Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Drummer (Guitar)

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Great song. This one was tricky because all the parts are in different keys. The verse is A minor, the chorus is A major, and the bridge is C minor (I think). These are the chords that the synth plays [Intro] Am Dm C E Am F G Am Dm Am C G F C Dm Am [Verse 1]
Am         Dm   C   E
Stay awake

Am         F    G   Am
Fall asleep

Dm             Am
Take a look at what you think

    C               G
And what you really need to keep

F    C       Dm   Am
My atoms are indivisible
[Verse 2]
Am         Dm   C   E
Shut it up

Am         F    G   Am
Run it down

Dm                 Am
Live a life that's underground

  C                  G
A heated love that's not allowed

  F               E
A Dum Dum Club is inadmissible
[Chorus]
D                       E
Let's make a wish as we enter the lift

           A          E/G#     F#m
'Cause the system's a relative bore

    D                      E
The drummer is leaning without any meaning

   A           E/G#       F#m
Outside of the Club Troubadour

D                      E
I don't know you and I don't know what's true anymore
[Instrumental] Am Dm C E Am F G Am Dm Am C G F E [Verse]
Am           Dm   C   E
Walk it back

Am           F    G   Am
Get the knack

Dm          Am          C           G
Information to unpack a guitar in a gunny sack

F               E
My best move is in the criminal
[Chorus]
D                       E
Let's make a wish as we enter the lift

           A          E/G#     F#m
'Cause the system's a relative bore

    D                      E
The drummer is leaning without any meaning

   A           E/G#       F#m
Outside of the Club Troubadour

D                      E
I don't know you and I don't know what's true anymore
[Bridge]
Fm    Cm   G             G#
Let's move like the Chapatula do

D#                           F
I'd be down to wallow in New Orleans

Fm  Cm      G              G#
See-through sunrise on the Waterloo

D#                                  F
Slits are rather fancy when they're forming

G#  A#
I   do
[Instrumental] Am Dm C E Am F G Am Dm Am C G F E [Verse]
Am          Dm   C   E
Better days

Am          F    G   Am
On the way

Dm             Am            C              G
Flowing like a manta ray the Dodgers made a double play

F                  E
My dance moves are sub subliminal
[Chorus]
D                       E
Let's make a wish as we enter the lift

           A          E/G#     F#m
'Cause the system's a relative bore

    D                      E
The drummer is leaning without any meaning

   A           E/G#       F#m
Outside of the Club Troubadour

D                      E                         A     A/G#
I don't know you and I don't know what's true anymore, oh
[Outro]
F#m          C#m
Listen to my one request

Dm                                               A
I don't know you and I don't know what's true anymore