Red Hot Chili Peppers - Battle ship

Battle Ship by Red Hot Chili Peppers from Freaky Styley tabbed by Moe (mounir_karadja@hotmail.com) Fun, punky track with totally unhearable lyrics! There's a lot more to this song than you think at first. Listen to the chorus, there are only two D's (5 on the A-string) played but at least I thought that there were 3 (you know right before "battle ship, what!") ?| verse| | B A B A | G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|--7--7-5-5-7---7--5-5-7----------------------| ?| chorus| | E D D C# | G|-----------|----------------|----------------| D|-----------|---------------alt---------------| A|--7--7--7--|--5-5----5-5----|--5-5--4-4------| E|-----------|----------------|----------------| If you listen carefully to the third verse you can hear how Flea changes the riff a bit (he adds a B (7 on the E-string), but it does more to the riff than you'd think. There's also a little variation played once (the fourth time). ?| 3rd verse| | B A B A | G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|--7--7-5-5-7--7-7--5-5-7---------------------| ?| 3rd verse variation| G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|--7--7-5-5-4--3-3--222-----------------------| **Flea is the second best bassist of all time, next to Les Claypool**