If You Have To Ask Tab

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IF YOU HAVE TO ASK - Red Hot Chili Peppers
 
Tabbed by:*Truly Ninja*
Email:TrulyNinja@hotmail.com
 
Tuning:EADGBe
 
 
[Verse Riff]
 
e|--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X------|
B|--6-X-X-6-X-X-6-X-X-6-X-X-6------|
G|--5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
("If you have to ask...")
 
 
Guitar 1
 
e|--------X------------------------------------|
B|--------X--10/13-----------------------------|
G|--------X--------8/12------------------------|
D|---8-10-X-------------8-10---8---8---8-------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
 
 
Guitar 2
 
e|---11----13b---------11----13b-----11----13b----------11----13b-13-11-13-13b---11---13b-----|
B|13----13-------13-13---13-------13----13-----13-13-13----13------------------13--13----13-13|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Interlude]
 
e|------------------------------|
B|--10--9--8--5--6--3--6--------|
G|--10--9--8--3--7--1--5--------|
D|--9---8--7--5--5--3--4-(x2)---|
A|--10--9--8--3--6--1--5--------|
E|------------------------------|
 
   G9    Gb9  F9   C7   EbM7 Bb7  D7#9
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-X-X-9-X-8-X-X-5--5--6-X-3--X-6--X-x-6-6-6-6-X-X---------|
G|-10-X-X-9-X-8-X-X-3--3--7-X-1--X-5--X-X-5-5-5-5-X-X---------|
D|-9--X-X-8-X-7-X-X-5--5--5-X-3--X-4--X-X-4-4-4-4-X-X--(x2)---|
A|-10-X-x-9-X-8-X-X-3--3--6-X-1--X-5--X-X-5-5-5-5-X-X---------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12b13r12p10-12-12b----12b13r12p10----10h12-10----13b15r13----10----------|
D|------------------------------------12----------------------12-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------13/-------------------------10-----------|
B|-------10-----10-----10-------------------------------------------------13-------------|
G|--13b-----13b----13b----13b---------------------------------------12b14------12-10-----|
D|----------------------------5b6r5p3-------------------------10/12----------------------|
A|------------------------------------5-2b3r2-------0-10-10/8----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------8//10----------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--12b13r12p10----10h12p10----10------------------|
A|--------------12----------12---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------10-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------10-13----13-10-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12b----------------12b--12-10-(12bx20)-(12x11)-10------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------12-10------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------12-11-10h11p10---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------12b14r12-10----|
D|--------------------10-11-12----------10-11-12----------10-11-12----------10----------------|
A|--8-10-8-8-10-11-12----------10-11-12----------10-11-12----------10-11-12-------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--10h12-10----------------------------------|
D|-----------12-11-10-------------------------|
A|--------------------12-11-10/8-8b-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
Little Riff at the very end:
 
e|------------------------|
B|--5h7-5-----------------|
G|--------7p5-3-----------|
D|--------------5-3h5-----|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| /  Slide up
| b  Bend
| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| r  Release
 
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Really nice tab man, I like it. Only thing I would change is in the verse riff the two hits at the end of the phrase with the added 7th fret on the high e and the little riff at the end is right but is on the wrong strings, it all needs to be shifted down a string. But great tab man