Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Title : University Speaking
Album : By The Way
Tuning: Standard (lowest to highest: EADGBE)
This song is incredibly easy to play. The verse is only two chords and the
chorus is practically a one-tone beat.
D Em7
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0---0-0-|--0-0---0---0----|
|-7---7---7---7-7-|--7-7---7---7----|-8---8---8---8-8-|--8-8---8---8----|
|-7---7---7---7-7-|--7-7---7---7----|-7---7---7---7-7-|--7-7---7---7----|
|-7---7---7---7-7-|--7-7---7---7----|-0---0---0---0-0-|--0-0---0---0----|
|-5---5---5---5-5-|--5-5---5---5----|-7---7---7---7-7-|--7-7---7---7----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
“I saw your face elegant and tired”
The pre-chorus (“Silveretta the chance of a lifetime”) also uses the same
rhythm above, but on the first bar before it, this is played:
|--0-0---0---0----|
|--8-8---8---8-77-|
|--7-7---7---7-77-|
|--0-0---0---0-77-|
|--7-7---7---7-55-|
|-----------------|
On the first two bars before the chorus, this is played:
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
“Come on baby cuz that’s no name for Give it up and I
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---2-2---2---2---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-----------------|
Got what I came for University speaking I
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Take it back and I make you nervous Nothig better than
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---2-2---2---2---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-----------------|
love and service University speaking I
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---2-2---2---2---|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-0---------------|
win in the long run”
Coda:
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|-16-14-12-14-12-11-|-12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12-14-|-7-7-7-7-|
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|-16-14-12-14-12-11-|-12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12-14-|-19-19-19-19-|
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|-16-14-12-14-12-11-|-12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12-14-|-7-7-7-7-|
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|-------------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-------------|---|---|------|
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|-------------|---|---|------|
|-7-5-4-5-4-0-|-2-|-7-|-7/12-|
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By the way, this is my fifth tab! Check out my other four, all available at
guitaretab.com:
1: "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath
2: "Spiral Architect" by Black Sabbath
3: "This Is The Place" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
4: "Peephole" by System Of A Down
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