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Shallow Be Thy Game Bass Tab

Send "Shallow Be Thy Game" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

SHALLOW BE THY GAME (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1995 Album ONE HOT MINUTE)

Words and Music by Anthony Keidis, Michael Balzary, Chad Smith And David Navarro

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Gtr III (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderately Q=124
 4/4
  Gtr I
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------12----------12-------14-------12----|
|-------13-------14----------14-12----12h14----14-|
|-13h15----15-------12h14-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  S  S  S  S
|------------------------12-------12h14-------12----|
|-------0h14-12h14----------14-12-------12h14----14-|
|-12h14------------12-14----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------12----------12-------14-------12----|
|-------12-------14-12h14----14-12----12h14-------|
|-12h14----14----------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------12-------14-------12----|
|-------12----12h14-12h14----14-12----12h14----14-|
|-12h14----14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-----------12----------12-------14-------12----|
|------0h14----14-12h14----14-12----12h14----14-|
|-0h14------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


   S  T T  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S
|---------------------------12-------14-------12----|
|-------0-12----12h14----------14-12----12h14-------|
|-12h14------14-------12h14----------------------0--|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------12----------12-------14-------12----|
|-------12-14----14-12h14----14-12----12h14-------|
|-12h14----------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-------------------------12-------14-------12-|
|-------12----12-14----------14-12----12h14-----|
|-12h14----14-------12h14-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


  Gtr II
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|


  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|


  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|


                                                      Gtr III
  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 E   Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|-------2---2---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-/15--|


  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7--|
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-7-7----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7--||
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-7-7----------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||


   Verse
    E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S  4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-o||
||o-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7---------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


  E. S S S E +S  S S S S S E   E. S +S  S E +S  S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---5-(5)-------------|----7-(7)---5-(5)-------5h7-5h7-|
|-0--0---0-------0-5h7-5-0-3-|-0--------0-------0-5h7---------|


  E. S S S E +S  S S S S S E   E. S S S S S +E  E E E
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|------7---5-(5)-------------|------7---------------5-||
|-0--0---0-------0-5h7-5-0-3-|-0--0---0-3-5-(5)-6-7---||


   Verse
    E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S  4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-o||
||o-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7---------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


 Chorus
  $
  Gtr II
  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
|-------9---9-------9---9-------9-|-------7---7-------7---7-------7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  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
|-------6---6-------6---6-------6-|-------6---6-------6---6-------6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---|-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------9---9-------9---9-------9-|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------12----12----------12----12----------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10----10----10-10-10----10----10-10-10----|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------14----14----------14----14----------14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12----12----12-12-12----12----12-12-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|


                           To Coda
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  E. S  E.
|----------14----14-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12----12----12-12-x-10--x-10--|
|-------------------------------------|


  Gtr III
  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-7h9-7h9--|
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-7h9-7h9-|-----7h9-----5h7-5----------||
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-----5h7-------7-5------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------7-5--||


   Verse
    E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S  4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-o||
||o-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7---------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


  E S S +S  S E +S  S E S S E   E S S +S  S S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------5----------|
|-----7-(7)---5-(5)-----------|-----7-(7)-------5h7---7-5------|
|-0-0-------0-------0-7-5-0-3-|-0-0-------0-5h7-----------7-5--|


  E S S +S  S E +S  S E S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------5---|-----5-5-5h7-7-7-7h8-8-8-8h9-9-9-||
|-----7-(7)---5-(5)-----5h7---7-|-5h7-----------------------------||
|-0-0-------0-------0-7---------|---------------------------------||


   Verse
    E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S  3x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-o||
||o-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7---------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


                                              D.S. al Coda
  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7--|
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


    &
    Gtr II
    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   3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|-------2---2-------2---2-------2--o||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-----||


                                                      Gtr III
  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 E   Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|-------2---2---------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-/15--||


 Guitar Solo
  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------------------------|
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-x-5-7-(7)-7-5-------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------7-5-3-|


  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   Q  S S S S +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|--------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5----|
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-7--x-7-------------------7--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   E  S  S  +S   S  E  +S   S  E  S  S  E    E  S  S  +E   S  S  S S E S E.
|-------12-(12)-12------------------------|-------12-(12)-14-14-14----------|
|-14-14------------14-(14)-12----------12-|-14-14------------------------5--|
|-----------------------------14-12-14----|----------------------------5----|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------0-7------|


  E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|---------7---7---7---7-------||
|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|-7h9-7h9---9---9---9---9s7-5-||
|-5-7-x-7---------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||


   Verse
    E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S  4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-|---------7-9-(9)-7-5-5h7-5h7-o||
||o-5-7-x-7---------------------|-5-7-x-7---------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


   Chorus
    Gtr II
    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
||--------9---9-------9---9-------9-|-------7---7-------7---7-------7--|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5----|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  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
|-------6---6-------6---6-------6-|-------6---6-------6---6-------6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---|-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------9---9-------9---9-------9-|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------12----12----------12----12----------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10----10----10-10-10----10----10-10-10----|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------14----14----------14----14----------14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12----12----12-12-12----12----12-12-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  E. S  E.
|----------14----14--------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|-12-12-12----12----12-12-x-10--x-10--o||
|--------------------------------------||


 Outro
  Gtr III
  E S S +S  S E +S  S S S S S E   E S S +S  S S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----7-(7)---5-(5)-------------|-----7-(7)---5-5-(5)-------5---5s7-|
|-0-0-------0-------0-5h7-5-0-3-|-0-0-------0---------0-5h7---7-----|


  E S S +S  S E +S  S S S S S E   E. S S S S S a   +E  S S S S E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------7-5-7b8-(7)-5-5--------|
|-----7-(7)---5-(5)-------------|----5h7-------------------7-5----|
|-0-0-------0-------0-5h7-5-0-3-|-0------5---------------------7--|


  E S S +S  S E +S  S S S S S E   E. S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----7-(7)---5-(5)-------------|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|
|-0-0-------0-------0-5h7-5-0-3-|-0--0---------------------7--|


  E S S +S  S E +S  S S S S S E   E. S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------5---5-7-5----|
|-----7-(7)---5-(5)-------------|------7-7-5-7---7-------7--|
|-0-0-------0-------0-5h7-5-0-3-|-0--0----------------------|


   S      +S   +S   S  S  S  S      +S   +S   S  S  S  E E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


   S      +S   +S   S  S  S  S      +S   +S   S  S  S  E E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


   S      +S   +S   S  S  S  S      +S   +S   S  S  S  E E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


   S      +S   +S   S  S  S  S      +S   +S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12b13==(12)r(12)p10-12p10-12p10-12p10--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


   W          W
|-----------:------*|
|-----------:------*|
|-----------:------*|
|-12--------:------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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
 - 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 -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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

Shallow Be Thy Game Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture lee Average	#1 by lee henninger at Mar 12, 1973 at 1:46 PM EST
	*tradition

No Picture Matt Rhythm Player	#2 by Matt Freeman at Oct 29, 2000 at 5:36 PM EST
	Erm, no... I do not agree with Jware's interpretation. If that was the writers true intent, he missed the mark big time with this. And the theology behind this is all messed up anyway if that was the case. First off, the Bible does say "fear God". The bible clearly states this numerous times in both the Old and New Testament. Jesus said- (Matthew 10:28) "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." Yes, God is a loving God. But reject Him and He will reject you. Plain and simple. The Bible also plainly says many times we are all born into sin and are all sinners. So his line about us not being born into sin is again wrong. The song is clearly trying to have it both ways which is impossible IF we are interpreting it the way Jware put it. If they do not believe the Bible and this is just a song attacking religion/God, then the song makes alot more sense. Which is the way I personally see this. The song from my point of view is basically saying: There is no God of the Bible. Though they may believe in a god of some sort. There is no hell. He will not serve in fear of hell. Like some peeps dont wanna end up there so they feel they need to convert. He doesn't buy it. Verse 2 he is addressing Jesus. Like I said, Jesus did say to fear God. He obviously does not like Jesus as He claimed to be God and created a following. He believes Jesus is a fraud and the singer knows the truth and is a threat as he hopes to expose this "truth" The chorus? Obviously shouting out to all the religious folk who say he's going to Hell. Verse 3... basically, throw out this religious garbage. Pretty easy verse to figure out. Verse 4... obviously addressing the Pope/priests in the Catholic church. Anyway thats how I see it.

No Picture There are some Average	#3 by There are some who call me: Asbjørn Hæstrup at May 9, 2006 at 6:10 AM EST
	i think this song is about religion but Catholics specifically. The Catholic religion at least to my knowledge has always taught you to be afraid of God. A lot of Catholics i know say that the Catholic religion is very harsh and some feel they make Jesus and God look like they are not your friends and are not on your side. Like when Anthony said "Your hell is something scary I prefer a loving god." That is my take on the song. It is one there best songs in my opinion

No Picture Cornelius Average	#4 by Cornelius Wallace at Jul 24, 2006 at 2:37 PM EST
	I dont think is about Christianity i mean many forms of christianity or free spirited like Baptised and the likes i think this song is to the PRODS! and the Mormons who view themselves as elite and VERY HOLY! when its a lie Also its to the overly religious poeople in the midwest ( no offense to any cool people out there ) Its about those " bible belters " to FREAK THEM! and im Catholic! AND I EVEN THINK ITS STUPID AT TIMES! haha