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                                   SCAR TISSUE
                      As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
                      (From the 1999 Album CALIFORNICATION)

Words and Music by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith
Transcribed by Tim George

           F                    C                   Dm                   Em
      1 3 3 2 1 1          x 3 5 5 5 3          x 5 7 7 6 5          0 7 9 9 8 7

         C6/G                  C/G
      x x 5 5 5 5          x x 5 5 5 8

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Slide'

 Intro
  Moderate Funk Q=90
  F                C   Dm               C
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  E S S S S E E E   S E. E S S S S E S S E
|----5---5---5---5---|------------------------|
|------------------5-|-5S6--6---6---6---6p5---|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3-----|------------------------|
|------------------3-|-3S5----5---5---5-----3-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


  F                        C   Dm
  Q  E S S S S S S S E S   E S E. +Q   S S S E.
|----5---5---5---5---3---|----------------------|
|------------------------|-5-5S6--(6)--8p6-8p6--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-3----3---3---3---3-----|----------------------|
|------------------------|-3-3S5----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|


 Verse
  F                C   Dm               C
  Q  E S S S S E E E   S E. E S S S S E S S E
|----5---5---5---5---|------------------------|
|------------------5-|-5S6--6---6---6---6p5---|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3-----|------------------------|
|------------------3-|-3S5----5---5---5-----3-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


  F                             Dm
  Q  E S S S S S S  S S S S   S  E.  E  S  S S  S S  S S S E
|----5---5---5-----10---8---|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10----10-----------------|
|---------------------------|------------------12---10---9---|
|-3----3---3---3------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10-----10--------------------|


 Chorus
  F                       C   Dm                     C
  Gtr II
  E S S S S S S +S  S E E e   Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-----|--------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---5-|----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---5-|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---5-|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---3-|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|


  F                       C   Dm                     C
  E S S S S S S +S  S E E e   Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-----|--------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---5-|----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---5-|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---5-|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---3-|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-7-|
|---------------------------|------------------------8-|


 Verse
  F                C   Dm                   C
  Gtr I
  Q  E S S S S E E E   S E. E S S S S E S S E
|----5---5---5---5---|------------------------|
|------------------5-|-5S6--6---6---6---6p5---|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3-----|------------------------|
|------------------3-|-3S5----5---5---5-----3-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


  F                           Dm
  Q  E S S S S S S  S S S S   S  E.  E  S  S S  S S  S S S E
|----5---5---5-----10---8---|-------------13---12---10---8---|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10-----------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10-----10--------------------|


   Chorus
    F                       C
    Gtr II
    E S S S S S S +S  S E E e
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-----|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---5-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---5-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---3-|
||----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   W
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|


  1.,2.                        3.
     Dm                  C     Dm
  Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e  3x Q  S S S S +S  S S S  e  e
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-5-o||----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6--6----|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7--7----|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7--7----|
|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-o||-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--5--7-|
|---------------------------||--------------------------8-|
|
| W                         3x H           Q         E  E
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------------o||----------------------13s10-|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------------o||----------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|


 Interlude
  Dm
  Gtr II
   Q  E E  +E  E S S E   E S S E E +E  E S S E
   |  | |   |  | | | |   | | | | |  |  | | |
   /  / /   /  / / / /   / / / / /  /  / / /

  Gtr III
   H       +Q    Q       H          E  E E   E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-10------(10)---------|--------------10s8---8-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|


  C                      Dm               Em
   E. S E E S S E Q       Q  E E  E  E  E  E
   |  | | | | | | |       |  | |  |  |  |  |
   /  / / / / / / /       /  / /  /  /  /  /

  +H.             E  E    H       E  E  E  E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-(8)-------------8s10-|-10------10S12-12S13-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|


 Verse
  F                 C   Dm                     C
  Gtr III
   ~~
   W                    W
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-13------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  Q  E S S S S E E E   S E. E S S S S S S S S E
|-----5---5---5---5---|--------------------------|
|-------------------5-|-5S6--6---6---6-8p6-8p6---|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--3----3---3---3-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------3-|-3S5----5---5-----------5-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|


  F                C          Dm                       C
  Q  E S S S S S S  S S S S   S  E.  E.  S S  S S  S S  S  E
|----5---5---5-----10---8---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10--12---13---12---10-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10-----------------10-10\-|


   Chorus
    F                       C
    Gtr II
    E S S S S S S +S  S E E e
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-----|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---5-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---5-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---3-|
||----------------------------|


  1.                           2.
  Dm                     C     Dm
  Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e     Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e
|---------------------------||--------------------------|
|----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-5-o||----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6---|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-o||-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-7-|
|---------------------------||------------------------8-|


 Verse
  F                C   Dm                   C
  Gtr I
  Q  E S S S S E E E   S E. E S S S S E S S E
|----5---5---5---5---|------------------------|
|------------------5-|-5S6--6---6---6---6p5---|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3-----|------------------------|
|------------------3-|-3S5----5---5---5-----3-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


  F                           Dm
  Q  E S S S S S S  S S S S   S  E.  E.  S S  S S  S S  S E
|----5---5---5-----10---8---|-----------12---10-------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10------------13---10---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10----------------------|


   Chorus
    F                       C
    Gtr II
    E S S S S S S +S  S E E e
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-----|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---5-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---5-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---3-|
||----------------------------|


  1.,2.                        3.
  Dm                     C     Dm
  Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e  3x Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e
|---------------------------||--------------------------|
|----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-5-o||----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6---|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-o||-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-7-|
|---------------------------||------------------------8-|


 Guitar Solo
  D5
  Gtr III
    H                +E     E    E    E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-/15---------------(15)---15s==13---13S==|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|   S S S S S S S S   S  S  S S  S S  S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---7-7-----7-----7------7-------7------7-|
|-------7-7---7-7-----7-----7-7----7--7---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


                                     C5
   H.                      E   E     Q.         Q        E   E    E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------10s==8---|-8------------------13-------10-----|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S E S S S S S S S S  S S S S   E  S S S S S S S S  S S S S  S S
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------7-7-----7---7------7-----7-|----5---5-----5---5------5------5---|
|--7--7-7-7-7-7---7---7-7----7-7---|------5---5-5---5----5-5---5--5-----|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  D5
   +H.                       Q           H               E    E   E  E
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-(10)-------------------------------|-/15-------------------17-----13s==|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|   S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S  S S E  S S
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7---7------7----7-|
|---7----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---|---7---7-7---7-7---7----7-7----7---|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


   E    E  +H                  E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-10---10-(10)---------------/13s8----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|  S S  E   E  S S +S  S S S   E S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------7---7----7-(7)-7-------7---7--|
|--7-7---------7---------7-7-----7----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


  C5                                 D5                       Em
  H               E    E    E  E      +Q.           E    E  E  E  E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-8-------------------13\-----10---|-(10)---------------15S17-17S18-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S  S  S E  S S     S  S S S S S S S  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---5-----5-----5---5-------5----5-|--------7---7-----7-----7-----9-|
|-5---5-5---5-5---5----5--5----5---|---7--7---7---7-7---------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------5-----7----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 Verse
  F                 C   Dm                   C
  Gtr I
   ~~
   W                    W
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-18------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  Q  E S S S S E E E   S E. E S S S S E S S E
|-----5---5---5---5---|------------------------|
|-------------------5-|-5S6--6---6---6---6p5---|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|--3----3---3---3-----|------------------------|
|-------------------3-|-3S5----5---5---5-----3-|
|---------------------|------------------------|


  F                           Dm
  Q  E S S S S S S  S S S S   S  E.  E.  S S S S S S E.
|----5---5---5-----10---8---|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10--10---8---6---5--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3----3---3---3------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8S10--10------------------|


   Chorus
    F                       C
    Gtr II
    E S S S S S S +S  S E E e
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-----|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---5-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---5-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3---3-|
||----------------------------|


  1.,2.                        3.
  Dm                     C     Dm
  Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e  3x Q  S S S S +S  S S S e e
|---------------------------||--------------------------|
|----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-5-o||----6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5--||----7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-o||-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------||--------------------------|


 Outro
  Dm
  Gtr II
    Q  E S S  +S  S  E  S S  S S
    |  | | |   |  |  |  | |  | |
    /  / / /   /  /  /  / /  / /

  Gtr III
                             ~~~~~
    H         +E     E  E    E
|--------------------------------|
|-/22--------(22)---22s20---20---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


                                   C6/G                   C/G
    E  E S E S S S   E  S S  S S     Q   E S S +S S  E +S S  S S
    |  | | | | | |   |  | |  | |     |   | | |  | |  |  | |  | |
    /  / / / / / /   /  / /  / /     /   / / /  / /  /  / /  / /

 ~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~~~~~~
   +H          E     E  E    E      +H          E    E  E    E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(20)-------------/22s17---17---|-(17)-------------17s18s==15----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  Dm
    Q     E.    S +S S  E  S S  E    Q     E S S  +S  S  E  S S  S S
    |     |     |  | |  |  | |  |    |     | | |   |  |  |  | |  | |
    /     /     /  / /  /  / /  /    /     / / /   /  /  /  / /  / /

   +Q    +E   E    E    E  E    E    E  E  Q      +E     E  E    E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(15)--(15)s13---13s==15-15s==13-|-13s15-15-----(15)---15s13---13s==|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                C6/G                C/G
   E  E S E S S S E   S S S S   Q  E S S +S S  E +S S  S S
   |  | | | | | | |   | | | |   |  | | |  | |  |  | |  | |
   /  / / / / / / /   / / / /   /  / / /  / /  /  / /  / /

   H.                 Q         H         E    Q       E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----------------/13S======|=8-------------13S=====10---|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


  Dm
    Q   E.   S +S  S  E   S  S   E     Q   E S S  +S  S  E S S  S S
    |   |    |  |  |  |   |  |   |     |   | | |   |  |  | | |  | |
    /   /    /  /  /  /   /  /   /     /   / / /   /  /  / / /  / /

   +Q.     E    S  S  E  +E      E    +H          +E     Q      E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(10)-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------/14-|-(14)--------(14)---14-----14---|
|--------------12s14s12-(12)-------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|


                                          C6/G                      C/G      Dm
    E   E S E     S   S  S   E S S  S S    Q     E S S  +S  S  E +S S  S S     Q   E. S +S S E   S   S E
    |   | | |     |   |  |   | | |  | |    |     | | |   |  |  |  | |  | |     |   |  |  | | |   |   | |
    /   / / /     /   /  /   / / /  / /    /     / / /   /  /  /  / /  / /     /   /  /  / / /   /   / /

   +E   E E     E    +E      E E    E      E  Q.        +E     E  E    E      +H.               +E     E
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(14)-14-------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------/14---(14)---\12-----14s==|=10-10--------(10)---10s12--------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------12---|-(12)--------------(12)/--------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|


    S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S    S S  S S S S  S  S  S  S  S S   S  S  S S
    |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |    | |  | | | |  |  |  |  |  | |   |  |  | |
    /  / / / / / / / / / / / / /  / /    / /  / / / /  /  /  /  /  / /   /  /  / /

    H.                       E    E      E    E   E    S  S  S  E.      +E     E
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------18s==|=17---17-------12s13s12s15------(15)S==10---|
|-/14---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|


                  H.=H
  C6/G                                   Dm
    S  S S S  S S  S S  S S S S +Q        W
    |  | | |  | |  | |  | | | |  |        |
    /  / / /  / /  / /  / / / /  /        /

                                          ~~
   +Q         E    E    E   Q      +E     W
|--------------------------------------|-------*|
|-(10)-------10s==13s==10S==8------(8)S|=10----*|
|--------------------------------------|-------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------*|


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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