Title: Blackeyed Blonde
Album: Freaky Styley
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Members: Anthony Kiedis, FLEA, Hillel Slovack and Jack Irons
Transcription: Bass Tab
Tuning: Standard E A D G
Tabbed by: Sean Lewis

Key
 / = Slide Up To Fret
  = Slide Down To Fret
 h = Hammer On
 p = Pull Off
 X = Muted Note
 > = Let Ring
 I) = Bend Up
 U) = Bend Down
 T = Tap (wack string with joining bone on thumb)
 P = Pop (pull the string upwards with index finger, middle, ring, or pinky 
          releasing it to make a twang)

Note....before u try this work on ur percussion slap techinque
                            T P T P T P T P T P T P T P T P
                         G]---x---x---x---x----------------]
                         D]-------------------x---x---x---x]
                         A]-x---x---x---x------------------]
                         E]-----------------x---x---x---x--]

(FLEA has tone maxed at this point)

Intro:
G]-----------------------------------------------5-5----------------]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]---3-5--3-5-------3-5--3-5-------3-5--3-5------------3-5--3-5-----]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

(Ok now depending on how many pickups u have just drop the tone on
all of them)

Verse:
Pumpin' the...  ...of New Orleans, She's the...    ...street dream 
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----5--4-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

She's just... ...and bones,                 You better leave her alone 
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P  T
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5---------------------------------]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x-------5------------------------------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----7--5-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----7--5-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

Leroy Brown thought he was bad too, 'Till she left...  ...old bayou 

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----7--5-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

She's the...            ...a bomb,      She's the...  ...Get down ! 
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T 
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5---------]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

Chorus:

(ahhhhhh the good ole chorus...to match the funky-ass guitar
a envelope filter goes well in here)

G]------------------------------------------------------------------]
D]-------5h7--------------------5h7---5--5----5h7-------------------]
A]-------------7-5--------------------------7---------7-5-----------]
E]--3h5------------8-5-----3h5----------------------------8-5-------]

G]------------------------------------------------------------------]
D]-------5h7--------------------5h7---5--5----5h7-------------------]
A]-------------7-5--------------------------7------7-5--------------]
E]--3h5------------8-5-----3h5-------------------------8-5----5--7--]

Okay then
that should fix u up good
now repeeat the verse
there is not much variation
after that do the chorus without the last 2 notes

Interlude:

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----7--5-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----7--5-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----7--5-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P           T   T   T   T   T   T
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5---------------------------------]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x----------------5---5---5---5---5---5-]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

Guitar Solo:
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----5--4-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----5--4-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----5--4-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T P  T    T P  T  P  T P  P
G]--------x---------x------5--7---5-------x---------x-----5----5--4-]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]--3h5-x----3h5--x-----0hx--x------3h5-x----3h5--x----0hx---x------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

Now play this second chorus

G]------------------------------------------------------------------]
D]------8h10-----------------8h10--8-8----8-10----------------------]
A]------------10-8---------------------10--------10--8--------------]
E] -6h8------------11-8--6h8----------------------------11--8-------]

G]------------------------------------------------------------------]
D]------8h10-----------------8h10--8-8----8-10----------------------]
A]------------10-8---------------------10--------10--8--------------]
E] -6h8------------11-8--6h8----------------------------11--8-------]

now play the verse

and that should go through and then there will be an extra last line:
    T   T P  T    T P   T TP TP   P T   T 
G]--------x---------x---------x---------x---------------------------]
D]------------------------------------------------------------------]
A]-3h5--x----3h5--x----3h5--x----3h5--x----------3-5------3-5-------]
E]------------------------------------------------------------------]

Sorry if u noticed a little more muted slap during this song
but this will do u fine 
after all, u dont wanna put too much stuff on ur plate while ur 
playing live ;)
Enjoy the little guitar riff at the end....its real funky
Thats it.

Its all there
enjoy

Comments Are Welcome and Would Be Appreciated 

   Verse:             Chorus:
E|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|----6-6-x-6-6-x-6----|--)----------------|-------------------|
G|-@--5-5-x-5-5-x-5--@-|-5---x-----x-------|-x-x-------x-x-x-x-|
D|-@--4-4-x-4-4-x-4--@-|-----x--5--x--7~~~-|-x-x--5-5--x-x-x-x-|
A|----5-5-x-5-5-x-5----|-------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 
E|-----------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------|----------)-|--)-------------|-------------------|
G|-----------|---------7--|-5--x----x------|-x-x-------x-x-x-x-|
D|-5-5---5h7-|-5-5-5-5----|----x--5-x--7~~-|-x-x--5-5--x-x-x-x-|
A|-----7-----|------------|----------------|-------------------|
E|-----------|------------|----------------|-------------------|

                             Verse 2:
E|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------|
B|-------------|---------|----------|-----6---6--x-6-6--x-6----|
G|-------------|---------|----------|-@---5---5--x-5-5--x-5--@-|
D|-5-5-----5h7-|-5-5-5-5-|----------|-@---4---4--x-4-4--x-4--@-|
A|------7------|---------|-3----4---|-----5---5--x-5-5--x-5----|
E|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------|

Chorus 2:

E|-----------------|------------------|-----------|------------|
B|--)--------------|------------------|-----------|----------)-|
G|-5---x-----x-----|-x-x------x-x-x-x-|-----------|---------7--|
D|-----x--5--x--7~-|-x-x--5-5-x-x-x-x-|-5-5---5h7-|-5-5-5-5----|
A|-----------------|------------------|-----7-----|------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|-----------|------------|

E|------------------|-------------|---------------|------------|
B|-)----------------|-------------|---------------|------------|
G|5---x-----x-------|-------------|---------------|------------|
D|----x--5--x--7~~~-|-(7)--(7)----|--5-5-----5h7--|----5-5-5-5-|
A|------------------|-------------|-------7-------|------------|
E|------------------|-------------|---------------|------------|

Interlude 1: With shouting, Bass plays but Guitar is quiet until
the last bar, when this is played:

E|----------------------|
B|----6--6--6---6---6-6-|
G|----5--5--5---5---5-5-|
D|----4--4--4---4---4-4-|
A|----5--5--5---5---5-5-|
E|----------------------|

Guitar Solo: A strange sound and a strange solo

Interlude 2:

E|-------------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
B|-------------------|-------)---|---------------|-----------)-|
G|-------------------|-x-x--8----|---------------|---------10--|
D|-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-|-x-x-----8-|-8-8------8h10-|-8-8-8-8-----|
A|-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-|-----------|------10-------|-------------|
E|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-|-----------|---------------|-------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|------)----------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|-x-x-8---x------8----8-10-8~-|-------------|
D|-8-(8)(8)(8)-(8)-|-x-x---8-x-8h10---10---------|-8-8----8h10-|
A|-8-(8)(8)(8)-(8)-|-----------------------------|-----10------|
E|-6-(6)(6)(6)-(6)-|-----------------------------|-------------|

E|------------------|
B|----------------)-|
G|--------------10--|
D|----8-8-8-8-------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Then play the 3rd verse like the first and end like this:

E|---------------|
B|----6-6----6-6-|
G|----5-5----5-5-|
D|----4-4----4-4-|
A|----5-5----5-5-|
E|---------------|

This is the bass main riff.

G|------x----------7--5----7--5-|------x----------7--5-----4-5-|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-3h5-----3h5--x-------x-------|-3h5-----3h5--x--------x------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|