Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane

The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Aeroplane Written by Anthony Kiedis/Flea/Dave Navarro/Chad Smith Transcription: Paul Houghton [Intro] C7sus4 C7sus2 e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| B|-6-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| G|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| D|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| C13sus4 C e|-5-----------6-------------------|-3-------------------------------| B|-3-------------------3-----------|-5-------------------------------| G|-3-----------------------3-------|-5-------------------------------| D|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| C9sus4 Csus2 e|-6-----------5-----------3-------|-3-------------------------------| B|-3---------------6---------------|-3-------------------------------| G|-3-------------------3-----------|-5---------------5---------------| D|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| C9sus4 [With fill 1]* C e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| G|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| D|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Chorus x4] [Rhythm Fill 1] Gm C9 e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----| D|---------------------3h5-----3h5-|---------------------3h5-----3h5-| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gm C9 e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|-----------------6---x-6-x-6/8---| G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----|-3-3-3-3---x---------------------| D|---------------------3h5-----3h5-|-------------3/5-----------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Verse x8] (Listen carefully as Dave Navarro doesn't always play on the last beat) e|-18--x-18--------18--x-18--------|-18--x-18--------18--x-18--------| B|-18--x-18--------18--x-18--------|-17--x-17--------17--x-17--------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Chorus x4] [Rhythm Fill 2] e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-3/5---5-5/7---7-7/10---10-10\9--|-9/12-12--\9---------9/10--\7----| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-7h10-\9------\5-7------\3-3-3-3-|-3h5---3-5--3--5-3-5-5p3-5-3-----| D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5-3-| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Verse x8] (Last note of guitar solo 'G' overlaps rhythm guitar) e|-18--x-18--------18--x-18--------|-18--x-18--------18--x-18--------| B|-18--x-18--------18--x-18--------|-17--x-17--------17--x-17--------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Chorus x4] [Bridge x6] e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-| G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-| D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e|-----3-------3-------3-----------| B|-----3-------3-------3-----------| G|-----3-------3-------3-----------| D|-----5-------5-------5-----------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| [Chorus x6] [Bass Solo Arranged For Guitar] e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------3-4---------------------------------------------------------| D|-----5-----3---5-3-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------5-----5-3-------1---3-1-----------------------3-3-1-1-| E|---------------------------3---3-----3-1-2-3-3-1-1---/15\----------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------3-------------------------------------| D|---------------------5---3-----------------------------------------| A|-1-3-1-4-1-5----------------------4-3---x-1---x-3-1----------------| E|-------------1--/3----------------------------------3-x-1-x-2-x-3--| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------3h4---------------5--------------------------------------| D|------3-------3-0-5-0-3-0------------------------------------------| A|----5---5-----------------3--------3--/15\-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar Solo] 3:58 e|------------------------------17b18--------17-15----15-------------| B|--18b20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-18p15--------------------18----18b20----18-| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-15~~~~~~-------------15-------------------------------------------| D|----------17--15--17------15--17-----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------15--15--b17--r16--b17~~~~~~~~~~~-| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-15b17~~~-15b17~~~-15b17~~~-15b17~~~---15p13--15---b16---b17-------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 1 a & a 2 a & a 3 a & a 4 a & a 1 a & a 2 a & a 3 a & a 4 a & a e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-15b17-15-13bss----13h15-13b14--------13h15-13bss------13h15-13bss-| E|--------------15-----------------13h15-----------13-15-------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------3--3-5-3-5b7-| D|--------------------------------------------------3h5--------------| A|-------15p13bss--------------1--------1h3-1------------------------| E|-13h15-------15\---1b2--3~~~---3-1-3--------3-1-3------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------6-8b10-| B|--------------------------------6-8p6-8b11---r8p6-8-------8--------| G|--b10------r5-3h5-3~~~~~~----/7------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-8-6-8b10r8p6-8b10r8p6-8p6---6-------------------------------------| B|---------------------------8---8p6-8p6---6-------------------------| G|---------------------------------------7---7p5-7p5\3-5p3---3-5p3---| D|---------------------------------------------------------5-------5-| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-8-6-8b10r8p6-8b10r8p6-8p6\3-6p3-----------------------------------| B|---------------------------------6-3-----6p3---3-------------------| G|-------------------------------------5p3-----5---5p3-5p3--3-5p3bss-| D|---------------------------------------------------------5---------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------5-5b6r5---3---5-5b6r5-3---5-5b6r5---3---5------b6~~~~~~-| G|------3bss-5-5b7r5---3---5-5b7r5-3---5-5b7r5---3---5------b7~~~~~~-| D|-5~~~--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Wide vibrato e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5b6~~~~~~-5-5b6r5-3-----------------------------------------------| G|-5b7~~~~~~-5-5b7r5-3-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| (Guitar 2 in brackets) D7 Double time triplets e|------------------------------------------------------------------|| B|--------------------------------------------------------(/8)------|| G|-----------------------------------10----------------------(10)---|| D|-(5--3--5--3--5~~~~~~~~~~~)--------9--------------------------(9)-|| A|-----------------------------------10-----------------------------|| E|------------------------------------------------------------------|| [Additional Guitar Tracks] [Fill 1]* Slow tremolo bar dive e|---------------------------------| B|-3\------------------------------| G|-3\------------------------------| D|-3\------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| [Bridge] e|---------------------------------|-----3---------------------------| B|-6-------------------3-----------|-----3---------------------------| G|-3-------------------5-----------|-----3---------------------------| D|-3-------------------3-----------|-----5---------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Tablature Key] x Mute strings (with left hand aka 'percussive strum') b Bend r Release h Hammer on p Pull off / Slide up \ Slide down ~ Vibrato [Lyrics] I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Songbird sweet and sour Jane And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Pleasure spiked with pain That motherfucker's always spiked with pain Looking in my own eyes, hello I can find the love I want Someone better slap me Before I start to rust Before I start to decompose Looking in my rear view mirror Looking in my rear view mirror I can make it disapear I can make it disapear, have no fear I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Songbird sweet and sour Jane And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Pleasure spiked with pain That motherfucker's always spiked with pain Sitting in my kitchen I'm turning into dust again My melancholy baby The star of mazy must Push her voice inside of me I'm overcoming gravity I'm overcoming gravity It's easy when you're sad to be It's easy when you're sad Sad like me I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Songbird sweet and sour Jane And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Pleasure spiked with pain Just one note could make me float Could make me float away One note from the song She wrote could fuck me where I lay Just one note could make me choke One note that's not a lie Just on note could cut my throat One note could make me die I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane Songbird sweet and sour Jane And music is my aeroplane It's my aeroplane That's spiked with pain [Alternative approaches] When I played this with my Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute, in order to fill the sound out I slightly adapted some parts. Here's a link to a live demo I did with my RHCP tribute 'Scar Tissue' - the tremolo 'dive bomb' was the only overdub)... https://soundcloud.com/user-653069806/scar-tissue-aeroplane [Fill 1] As this intro needs to resolve to the 'C' chord, I did the tremolo 'dive-bomb' on the 'C'. C e|---------------------------------| B|-5\------------------------------| G|-5\------------------------------| D|-5\------------------------------| A|-3\------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| [Rhythm Fill 1] Gm C9 e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-------------| B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----| G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---x-----3-3-----| D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---x-3h5-----3h5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---x-3h5-----3h5-| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Rhythm Fill 2] Played in octaves for a 'Jimi Hendrix-like' feel. e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-3/5---5-5/7---7-7/10---10-10\9--|-9/12-12--\9---------9/10--\7----| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-1/3---3-3/5---5-5/8----8--8-\7--|-7/10-10--\7---------7/8---\5----| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-7/10-\9------\5-7------\3-3-3-3-|-3h5---3-5--3--5-3-5-5p3-5-3-----| D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5-3-| A|-5/8--\7------\3-5------\1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Guitar solo] Again, for a more 'Hendrix-like' vibe (and 'cause it sounds good - to me at least!), this how I played this part of the solo: Bend 'A' string down into 'D' string ('F' note should bend imperceptibly sharp) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----15~~~----15~~~----15~~~----15~~~-------------------------------| A|-15b17~~~-15b17~~~-15b17~~~-15b17~~~---15p13--15---b16---b17-------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| [Note] If you found this transcription helpful, I'd appreciate it if you'd rate it for me ...thanks in advance! #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. 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