Around The World Chords & Tabs
Around The World Bass Tab
AROUND THE WORLD (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1999 Album CALIFORNICATION)
Words and Music by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith
Transcribed by Jake Brown
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass 1'
Intro
Modern Rock Q=97
E5
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------|-------------|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-0--------|-0--0--0--0--|-------------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q H W
|-------------------------------------------------||---------------|------||
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------||---------------|------||
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------||---------------|------||
|-------------------------------------------12-10s||=xsx-----------|------||
Verse 1
N.C.(G5)
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-----15-14----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------13-|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-0----------|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-------3-2-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------1-----1-0---|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-3-------------|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e T T T T T T S T T T T T T S
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------7h8p7h8p7h8---5h6p5h6p5h6----|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-------------3-5-||
|-----------------------|-------------------1---5-----||
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-3-------------||
Chorus
Ab Gm Fm
Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-------5--8---|--------7-----7-|----------5---|
|-6------------|-5----5---------|-3-----6------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
Cm Ab Gm
E Q E E E E S S Q Q Q E E E Q E E E E E
|------------------|-------5--8---|--------7-----7-|
|--------5-----5-5-|-6------------|-5-5--5---------|
|-3-3--3-----------|--------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------|----------------|
Fm Cm N.C.(G5)
Q Q Q E E E Q E E E Q E E Q H
|----------5---|------------------||-------------|
|-3-----6------|--------5---------||-------------|
|--------------|-3-3--3-----------||-------------|
|--------------|------------/20\--||-3-----------|
Verse 2
N.C.(G5)
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-----15-14----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------13-|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-0----------|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-------3-2-3-2-3-|
|-----------------------|-----------------1-----------|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-3-------------|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e T T T T T T S T T T T T T S
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------7h8p7h8p7h8---5h6p5h6p5h6----|
N.C.(G5)
E S S E E E E E E E S S E s S S S E S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-----------3-3-|
|-----------------------|-------------------1-------|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------0-1-3---------|
Chorus
Ab Gm Fm
Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-------5--8---|--------7-----7-|----------5---|
|-6------------|-5----5---------|-3-----6------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
Cm Ab Gm
E Q E E E E S S Q Q Q E E E Q E E E E E
|------------------|-------5--8---|--------7-----7-|
|--------5-----5-5-|-6------------|-5-5--5---------|
|-3-3--3-----------|--------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------|----------------|
Fm Cm
~~~~~
Q Q Q E E E E E S S E E S +E.
|----------5---|------------------------------||
|-3-----6------|------------------------------||
|--------------|-3-----3-3-10---/18b20==(18)r-||
|--------------|------------------------------||
Bridge
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|
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E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-12h14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14-12-------------------||
|-------------------------------14-13-12-10-------||
|-------------------------------------------12-10-||
Verse 3
N.C.(G5)
~~~~~~~
|------3-------|
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e S S S S S S +Q
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-17-15-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------17-15h16p15-(15)--||
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------------------------------||
N.C.(G5)
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-----15-14----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------13-|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-0----------|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17-------3-2-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------1-----1-0---|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------1-3-------------|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S E e T T T T T T S T T T T T T S
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----15---17------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3-----------7h8p7h8p7h8---5h6p5h6p5h6----|
N.C.(G5)
e S S E e e e e e e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----15---17-----14-15-|-----------------------3---3-5-||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0-3S5---5-----||
|-3-----------1-0-------|-3---1---0-1-3-----------------||
Chorus
Ab
E. S S S E +E E +S S S S
|----------------8-(8)-------|
|-6--6---x-6-(6)---------6---|
|----------------------6---6-|
|----------------------------|
Gm Fm Cm
E. S E E +S S E +S S E a Q S S E +E E S S E Q E E +S S E +S S S S
|--------------------------|------------------------|-5--5-5-(5)---------------
|-5--------------5-(5)---5-|----------------5-6-5---|--------------------------
|--------------------------|-6s8--x-x-8-(8)-------8-|-6------------3-(3)---3---
|----3---3-(3)-3-------3---|------------------------|------------3-------3---6-
Ab Gm Fm
E. S S S E +E E S S E E. S E E +S S E E S S E. S E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------6-5-3---|------------------------|-------------------|
|-4--4---x-4-(4)-------4-|-3--3---3-(3)-3-3---3-2-|-1--1-3-3-4-4-6-6--|
Cm Ab Gm
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S S S E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E E e
|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------
|--------------------3-5-5-|-6--6---x-6-(6)-6-6-----6---|-5--------------------
|-6--3---3-(3)-3-5-6-------|----------------------6---6-|----------------------
|--------------------------|----------------------------|----3---3-(3)-3-3---3-
Fm
A E. S S S E +S S E +E E
|----------------------------|
|------------5-(5)-5---------|
|-6s8--8-x-x---------8-(8)-8-|
|----------------------------|
Cm Ab
E. S S S E +E E S S E E. S S S E +E E +S S S S
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6--6-3-6-3-(3)-5-6-5-3-|----------------6-(6)-------|
|------------------------|-4--4---x-4-(4)-------0-4-0-|
Gm Fm Eb6
E. S E E +S S E E E E. S E E +S S E S S E W
|----------------------|------------------------|------||
|----------------------|----------------5-6-5---|------||
|----------------------|--------8-(8)-8-------8-|-6----||
|-3--3---3-(3)-3-3-x-x-|-1--1-------------------|------||
Outro
Dm
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A7/D Bbmaj7/D
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Dm
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A7/D Bbmaj7/D Bbsus2/D
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---5---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5---8-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Dm
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A7/D Bbmaj7/D
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Dm
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|-5-8-7-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A7/D
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-/10-10-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-0-3-0-|
|---------------------------------------------|
Bbmaj7/D
S S S S +S E S +S E S +E E
|----------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------*|
|-5-8-7-5-(5)-/12-12-(12)-12-12-(12)\----*|
|----------------------------------------*|
