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hi pearl

I play your same pattern sometimes alternating with a bit more complex
d/u/du

If I fingerpick it I play like this (A chord)

5,4,3,1,2,3

or similar patterns

Cheers

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i.e. Am : play an Em with barre at 5th fret
G : play an E with barre at 3rd fret
A : play an E with barre at 5rd fret

I only play C and D chord as open chords since on classical guitar is not easy to play barre after the 7th freth, otherwise on electric you could play them with barre at 8th and 10th fret respectively and it will be still easier...


Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-178891 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-149075 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:45:15 +0000
the song is in six/eights that's why it is so strange! It is like a waltz. So I count it one, two three twice for each chord in the verses and bridge, once in the chorus


The pattern I use it is all downstrums, accenting the first and fourth note of the pattern. Maybe the first strum should be a bass note like in classic 3/4 waltz

The sound you should listen to is something like

tun-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-149075 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-147255 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:49:44 +0000
D udu ofr each measure

I had the feeling that the song is in 3/4 signature, am I crazy?...I'll try it again

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-147255 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-146964 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:34:49 +0000 Easy Songs pearlthekat https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-146964 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-14011 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:10:14 +0000
This song is from the Red Hot Chili Peppers classic album Blood Sugar Sex Magic.
The tab is not accurate to the recording nor is it meant to be - after all this is a easy song forum!
Anyways this still sounds pretty close and to me at last - pretty good also.

Chords:
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Nothing really troublesome here (except of course the F-barre chord which may of course be troublesome for the beginner, but as Mattguitar always puts it - you can cheat and play it like xx3211 or even xx3210)
A - x02220
C/A (which is just like a regular C, just remove the finger from the A-string) - x02010
D/A (like a regular D-chord, only add the open A-string) - x00232
C - x32010
G - 320003
F - 133211
Am - x02210
D - xx0232

Strumming:
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For the beginner, just start off strumming 1&2&3&4& and then when you're comfortable with the song make something up. In the verses and bridges you play one chord per measure - for each chord you play 1&2&3&4&.
But in the chorus you play each chord for a half measure - that would be 1&2& for each chord.


Breaking the Girl
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Intro: ------ A C/A D/A A Verse 1: -------- A C/A D/A A I am a man cut from the know A C/A D/A A Rarely do friends come and then go A C/A D/A A She was a girl soft but estranged A C/A D/A A A We were the two, our lives rearranged Bridge: ------- C G Am Am Feeling so good that day C G F F A feeling of love that day Chorus: ------- Am G C D Twisting and turning your feelings are burning E D C G You're breaking the girl Am G C D F F She meant you no harm Am G C D Think you're so clever but now you must sever E D C G You're breaking the girl Am G C D F F He loves no one else Verse 2: -------- A C/A D/A A Raised by my dad girl of the day A C/A D/A A He was my man that was the way A C/A D/A A She was the girl left alone A C/A D/A A A Feeling the need to make me her home Bridge: ------- C G Am Am I don't know what when or why C G F F The twilight of love had arrived Chorus: ------- Am G C D Twisting and turning your feelings are burning E D C G You're breaking the girl Am G C D F F She meant you no harm Am G C D Think you're so clever but now you must sever E D C G You're breaking the girl Am G C D F F He loves no one else Chorus: ------- Am G C D Twisting and turning your feelings are burning E D C G You're breaking the girl Am G C D F F She meant you no harm Am G C D Think you're so clever but now you must sever E D C G You're breaking the girl Am G C D F F He loves no one else ]]> Easy Songs Elvis https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-breaking-the-girl/#post-14011