Song: Under the Bridge
Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: Bloodsugarsexmagik (1991)
Tabbed by: Miguel Pupo Correia (mpc@ursula)
Well, here come the peppers.
Be sure to listen to this song until it's basically memorized, in
order to get the rhythm and chord changes straight.
The introduction is fingerpicked, and might take sometime to get.
There are fundamentally two hand positions in the intro, the
stretched D major chord and the F# major bar chord. All notes
should be made to ring as long as possible.
The chords for the first two verses are fairly simple, but the next
verses are a bit complicated, so the tab for the tricky parts have
been laid out.
h - hammer on
p - pull off
s - slide
UPPER CASE - major chords
lower case - minor chords
Introduction
Let ring h h p
E ---------------------|----------------------|--------------------
B -3-------3-----------|-2--------------------|-3-----------3-5-3--
G -----2-----2---------|---------3------------|-------------------2
D ---4---4-------------|-----4-----4--4-2-0---|-----4---2----------
A -5-----------4-2-0---|---4---4------------4-|-4-5---5---4--------
E -------------------4-|-2--------------------|--------------------
(D) (F#) (D)
s h
E --------|----------------------|--------------------------|
B --------|-2--------------------|-3-----------3------------|
G --------|---------3------------|---------2-----2----------|
D -4--6-6-|-----4-----4--4-2-0---|-----4-----4--------------|
A -5--7-7-|---4---4------------4-|-4-5---5----------4-2-0-4-|
E --------|-2--------------------|--------------------------|
(F#) (D)
h h p s
E ----------------------|---------------------------|-2------------
B -2--------------------|-3----------3-5-3----------|--------------
G ---------3------------|---------2--------2--------|--------3--3--
D -----4-----4--4-2-0---|-----4-----4--------4--6-6-|-----4---4--4-
A ---4---4------------4-|-4-5---5------------5--7-7-|---4---4--4--4
E -2--------------------|---------------------------|-2------------
(F#) (D) (F#)
Verses
(Use bar chords)
E B c#7 g# A
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend,
E B c#7 A
E B c#7 g# A
Is the city I live in, the city of angel
Lonely as I am, together we cry
E B c#7 A
*(Special chord #1)*
Let ring
E ---------
B --9------
G --8------
D --9------
A --7------
E --0------
EM7 - (E addD#)
*(Use this riff for the rest of the verses)*
h p s p h p
E ---------------------|----------------4--5--5-7-5---|-----------
B -9--9---7------------|-7--9-----------4--5--------5-|-9--9---7--
G -9--9---8--8-9-8---8-|-8--9-----------4--6----------|-9--9---8--
D -9--9---9--------9---|-9--11-11-9-11--6--7----------|-9--9---9--
A -7--7---9------------|-9--11-11-9-11--6--7----------|-7--7---9--
E -0--0---7------------|-7--9-----------4--5----------|-0--0---7--
E B c# g# A E B
h p s p
E ------------|-----------------5--5-----|
B ------------|-7--9------------5----5---|
G --8-9-8---8-|-8--9------------6------6-|
D --------9---|-9--11-11-9-11---7--------|
A ------------|-9--11-11-9-11---7--------|
E ------------|-7--9------------5--------|
c# A
I drive on her streets cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
I never worry, now that is a lie
(Special chord #1 as above)
Chorus
(Use upper neck bar chords)
(The B chord should be played as notated below)
(Play chorus twice)
f# E B f#
I don't ever wanna feel, like I did that day
Take me to place I love, take me all the way
f# E B f#
E --11----
B --12----
G --11----
D --------
A --------
E --------
B
Verses
(1 verse) yah yah etc..
It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love, the city she loves me
Lonely as I am, together we cry
(Special chord #1)
Chorus (as above)
Closing
(Use open chords)
(Let the high E string sound through all of the chords)
A a G F (play three times)
F E G
A a G F
Under the bridge downtown, is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown, I could not get enough
A a G F
A a G F
Under the bridge downtown, forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown, I gave my life away
A a G F
A a G F (play eight times)
Under The Bridge -RHCP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-3---3-----2----------3----353----------------------------------------
---2--2--------3--------2-----2---------------------------------------
--4-4--------4--4420---4--4----466--4--4420---------------------------
-5-----420--4-4-----2-5-5------577-4-4-----2--------------------------
----------42----------------------2-----------------------------------
X2 except just before the verse don't run down the 4420 (4th) 2(5th)
instead stay on the F# and arpeggiate the chord . Listen to the record.
Sometimes I feel like i dont have a partner
E B C#m7 G#m A