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14---14---------14-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14------14-14-|
  A-|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
  E-|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
  
  G-|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
  D-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--9-9--9--9-0|4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--9-9--9--9-9-|
  A-|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
  E-|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
  
  G-|--------------|--------------|
  D-|--------------|--------------|
  A-|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|
  E-|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--|
  
  Verse: (x6) + line before entry to the chorus
  
  Chorus2: All the same except for the beginning of the 2nd time 
  	 through (shown below)
  G-|-------------|--14-----18-16--14---|
  D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14----------14-|
  A-|-------------|---------------------|
  E-|-------------|---------------------|
  
  G-|-------------|--14----14-16-14------|
  D-|-7--7-7-7-7-/|14----14--------14-14-|
  A-|-------------|----------------------|
  E-|-------------|----------------------|
  
  Verse: (x3)
  
  Line before entry to the outro:
  G-|-7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---|
  D-|-----------------|----------------|
  A-|---5---5---5---5-|--5---5---5---5-|
  E-|-----------------|----------------|
  
  Outro: (x1)  This part has some weird sounding *** in it
  G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12|--------------|
  D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|----0-0--0-0--|
  A-|-----12--------12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0--0-0--0-0--|
  E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
  
  G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12|----------------|
  D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|----1212--1212--|
  A-|-----12--------12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0---0-0---0-0--|
  E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
  
  G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12|--------------|
  D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|----0-0--0-0--|
  A-|-----12--------12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0--0-0--0-0--|
  E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
  						     Let last note ring
  G-|-14--------14----|-12----12----12--|12----12----12|--------------|
  D-|---14--14----14--|---12----12----12|--12----12-----|-0~~~~~~~~~~--|
  A-|-----12--12----12|-----10----10----|----10----10---|-0~~~~~~~~~~--|
  E-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
  			Play well and don't get mad at me!~? -Tim
  				(next up: Venice Queen)
  

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