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Breaking The Girl Tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

This document contains a guitar tab for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Breaking the Girl" with 3 sections: 1. An introduction that provides tuning and playing instructions. 2. The full guitar tab for the song broken into verses, choruses, and outros. 3. A brief explanation of notation used in the tab.

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Breaking The Girl Tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

This document contains a guitar tab for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Breaking the Girl" with 3 sections: 1. An introduction that provides tuning and playing instructions. 2. The full guitar tab for the song broken into verses, choruses, and outros. 3. A brief explanation of notation used in the tab.

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Breaking The Girl tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Tuning: E A D G B E

This is the best transcription of this song you'll find on the 'net. This is close
to how Frusciante plays it - especially the Chorus. 12-string acoustic, tuned down
a half-step. No Capo. And most importantly: hit the strings as hard as humanly
possible.

Original tab by Louis L.

[Verse 1]

I am a man cut from the


rarely do friends come and then
she was a girl soft but
we were the two our lives re-
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2--2--2-------2--2--2--2--4--5--5-------5--5--5--5---7--7--7--------7--7--7--|
G|-2--2--2-------2--2--2--2--4--5--5-------5--5--5--5---7--7--7--------7--7--7--|
D|-2--2--2-------2--2--2--2--4--5--5-------5--5--5--5---7--7--7--------7--7--7--|
A|-0--0--0--4p0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--6p0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--10p0--0--0--0--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

know
go
estranged
arranged
e|-------9---9---9---9---9---9--------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--9--10--10--10--10--10--10-------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--9--9---9---9---9---9---9--------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--9--11--11--11--11--11--11-------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Pre-chorus]

C G Am
Feeling so good that day
C G F
A feeling of love that day

[Chorus]

Twisting and turning, your feelings are burning, you're


e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--12--12--12--12---------------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7---9---9---9---9---------------------------|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x---x---------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10---------------------------|

breaking the girl


e|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|
B|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
G|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

She meant you no


e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--12--12--12--12---------------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7---9---9---9---9---------------------------|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x---x---------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10---------------------------|

harm
e|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--------|
B|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-------|
G|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--------|
D|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-------|
A|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--------|
E|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--------|

Think you're so clever but now you must sever, you're


e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--12--12--12--12---------------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7---9---9---9---9---------------------------|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x---x---------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10---------------------------|

breaking the girl...


e|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|
B|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
G|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

He loves no one
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--12--12--12--12---------------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7---9---9---9---9---------------------------|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x---x---------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10---------------------------|

else
e|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------------|
B|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--6---6---6---6---5---5---5---5----------------|
G|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7----------------|
D|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--7---7---7---7---6---6---6---6----------------|
A|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7----------------|
E|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x----------------|

[Verse 2]

Raised by my dad
Girl of the day
He was my man
That was the way
She was the girl
Left alone
Feeling the need
To make me her home

[Pre-chorus 2]

C G Am
I don't know what, when or why
C G F
The twilight of love had arrived

[Chorus]

Twisting and turning, your feelings are burning you're


breaking the girl
She meant you no harm
Think you're so clever but now you must sever, you're
breking the girl
He loved no one else

"Pots and pans" break: (play this 8 times)


e|-----------------8-----------------------------15--15--15---------------------|
B|--5--x--x--x--x--5--x--x--x--x--5--x--x--x--x--15--15--15---------------------|
G|--5--x--x--x--x--5--x--x--x--x--5--x--x--x--x--15--15--15---------------------|
D|--7--x--x--x--x--7--x--x--x--x--7--x--x--x--x--14--14--14---------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--15--15--15---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Outro]
Same as the Chorus with this electric guitar fill played over top, fading out:

e|-12-----12------12------12----------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-13--13--13--13--13--13--13---12---13---12---13---12---13---12---13--------|
G|----14------14------14------14---13---14---13---14---13---14---13---14--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

************************************

| x Dead note
| p Pull-off

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