Power Of Equality by Red Hot Chili Peppers, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Power Of Equality

Biography:

The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a funk rock band based in Hollywood, USA and were formed in 1983, in Los Angeles, USA. The band currently consists of founding members Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass) along with longtime members Chad Smith (drums) and John Frusciante (guitar).

The band initially formed for a one-off support act for a friend's band, calling themselves Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Power of Equality
Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Tuning: half-step down

Note: you can consider this pretty much an "acoustic version"

F#7b5 x-x-4-5-5-6
Dsus2 x-5-7-7-5-5
Dmaj7sus2 x-5-7-6-5-5
Fmaj7 x-8-7-5-5-5
Fm7 x-8-6-5-x-x
G7 3-5-3-4-3-3
D#5 x-6-8-8-x-x
F# x-9-8-6-7-6
G#sus2 x-6-6-8-9-6
G#5 x-4-6-6-x-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-0 or x-x-2-2-3-5
Em6 0-2-2-0-2-0 or x-4-2-0-2-0

Intro pattern
Em7
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Db |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Ab |------------------------------------|
Eb |------------------------------------| x3

Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---------------------|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
Db |--2---2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
Ab |------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------3--2--1----| Bass

Verse pattern
play Em7 always as this pattern
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Bb |--3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Db |--0---2-2-2-2-0---2-2-0---2-2-2-2---|
Ab |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|

or alternatively like this (mini-barré with index finger)

Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---|
Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
Db |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Ab |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|

Chorus pattern
Eb |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--|
Bb |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--|
Gb |---7-7-7--6-6-6--5-5-5--5--4---4----4-4-4-4--|
Db |---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--6--3---3----5-5-5-3--|
Ab |---5-5-5--5-5-5--8-8-8--8--5---5----5-5-5-5--|
Eb |---------------------------3---3----3-3-3-3--|

[VERSE]
Em7
I've got a soul that cannot sleep
Em7
at night when something just ain't right
Em7
Blood red but without sight
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
exploding egos in the night

Em7
Mix like sticks of dynamite
Em7
red black or white, this is my fight
Em7
Come on courage, let's be heard
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
turn feelings into words

Em7
American equality has always been sour
Em7
an attitude, I would like to devour
Em7
My name is peace, this is my hour
F#7b5
Can I get just a little bit of power

[CHORUS]
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
power of equality
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
Is not yet what it ought to be
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
It fills me up like a hollow tree
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7
power of equality

Em7
Em |-3-2-1-|

[VERSE]
Em7
Right or wrong, my song is strong
Em7
You don't like it, get along
Em7
Say what I want, do what I can
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Death to the message of the Ku Klux Klan

Em7
I don't buy supremacy
Em7
Media chief, you menace me
Em7
The people you say 'cause all the crime
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Wake up motherfucker and smell the slime

Em7
Blackest anger, whitest fear
Em7
Can you hear me, am I clear
Em7
My name is peace, this is my hour
F#7b5
Can I get just a little bit of power

[CHORUS]
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
power of equality
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
Is not yet what it ought to be
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
It fills me up like a hollow tree
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7
power of equality

[INTERLUDE]
Eb |------6-6--6-6--8---|
Bb |------7-7--9-9--11--|
Gb |-8----6-6--8-8--10--|
Db |-8----8-8--6-6--8---|
Ab |-6----9-9--6-6--8---|
Eb |--------------------| x8

D#5 - F# - G#sus2 - A#sus2

[VERSE]
Em7
Well, I've got tapes, I've got CD's
Em7
I've got my Public Enemy
Em7
My Lilly white ass is tickled pink
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
When I listen to the music that makes me think

Em7
Not another, motherfuckin' politician
Em7
Doin' nothin' but something for his own ambition
Em7
I never touch the sound we make
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Soul sacred love, vows that we take

Em7
To create straight what is true
Em7
Yo, he's with me and what I do
Em7
My name is peace, this is my hour
F#7b5
Can I get just a little bit of power

[CHORUS]
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
power of equality
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
Is not yet what it ought to be
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7 G
It fills me up like a hollow tree
Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fm7 G7
power of equality

Em7
*break*

[VERSE]
Em7
Madder than a motherfucker, lick my finger
Em7
Can't forget 'cause the memory lingers
Em7
Count 'em off quick, little Piccadilly sickness
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Take me to the hick, eat my thickness

Em7
I've got a welt from the Bible belt
Em7
Dealing with the hand that I've been dealt
Em7
Sitting in the grip of a killing fist
Em7
Giving up blood just to exist

Em7
Rub me wrong and I get pissed
Em7
No I cannot, get to this
Em7
People in pain, I do not dig it
Em7 |-3-2-1-|
Change of brain for Mr.Bigot

[Bass]: Em

[OUTRO]
Em7
Little brother do you hear me
E7sus4
Have a heart oh come get near me
Em7 Em6
Misery is not my friend

But I'll break before I bend
Em7
What I see is insanity
E7sus4
What ever happened to humanity
Em7 Em6
What ever happened to humanity
|-3-2-1-|
What ever happened to humanity