Bass tablature for "Mellowship Slinky In B Major" by "Red Hot Chili Peppers"

Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Piece: Mellowship Slinky In B Major
Instrument: Bass
Submitter: StevenS
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Song: Mellowship Slinky in B Major
Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bassist: Flea
Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Tabber: Steven Stankevicius (StevenS)

This is so funky to play, don’t you think?  This is correct so, have fun!

Intro (Riff 1)

G |-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|
A |4-3-2--05-6-7-----5--7-7-5-7--4-3-2--05-6-7-----5---|
E |-------------0-0-7-7------------------------0-0-7-7—-|

G |-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|
A |7-----5--4-3-2-05-6-7-----5--7-7-5-7--4-3-2--05-6-7-|
E |-0-0-7-7-------------0-0-7-7-------------------------|
                                 
G |------------|
D |------------|
A |-----5--7---|
E |0-0-7-7--0--|

Intro part 2 (Riff 2)

G |8--------------8---------------8---------|
D |-7---99--x99--x-7----99—-x77--x-7----99--|
A |--9--------------9---------------9-------|
E |---7--------------7---------------7------|

G |------8-------------8-----------------|
D |x99--x-7----9-8-7--x-7----------------|
A |--------9-------------9---------------|
E |---------7-------------7--------------|

Verse (Riff 3)

G |-----------8--------------8-------------8------------|
D |-99—-x99--x-7---99—-x97—-x-7---99—x99--x-7-----------|
A |-------------9--------------9-------------9----------|
E |--------------7--------------7-------------7---7-6-5-|

G |-8-------------8-------------8-------------8---------|
D |x-7---99—x99--x-7---99—x97--x-7---99—x99--x-7---9-8-7|
A |---9-------------9-------------9-------------9-------|
E |----7-------------7-------------7-------------7------|

G |-8-------------8-------------8-------------8---------|
D |x-7---99—x99--x-7---99—x97--x-7---99—x99--x-7--------|
A |---9-------------9-------------9-------------9-------|
E |----7-------------7-------------7-------------7------|
(Riff 4)   
   (“I do the dog with Izabella”)
G |-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-9-8-7------------------7-8--------------------------|
A |--------8/9-8-7-5-7-8/9------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|

Then play the first two lines of Riff 3 again with a slide to the 9th fret of the A string at the end.

Chorus (Riff 5)

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

G |--------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------5-------------------------------|
A |5-7-5-7---5-7-5-7---7---4-5-4-5-4--5-4-5-4--5-4-5-|
E |--------------------------------------------------| 
(Listen carefully for the timing) 

Play Riff 5 again and then…

(Riff 6)
G |---------|
D |-5—4—3---|
A |-------5-|
E |---------|

Then there’s the verse. So play Riff 3 a number of times.

Then play Riff 5 (Chorus)

Guitar Solo Interlude 

(Riff 6)
G |-----------------|
D |---------2--4----|
A |-/2---5--------2-|
E |-----------------| x4

(Riff 7)
G |--------------------------------------------------|
D |-/7—--5/7---------/7---5/7----7-------------------|
A |-----------9-8-7------------9—-8-7----------------|
E |-------------------------------------3/5--3-2-1-0-|

G |------------8------|
D |-------------7-----|
A |--------------9----|
E |-3/5---3-2-----7---|

Then play the verse a number of times again (riff 3).

The outro riff is the same as the intro one (riff 1).