This Velvet Glove Bass Tab

		
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Band: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Song: THIS VELVET GLOVE
Album: CALIFORNICATION

INTRO
  MM = 119

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VERSE

Close to my skin I'm falling in someone who's been.
Sittin' by the phone, I'm left alone in another zone.
John says to live above hell; my will is well.
No one is waiting for me to fail, my will could sail, yeah.

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INTERLUDE

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VERSE 2

It's such a waste, to be wasted in the first place;
I want to taste the taste of being face to face with common grace;
To meditate on the warmest dream; and when I walk alone I listen to our secret 
theme.

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CHORUS

Your solar eyes are like nothin' I have ever seen;
Somebody close that can see right through.
I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything,
I will for you.

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INTERLUDE

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VERSE 3

Salin' for the sun 'cause there is one knows where im from.
I care for you, I really do, I really do.
Come closer now so you can lie right by my side.
Sit alone in the sun, I wrote a letter to you gettin' over myself, yeah.

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INTERLUDE

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CHORUS

Your solar eyes are like nothin' I have ever seen;
Somebody close that can see right through.
I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything,
I will for you.
Your solar eyes are like nothin' I have ever seen;
Somebody close that can see right through.
I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything,
I will for you.

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OUTRO-VERSE

Close to my skin, someone who's been, I'm a falling in.
Disasters are just another start falling in my yard.
John says to live above hell; my will is well.
Long to be with someone to tell; I love your smell.

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Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Illgato Average	#1 by Illgato Jillato at Apr 22, 2006 at 2:34 PM EST
	awesome song its so good...

No Picture Robo Badass	#2 by Robo the Hobo at May 17, 2006 at 4:43 PM EST
	john refers to dead former guitarist of rhcp john hillel. Possibly this whole song is about him. The incredible pain stemming from his loss is not an uncommon theme in kiedis' lyrics

No Picture Joey Professional Badass	#3 by Joey AkA oddish at Jun 13, 2006 at 3:06 PM EST
	I love this song.......its like a anthem to me haha its how i feel at the moment in loveee

No Picture reece Average	#4 by reece f at Jul 27, 2006 at 9:18 PM EST
	yet another song to stop you dead in your tracks, saying "omg, that is so me". there are so many fantastic lines in this song that if i had to pick a favourite, i'd wind up highlighting the whole song! ... i'm tingling as i listen ...

No Picture Marko Rhythm Player	#5 by Marko Juotasniemi at Sep 18, 2006 at 10:38 AM EST
	i love this song!!!1 it's amazing

No Picture DEMENTED KID Average	#6 by DEMENTED KID at Sep 22, 2006 at 5:38 AM EST
	"john says to live above hell and my will is well" i wonder if anthony wrote this when john was struggling with drugs, and talking about how drugs kept him above the bad stuff in the world. its possible, if he wrote it during the period between one hot minute, and when john finally came back

No Picture Ben Rhythm Player	#7 by Ben Formica at Nov 1, 2006 at 7:46 AM EST
	Why does everyone insist on every song being about drugs? Drugs have enough versitality that you could relate any song to them. But anyways, I think this song is what Kiefy said. Caring about someone but not being able to tell them or be with them.

No Picture Simon (Si) Lead Player	#8 by Simon (Si) Brown at Mar 12, 2007 at 12:41 PM EST
	this song..wow. it takes my breathe away, "Somebody close That was made for you I’d take a fall and you know That I’d do anything I will for you" perfect.

No Picture Josh Average	#9 by Josh Riemersma at Jun 13, 2007 at 4:09 AM EST
	the iron fist and the velvet glove .to be firm and strong with a mild and calm approach.

No Picture Jordan Wanna Be	#10 by Jordan Ivey at Jul 9, 2007 at 4:38 PM EST
	my favorite part of this song is the music itself. the guitar riffs are beautiful, and remind me of listening to my boyfriend just sitting and playing as though no one else was in the room at all.