Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Longest Wave (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb Gm Bbmaj7 Eb Bb Gm Cm Bb [Verse 1]
 Eb                  Db
Throw me all around/Like a boomerang sky

 Eb                  Db
Whatever you do/Don't tell me why

 Eb                  Db
Poppies grow tall/Then say bye bye

 Gm           F
The wave is here

 Eb                     Db
A seamless little team/And then we tanked

 Eb                  Db
I guess we're not so sacrosanct

 Eb                      Db
The tip of my tongue/But then we blanked

 Gm           F
The wave is here

  Dm              Eb        Bb
Waiting on the wind/To tell my side
Eb Db Eb Db
 Eb                  Db
Ready set jet/But she never gets far

 Eb                  Db
Listen to your skin/From the seat of my car

 Eb                    Db
Two centipedes stuck/In one glass jar

 Gm          F        
The longest wave

  Dm                  Eb   Bb
Waiting on the wind/To tell my side
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm      Bb
Whatcha want

Cm      Bb
Whatcha need

Cm      Bb
Do you love
[Chorus]
Ab                       Eb
Maybe I'm the right one/Maybe I'm the wrong

Bbm                 Fm
Just another play, the pirate, and the papillon

Ab       Eb       Bbm
Time to call it a day

Ab                         Eb
Maybe you're my last love/Maybe you're my first

Bbm                 Fm
Just another way to play inside the universe

Ab       Eb       Bb
Now I know why we came
[Verse 2]
  Eb                  Db
Sterile as the barrel/Of an old 12 gauge

 Eb                  Db
Under my skin/And half my age

 Eb                  Db
Hotter than the wax/On a saxifrage

Gm           F
The longest wave

Dm                   Eb    Bb
Waiting on the wind/To turn my page
Eb Db Eb Db
  Eb                  Db
Steady your sails/For the butterfly flap

  Eb                  Db
Whatever you do/Don't close that gap

  Eb                  Db
I'm dreaming of a woman/But she's just my nap

 Gm          F
Your ship is in

  Dm               Eb    Bb
Waiting on the tide so I can swim
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm      Bb
Whatcha want

Cm      Bb
Whatcha need

Cm      Bb
Do you love
[Chorus]
Ab                       Eb
Maybe I'm the right one/Maybe I'm the wrong

Bbm                     Fm
Just another play, the pirate, and the papillon

Ab       Eb       Bbm
Time to call it a day

Ab                        Eb
Maybe you're my last love/Maybe you're my first

Bbm                     Fm
Just another way to play inside the universe

Ab       Eb       Bbm   Fm Cm
Now I know why we came

Db       Fm       Eb  Db
Now I know why we came

Ab  Eb     Bb
Now I know
[Outro] Eb Gm Bbmaj7 Eb Bb Gm Cm Bb