Bass Intro Then the guitar breaks in with this rhythm: e:----------------------------------------| B:----------------------------------------| G:--7--7--10----7---7-----7--7--10----7---| D:--7--7--10----7---7-----7--7--10----7---| A:--5--5---8----5---5-----5--5---8----5---| E:----------------------------------------| e:---------------------------------------| B:---------------------------------------| G:--7--7--10----7---7-----7--7--12---(7)-| D:--7--7--10----7---7-----7--7--12---(7)-| A:--5--5---8----5---5-----5--5--10---(5)-| E:---------------------------------------| Verse rhythm (variate a lot, I think Frusciante used a whammy bar for live concerts on this song): e:-----------------------------------------------| B:-----------------------------------------------| G:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7----10--10---| D:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7----10--10---| A:---5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----8---8---| E:-----------------------------------------------| e:------------------------------------------------| B:------------------------------------------------| G:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----12--12---| D:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----12--12---| A:---5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----10--10---| E:------------------------------------------------| e:----------------------------------------------| B:----------------------------------------------| G:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7----10-10---| D:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7----10-10---| A:---5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----8--8---| E:----------------------------------------------| e:----------------------------------------------| B:----------------------------------------------| G:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----12b----| D:---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----12b----| A:---5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----10b----| E:----------------------------------------------| Chorus (strike each chord once): Bust my britches Bless my soul I'm a freak of nature Walking totem pole Look and see I think you'll agree Nobody Weird Like Me After a while, he starts playing this little riff about 4 times: e:------------------| B:------------------| G:--------5-x-x-3--5| D:--3--x--5-x-x-3--5| A:--3--x--3-x-x-1--3| E:--1--x------------| The pattern is played again but up 2 whole steps near the end before the big jam: e:------------------| B:------------------| G:------7----5---7-| D:--7---7----5---7-| A:--7---5----3---5-| E:--5---------------| Outro One guitar strikes the D5 chord every now and then while another plays a solo in Dm over top. Make a lot of noise :) Try this progression: e:----------------------------------------------------| B:----------------------------------------------------| G:----7-----7--7--7/8----8--8--8/11-11-11-11/12--12-12| D:----7-----7--7--7/8----8--8--8/11-11-11-11/12--10-10| A:----5-----5--5--5/6----6--6--6/9---9--9--9/10--10-10| E:----------------------------------------------------|

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