Red Hot Chili Peppers bass tabs

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From: "Tim Marti" 
Subject: r/red_hot_chili_peppers/on_mercury.btab
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:24:02 -0600

On Mercury - Bass tab

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers
>From the Album "By the Way"
Tabbed by Tabmaster Timothy Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com)

Normal tuning

Verse: (x6)
G-|-----------|----------------|
D-|-----4-4-4-|-5-5-4-4-2-2-4--|
A-|-2---------|----------------|
E-|-----------|----------------|

G-|-2-2-2--------|----------------|
D-|--------2-2-2-|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4--|
A-|--------------|----------------|
E-|--------------|----------------|

Prechorus: (x1)
G-|---------|--------------|---------|-----------------|
D-|-5--5-5--|-5-5-7--0-5h7-|-4--4-4--|-4---0-0-2-2-4-4-|
A-|---------|--------------|---------|-----------------|
E-|---------|--------------|---------|-----------------|

G-|---------|-----------|------------|----------------|
D-|-5--5-5--|-5-5/9-7-5-|-0-4--4-4-4-|-4-4---4--4---4-|
A-|---------|-----------|------------|----------------|
E-|---------|-----------|------------|-----2------2---|

Chorus: (x1)
G-|------4-x-x-|------7--|------2--|------9--|
D-|----4-------|----7--7-|----2--2-|----9--9-|
A-|-2----------|-5-------|-0-------|-7-------|
E-|------------|---------|---------|---------|

G-|------4--|------7--|------2--|-----------|
D-|----4--4-|----7--7-|----2--2-|-----------|
A-|-2-------|-5-------|-0-------|-----------|
E-|---------|---------|---------|-2-----0-2-|

G-|------4--|------7-|------2--|------9--|
D-|----4--4-|----7---|-------2-|----9--9-|
A-|-2-------|-5------|-0-------|-7-------|
E-|---------|--------|---------|---------|

G-|------4--|------7-|-/6------|
D-|----4--4-|----7---|------8--|
A-|-2-------|-5------|---------|
E-|---------|--------|---------|

Verse: (x4)
Prechorus: (x2)
Chorus: (x1)

Interlude:
G-|---4--4-4---------|---2--2-2h4-----|
D-|----------4-4-4---|------------2---|
A-|-2----------------|-0--------------|
E-|------------------|----------------|

G-|-------------------|-2-2-2---2-------|
D-|-----------4-4-4---|-----------2-2---|
A-|-0h2-2-2-2---------|-----------------|
E-|-------------------|-----------------|

Verse: (x1 1/2)
Verse Variation: Play the first 2 bars of the verse,
then replace the second 2 with these 2 bars
G-|---------|---------|
D-|-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4--|
A-|--4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4-|
E-|---------|---------|

Chorus: Some minor variation mostly involving 5ths
and octaves, very easy to improvise (x2)

Endbar: Replace the last bar of the chorus with this
G-|-/6-7-6------|
D-|--------8----|		Enjoy      -Tim
A-|-------------|
E-|-------------|