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                                   FUNKY MONKS
                      As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
                   (From the 1991 Album BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK)

Words and Music by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Transcribed by Official Book

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Clean'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric with Distortion'

 Intro
  Moderate Funk Q=90
  N.C.(G)
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                            |-3-|                |-3--|
  S E S +E      E E E E E   S S S S +E      S S S a   +E  E a E +S  S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5-------5b6-(5)-5-------------|
|-----3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5-------5b6-(5)-5-3h5-(5)p3p0-|
|---------------5-------5-|-3h5-------------5-3-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|


  Gtr I
                        |-3-|       |-3-|
  S S S S +E      E E E S S S S S   S S S S S S E.      E  E E   E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---------|------------------------------------|
|-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3h5p3-----|------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-----------5---|-3h5p3------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------5---3p1----------------------|
|-1-3-----------------------------|------------------------1-----1-----|
|
| Gtr II
| W                                 H              a   +E  E E.    +S
|---------------------------------|------------------------0-----------|
|---------------------------------|----------------5b6-(5)-1-3---------|
|---------------------------------|----------------5b6-(5)---3b4---(3)-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|


 Pre-Verse
  Gtr II
  S S S S +E      E E E E E   S S S S +E      E S   +S  S S S E.
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5---3----|
|-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5---3----|
|-----------------5-------5-|-3h5-------------5------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-1h3-----------------------|------------------------------------|


                                                          ~~
  S S S S +E      E E E E E   S S S S +E  E S   +S  S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)---5b6-(5)-5--------||
|-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)---5b6-(5)-5---3h5--||
|-----------------5-------5-|-3h5---------5------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-1h3-----------------------|--------------------------------||


   Verses
    $
    $$
    S S S S +E      E E E E E   S S S S +E      E S   +S  S S S E.
||----------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5---3----o||
||--------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5---3-----||
||------------------5-------5-|-3h5-------------5-------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||--1h3-----------------------|-------------------------------------||


                               1.
    S S S S +E      E E E E E   S S S S +E      E a S S S S Q
||----------------------------|-----------------------6-5---3-------||
||o-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5--------------------o||
||--------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|-------3-(3)b3.5---5s6---5---3b3.5---||
||------------------5-------5-|-3h5-------------5-------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||--1h3-----------------------|-------------------------------------||


  2.
  S S S S +E      S S a S E. S E.
|-------------------------6----5--|
|-------3-(3)b3.5-----------------|
|-------3-(3)b3.5-----5s7----5----|
|-3h5-------------5---------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


                               1.
                                |-3-|
    S S S S +E      E E E E E   S S S S S E E E   E E     E
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|------------------------------o||
||--------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|---------------5b7-5-3b3.5-----||
||------------------5-------5-|-3h5p3-------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-------5---3-1----------------o||
||--1h3-----------------------|-------------------------------||


  2.
  S S S S +E      E S   +S  S S S E.     S S S S +E      E E E E E
|------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5---3----||o-------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|
|-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5---3----||--------3-(3)b3.5---3-3-3---|
|-3h5-------------5------------------||------------------5-------5-|
|------------------------------------||o---------------------------|
|------------------------------------||--1h3-----------------------|


  1.                           2.
  S S S S +E      E E E Q      S S S S +E      E S   +S  E E E
|-------------------6-5-3---||---------------------------------||
|-------3-(3)b3.5----------o||-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5-3---||
|-------3-(3)b3.5---7-5-3---||-------3-(3)b3.5---5b6-(5)-5-3---||
|-3h5-------------5---------||-----------------5---------------||
|--------------------------o||---------------------------------||
|---------------------------||-1h3-----------------------------||


   Chorus
                          1.                        2.
    A5     C5  Eb5/BbD5/A F7          E             F7          E
                     ~~
                              |-3-|                     |-3-|
    S E. E E E S S S E.   e E S S S S S E E E E     E E S S S S S E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------0--||-----------------------|
||o------------4---4s3--|---4-4p3p1-------------o||---4-4p3p1-------------|
||--2------5---3---3s2--|-----------2-----1------||-----------2-----1-----|
||--2------5------------|------------------------||-------------------2-0-|
||o-0------3------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------|
||----------------------|-1-----------0-----0----||-1-----------0---------|


  A5     C5  Eb5/BbD5/A F7          E
                            |-3-|
  S E. E E E S S S E.   e E S S S S S E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------4---4s3--|---4-4p3p1-----------5-|
|-2------5---3---3s2--|-----------2-----1-----|
|-2------5------------|-----------------------|
|-0------3------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-1-----------0-----0---|


            To Coda                      To Dbl. Coda
  A5     C5  Eb5/BbD5/A N.C.(A)
  S E. E E E S S S E.   S E. S S S a S +E  S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------4---4s3--|--------------------------------|
|-2------5---3---3s2--|--------------------------------|
|-2------5------------|---0----------------------------|
|-0------3------------|------3-----5s6-(6)-5-3-5-3-----|
|---------------------|--------5-------------------5-3-|


D.S. al Coda&
            N.C.(A)
 2/4       4/4
  E E Q     S E. S S S a S +E  S S S S S S   E E Q  H
|--------||--------------------------------|-------------||
|--------||--------------------------------|-------------||
|--------||--------------------------------|-------------||
|--------||---0----------------------------|-------------||
|--------||------3-----5s6-(6)-5-3-5-3-----|-------------||
|-5------||--------5-------------------5-3-|-5-----------||


 Guitar Solo
  N.C.
  Gtr III
                                                 |----3----|
  S     +E  S     +E  E     +S  E     +S  E     +S  S     +S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9b10==(9)r9b10==(9)r9b10==(9)r9b10==(9)r9b10==(9)r9b10==(9)r|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


                                             ~~~~~~~
                       |----3----|
  E S S +E..T Q  +S  S S     +S  S   +S  S E Q  +Q.   e
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|-9p7h9-(9)p7h9--(9)p7h9b10==(9)r9-|-(9)p7h9p7--(7)---9--|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|


                     ~~~~~~~~
                                     |--3--|   |----3-----|
  W           S     +E.  +E   E     +E  E  E E S     +S   S
|----------|-10b12-(10)-(10)-10b12-(10)-7----7-----------10--|
|----------|------------------------------10-----------------|
|----------|-----------------------------------9b11==(9)-(9)-|
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|


                           ~~~~~~
   |--3--|
  +S  S  S E E     S S S E S +E  E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(9)-9rp7-9-7b7.5-----------------|
|------------------9-7-9-7---------|
|--------------------------5-(5)---|
|----------------------------------|


                              ~
  S E T    +T  S E S S    +S  E Q
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7-5-7b8==(7)r7p5-7-5b6==(5)r5----|
|----------------------------------|


                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  E.  S +E   E Q    Q     a Q.   E +E  E a E. S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------3-(3)-3--------|
|-----------------/13\--|-3h5------------5p3--3-|
|----/7-(7)\------------|-----------------------|


  a E.    S +E  E +E      E S   +S  E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-------------5b7-(5)-3-|
|-3h5b5.5-------3-(3)b3.5-5-----------|
|-------------------------------------|


  a E   +S  S +E  E +E  a Q  E   E   +S  S +E  E +Q        Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------(0)--|
|-----------------3-(3)--------|-------------------------------|
|-5p3b4-(3)-5-(5)-------5p3--5-|-3b4-(3)-5-(5)-----------------|
|------------------------------|---------------1-(1)b1.5-------|


   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13p10----13p10----13p10----13p10----13p10----13p10----13p10----13p10----|
|-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                  ~~
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S     +E.  Q
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-13p10----13p10----13p10----13p10-------------------|
|-------12-------12-------12-------12-12b14-(12)-10--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  E  S  S  E  S  S  E  S     +S   S     +S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------10b11-(10)-10b11-(10)-|
|-12p10-12-12p10-12-12p10-12-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                           D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
   S  S  S  S  E  S     +S   a      +Q    +S   E.
|-------------------------------------------------||
|----------------13b15-(13)-13b15==(13)--(13)-13r-||
|----------10-------------------------------------||
|-12p10-12----12----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||


                Outro
                 With slight swing Q=90(16=s16)
  &&
                 N.C.(Bm7)
  Gtr II         Gtr III
  E E Q  H        Q   E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S
|-------------||-----14--------------14-----------|
|-------------||-----15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|
|-------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------||----------------------------------|
|-5-----------||----------------------------------|


                                ~~~
  Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E.
|----14-----------------------------|
|----15b16-(15)-----------12--------|
|------------------------------14---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------12h14-------------|
|-----------------------------------|


  Q   E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S   Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E  S
|----14--------------14-----------|----14---------------------------------|
|----15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|----15b16-(15)-----------12------16b17-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------14-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------12h14-----------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


                                                                        ~~~
     +E  E  E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S   Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E.
||---------14--------------14-----------|----14----------------------------|
||o-(16)---15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|----15b16-(15)-----------12-------|
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------14--|
||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------12h14------------|
||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  Q   E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S   Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E  S
|----14--------------14-----------|----14----------------------------------||
|----15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|----15b16-(15)-----------12------16b17-o||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------14--------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------12h14-----------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||


   +E  E  E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S   Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S Q
|--------14--------------14-----------|----14-------------------------|
|-(16)---15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|----15b16-(15)-----------12----|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------12h14---------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Q   E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S   Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S E.  S
|----14--------------14-----------|----14--------------------------------|
|----15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|----15b16-(15)-----------12----16b17--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------12h14----------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


   +E  E  E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S
|--------14--------------14-----------|
|-(16)---15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


                                ~~~
  Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E.   Q   E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S
|----14----------------------------|----14--------------14-----------|
|----15b16-(15)-----------12-------|----15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|
|------------------------------14--|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------12h14------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E  S
|----14---------------------------------|
|----15b16-(15)-----------12------16b17-|
|------------------------------14-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------12h14-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|


                                                                      ~~~
   +E  E  E     +S  S Q   E     +S  S   Q   E     +S  S  S  S S  S S  E.
|--------14--------------14-----------|----14-----------------------------*|
|-(16)---15b16-(15)------15b16-(15)---|----15b16-(15)-----------12--------*|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------14---*|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------12h14-------------*|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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