If You Have To Ask

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tabbed By Martin Peters
Bass
Moderate with slight swing
Tune down one step. 1=F 2=C 3=G 4=D

Main bass figure:
G-|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-|-----75-----75----|------75-----------|-----75----75----|-----75----4-5--|
E-|--0----75-----73--|--0-----75---5/15\-|-0-----75----73--|--0----75------5|
Played with fretless and normal bass overdub.

Repeat the first three bars then play:
G-|-------------------|
D-|-------------------|
A-|------75----4-5-67-|
E-|--0-----75---------|

CHORUS: (Fretless)
G-|-----4/5----------------|-----4/5-------5p0-7---|----4/5----------------|
D-|--------0-3-x5/6-03p0---|---------030-67--------|-------0-3-x5/6-03p0---|
A-|--5-------------------3-|--5------------------8-|--5------------------3-|
E-|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

G-|-----4/5----------------|----4/5------------------|----4/5p0-1011-x45----|
D-|--------0-3-------------|--------0-3-x5/6-0-03p0--|--------------------3-|
A-|--5---------------------|--5--------------------3-|--5-------------------|
E-|-----------0-1-2-3-4-5--|-------------------------|----------------------|

G-|----4/5-----------------|----------|
D-|-------0-3-x5/6-03p0----|----------|
A-|--5------------------3--|--5----3--|
E-|------------------------|----------|
Play the chorus with intense fingerstyle funk.
Make sure the staccato notes and slides sounds right. Flea plays the second chorus with slight variationes.

INTERLUDE:
G-|-------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|--7--6--5----|-3-----2---|--7-x6-x5---------|-3-x---2x--------|
A-|-----------5-|----3------|-----------x5-5-x-|----3-x----------|
E-|-------------|-----------|------------------|----------0-0-0--|
Play each two bars two times. Use short strike on every note.

OUTRO:
G-|--------------3/4---7(0)67-|---------------------|
D-|-------------------5-------|--5------5-----------|
A-|------75-------------------|-----5h7---7--0--5---|
E-|--0-----75-----------------|-------------------0-|