Red Hot Chili Peppers – This Velvet Glove (Ukulele)

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Chords

Note: Chord suggestions for the bridge aim to follow the general pitch increases in the studio recording, but the last chord in particular is a bit painful. Feel free to substitute simpler chord fingerings, or just play the A string notes.
[Intro]
   Dm      C        Bb        Dm      C        Bb
A|-----3-5---3-5---|--------|-----3-5---3-5---|----|
E|-5-------3-------|--------|-5-------3-------|----|
C|---------------5-|--------|---------------5-|----|
G|-----------------|--------|-----------------|----|

   F      C           Bb      Am          C          Bb
A|-10---8-7----------|------|-12---10-8----------|-----------------------|
E|------------8---10-|------|-------------8---10-|---10--10-10-----10-10-|
C|-------------------|------|--------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------|------|--------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm       C       Bb              Dm     C           Bb
   Close to my skin, I'm falling in someone who's been

Dm         C        Bb              Dm      C       Bb
   Sittin' by the phone, I'm left alone in another zone

Dm      C       Bb          Dm      C        Bb
   John says to live above hell, my will is well

Dm    C      Bb                  Dm     C          Bb
   No one is waiting for me to fail, my will could sail, yeah

[Riff]
   Dm      C        Bb        Dm      C        Bb
A|-0---3-5---3-5---|--------|-0---3-5---3-5---|----|
E|---------3-----1-|--------|---------3-----1-|----|
C|-----------------|--------|-----------------|----|
G|-----------------|--------|-----------------|----|

   F      C           Bb      Am          C          Bb
A|-10---8-7----------|------|-12---10-8----------|-----------------------|
E|------------8---10-|------|-------------8---10-|---10--10-10-----10-10-|
C|-------------------|------|--------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------|------|--------------------|-----------------------|

Dm             C           Bb
   It's such a waste to be wasted in the first place

  Dm                C              Bb
I want to taste the taste of being face to face with common grace

Dm        C            Bb
   To meditate on the warmest dream

Dm            C            Bb
   And when I walk alone I listen to our secret theme
[Chorus]
Dm                           Am
   Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen

Dm                      Am
   Somebody closer can see right through

Dm                           Am
   I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything

C              Dm
   I will for you

[Riff]
   Dm      C        Bb        Dm      C        Bb
A|-0---3-5-------0-|--------|-0---3-5-------0-|----|
E|-----------3-----|--------|-----------3-----|----|
C|-----------------|--------|-----------------|----|
G|-----------------|--------|-----------------|----|
[Verse 2]
Dm         C        Bb                  Dm           C         Bb
   Sailin' for the sun, 'cause there is one, knows where I'm from

Dm   C         Bb           Dm    C      Bb
   I care for you, I really do, I really do

Dm       C     Bb              Dm       C      Bb
   Come closer now so you can lie right by my side

Dm      C           Bb                       Dm          C      Bb
   Sit alone in the sun, I wrote a letter to you gettin' over myself, yeah

[Bridge]
  Am                         Asus2
A|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|
C|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|-x--x--x-x-x--x--x--x-x-x-|
G|-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|

  Asus4/E                    Dsus2   Am7
A|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-|-7--7--7-7-7--10----10---|
E|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-|-0--0--0-0-0---5-----5---|
C|-4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-0--0--0-0-0---9-----9---|
G|-x--x--x-x-x--x--x--x-x-x-|-5--5--5-5-5---5-----5---|
[Chorus]
Dm                           Am
   Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen

Dm                      Am
   Somebody closer can see right through

Dm                           Am
   I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything

C              Dm
   I will for you

Dm                           Am
   Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen

Dm                         Am
   Somebody close that was made for you

Dm                           Am
   I’d take a fall and you know that I’d do anything

C              Am
   I will for you

[Riff]
   Dm      C        Bb        Dm      C        Bb
A|-------0---------|--------|-------0---------|----|
E|-1---3-----------|--------|-1---3-----------|----|
C|-----------0---2-|--------|-----------0---2-|----|
G|-----------------|--------|-----------------|----|
[Outro]
Dm       C       Bb                Dm          C        Bb
   Close to my skin, someone who's been, I'm a-falling in

Dm   C       Bb                 Dm         C      Bb
   Disasters are just another star falling in my yard

Dm      C       Bb          Dm      C        Bb
   John says to live above hell, my will is well

Dm      C     Bb               Dm     C         Bb
   Long to be with someone to tell, I love your smell