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Can't Stop - Bass tab By the Red Hot Chili Peppers From the Album "By the Way" Tabbed by Tim Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com) Normal tuning Since this is such a great song, I decided to tab out every variation, the rhythmin on the verse is kind of hard, but listen to it about 50 times and you might figure it out Intro: (x8) Steadily gets louder each measure G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| A-|-----------------|-----------------| E-|-----------------|-----------------| Verse: I'm not sure if he is slapping or not, but this is the way I play it, sounds right. You have to hit the mutes right before the octaves 1st time through (memorize these) G-|----7-9-|-------7--9--7---|-----7-9-|-------7--9--7---| D-|--------|-----------------|---------|-----------------| A-|-7------|-7-7-7---x--x--7-|---------|------x--x--x----| E-|--------|-----------------|-10------|-10------------5-| T P P T T T P TP TP T T P P T P TP TP T 1st bar 2nd 3rd 4th G-|--------|----------------|----------|--------------------| D-|----9-9-|-------9--x-9---|----10-10-|-------10--x---5----| A-|--------|----------------|----------|-------------7------| E-|-7------|-7-7-7---x-x--7-|-8--------|-8-8-8----x------8--| T P P T T T P TPTP T T P P T T T P TP T P T 5th 6th 7th 8th For the repetitions, you just replace these bars with certain ones from the originals 2nd time through / always use this for the fourth bar from now on G-|-------7--9--7---| |--------7--9--7---| |-----------------------| D-|---9-------------| |------------------| |-----------------------| A-|-7---7---x--x--7-| |----------x--x----| |---------x-9-10-10-x---| E-|-----------------| |-10--10---------5-| |-8-8-8-8------------10-| T T T P TP TP T T T P TP TP T no slapping 2nd 4th 8th 3rd time through G-|----7-9-|----------9--7---| |---------------------| D-|--------|-----7-7---------| |-----10-10-10-10-x---| A-|--------|-7-7-----x--x--7-| |---------------------| E-|-0------|-----------------| |-8-----------------8-| T P P T T T T TP TP T no slapping 1st 2nd 8th Chorus1: (x1) G-|----------------|--------|---------------|----x---------| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-79--7/97-10--|-10---x-10h12-| A-|-10-------------|--------|---------------|--------------| E-|----------------|--------|---------------|--------------| G-|----------------|--------|--------------|--7/9--7--| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-9--7/97-10--|-9--------| A-|-10-------------|--------|--------------|----------| E-|----------------|--------|--------------|----------| G-|----------------|--------|----11-------|-----------| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-9-----9-10--|-10-10h12--| A-|-10-------------|--------|-------------|-----------| E-|----------------|--------|-------------|-----------| listen closely, you'll hear the bend G-|-----------------|--------|----------| D-|-------x-9-10-12-|-12-12--|-9--10----| A-|-9^10------------|--------|----------| E-|-----------------|--------|----------| Verse: (x4) 1st time through G-|--------9--7---| |-----------------------| D-|---7-7---------| |-----------------------| A-|-7-----x--x--7-| |-----10-10-x-x-9-9-x-x-| E-|---------------| |-8-8-------------------| T T T TP TP T no slapping 2nd 8th 2nd time through G-|------------------| D-|-------10--x-10---| A-|------------------| E-|-8-8-8----x-x---8-| T T T P TPT P T 8th 3rd time through - This is the weird sounding part, to get flea's sound you have to do a bass palm mute, do it the same as on the guitar, then use your thumb to stroke the notes, ones with x's on bottom are palm muted G-|-----9--7--------| D-|-----x--x--9-7---| A-|-----------x-x10-| E-|-8-8-----------x-| T T palm muted 4th time through - same as the 2nd time through Chorus2: (x1) G-|----------------|--------|----11-11----|---------------| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-9----9--10--|--10--12-10-9--| A-|-10-------------|--------|-------------|---------------| E-|----------------|--------|-------------|---------------| G-|----------------|--------|------------|-7/9--7-----| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-9--7-9-10--|--------9-7-| A-|-10-------------|--------|------------|------------| E-|----------------|--------|------------|------------| G-|----------------|--------|--------7-----|------------| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-9--7-9---10--|-10-10--9-7-| A-|-10-------------|--------|--------------|------------| E-|----------------|--------|--------------|------------| G-|----------------|--------|----------| D-|-----x-9-10-12--|-12-12--|-9--10----| A-|-10-------------|--------|----------| E-|----------------|--------|----------| Interlude: (x1) G-|-----9----|-14----------|-----------|-------------| D-|---9------|----12-0-12--|------9----|-12-10---10--| A-|-7-----7--|-------------|-----------|-------------| E-|----------|-------------|-7-77---7--|-------8-----| G-|-----9----|-14----------|-----------|------------------| D-|---9------|----12-0-12--|------9----|-12-10---10-------| A-|-7-----7--|-------------|-----------|------------------| E-|----------|-------------|-7-77---7--|-------8-----5--6-| G-|-----9----|-14----------|-----------|----------------------| D-|---9------|----12-0-12--|------9----|-12-10---10--5/7------| A-|-7-----7--|-------------|-----------|------------------5-6-| E-|----------|-------------|-7-77---7--|-------8--------------| G-|-----9----|-14----------|-----------|-------------| D-|---9------|----12-0-12--|------9----|-12-10---10--| A-|-7-----7--|-------------|-----------|-------------| E-|----------|-------------|-7-77---7--|-------8-----| Verse: (x6) 1st time through G-|------7h9-------| D-|---7h9---7h9----| A-|------------10~-| E-|-8--------------| no slapping 8th 2nd time through G-|---------------14-14-x-x-| D-|-------------------------| A-|-----10-10-x-x-----------| E-|-8-8---------------------| no slapping 8th 3rd time through G-|------------------| D-|-------10--x-10---| A-|------------------| E-|-8-8-8----x-x---8-| T T T P TPT P T 8th 4th time through G-|--------9--7---| |----------------------| D-|---7-7---------| |-----10-10------------| A-|-7-----x--x--7-| |-------------7/9-10-9-| E-|---------------| |-8-8--------8---------| T T T TP TP T no slapping 2nd 8th 5th time through G-|------------|-------------| D-|-----x------|---x-----x---| A-|------------|-------------| E-|-8-x---8--8-|-8---8-8---8-| T T P T T T P T T P T 7th 8th 6th time through - Same as the 3rd time through