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Band : The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Song : Yertle The Turtle 

Album : Freakey Styley (1985)

Note : great funk song with a cool bass part. The other tab was wrong, especially
       for the verse. This is how Flea plays in live.

Tabbed by Laurent mail-me at funkybassflea@hotmail.com 


Bass enters in the chorus

G|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------12p10-| 
D|-5--------------------------|-5--------------------------|-10h12--------|  
A|------------3---------------|------------3---------------|--------------| 
E|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|--------------|
   P  S  S  S S   S  S  S S S   P   S  S  S S   S  S  S S S  P       P


G|----------------------------|----------------------------| 
D|-5--------------------------|-5--------------------------| 
A|------------3---------------|------------3---------------|
E|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|
   P  S  S  S S   S  S  S S S   P   S  S  S S   S  S  S S S 


Verses:
G|----12--------------12-15---| 
D|-------------3h5------------| 
A|----------------------------| 
E|-3------0-(x)----x--------0-|
   S  P  S   S P   S  P  P  S 

play 8 times


2nd Chorus
G|----------------------------|--------12p10-| 
D|-5--------------------------|-10h12--------|  
A|------------3---------------|--------------| 
E|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|--------------|
   P  S  S  S S   S  S  S S S   P      P

G|----------------------------|----------------------------| 
D|-5--------------------------|-5--------------------------| 
A|------------3---------------|------------3---------------|
E|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|
   P  S  S  S S   S  S  S S S   P   S  S  S S   S  S  S S S 

G|----------------------------|
D|-5--------------------------|
A|------------3---------------|
E|-3--x--3--6-----6--3--3-3-6-|
   P  S  S  S S   S  S  S S S  



Interlude:
G|-----------------|----------|-------------------|-----------|
D|-----------------|----------|-------------------|-----------|
A|-----------------|----------|-------------------|-----------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-66-6-|-3-3-6-6-8-8-10-10-|-3-3-9-9-8-|
   S S S S S S S S   S S SS S   S S S S S S S  S    S S S S S 


G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
E|-6-8---3-3--x-6-8-|-6-8---3-3--x-6-8-|-6-8---3-3--x-6-8-|-6-8---3-3--x-6-8-|
   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 


G|------------------|------| 
D|------------------|-3--3-| 
A|------------------|------|
E|-6-8---3-3--x-6-8-|------|
   S S   S S  S S S   P  P

Then repeat Verse until it fades out

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net