Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Could Have Lied
By Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

Emil Gasanov (strat182@hotmail.com)

Notation Legend
---------------
h - Hammer-On
H - Hammer-On (grace note) (hammer-on as fast as you can)
p - Pull-Off
b - Bend
B - Bend (grace note) (bend as fast as you can)
r - Release Bend
^ - Arpeggio Strum
. - Staccato Phrasing (showed above the notes)
> - Accent Notes
~ - Vibrato
>>>>> - Diminuendo
x - Fret-Hand Muting (percussive tone)
/ - Shift Slide Up
 - Shift Slide Down
_
/ - Legato Slide Up (only first note picked)
_
 - Legato Slide Down (only first note picked)
_
s - Legato Slide (grace note) (slide as fast as you can)
Fermata - continue the chord without accurate counting
mp - Mezzo Piano (medium quiet)
mf - Mezzo Forte (medium loud)
f - Forte (loud)

Timing
------
w - whole note
h - 1/2 note
h. - doted 1/2 note
q - 1/4 note
q. - doted 1/4 note
e - 1/8 note
e. - doted 1/8 note
s - 1/16 note
s. - doted 1/16 note
t - 1/32 note
triol - three 1/16 notes that equal by timing to 1/8 note
h.+e - doted 1/4 note + 1/8 note
q+e. - 1/4 note + doted 1/8 note
q+s - 1/4 note + 1/16 note
e+q. - 1/8 note + doted 1/4 note
e.+h - doted 1/8 note + 1/2 note
e.+h. - doted 1/8 note + doted 1/2 note
e.+q+e - doted 1/8 note + 1/2 note + 1/8 note
s+q. - 1/16 note + doted 1/4 note

W - whole break
H - 1/2 break
Q - 1/4 break
E - 1/8 break
E. - doted 1/8 break
S - 1/16 break
H+Q+E - 1/2 break + 1/4 break + 1/8 break
H+S - 1/2 break + 1/16 break
E+H - 1/8 break + 1/2 break

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Time Signature: 4/4

Intro
-----
Moderatly Slow  q = 69

Gtr. 1 (acous.)
let ring throughout
mf

   band tacet
   Rhy. Fig. 1                                   End Rhy. Fig. 1
   N.C.(Bm)                       (A)         (Gmaj7)

   s s s s e  s s s e  s s s e     e.  s (e)   e.  e.+q q
e|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
B|-------------------------------|---------------------------*||
G|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
D|-----0---4----0---4----0---4/--|-7---5-(5)--4--------------||
A|-0h2---2----2---2----2---2-----|-0---------------5---------*||
E|-------------------------------|-------------3--------3-----||
                                               q.
the q. reffers to E|-3

Verse
-----
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1, 2 times

then:

  (Bm)                              (A)         (Gmaj7)

   s s s s e  s s s e  s triol e     e.  s (e)   e.  e.+q q
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------2h3p2-----|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----0---4----0---4----------4/--|-7---5-(5)--4-------------|
A|-0h2---2----2---2----2-----------|-0---------------5---------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------3--------3----|
                                                 q.
then:

Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1

then:

Pre-Chorus
----------

   B         D                Aadd9    G6

   q    e  s e  s e  s s e    e.  s E  q    q.
e|--------------------------|-0--------0----0------|
B|-4----4--x-7--7-7--7-7-7--|-0---0----0----0------|
G|-4----4--x-7--7-7--7-7-7--|-2---2----4----4------|
D|-4----4--x-7--7-7--7-7-7--|-2---2----5----5------|
A|-2----2--x-5--5-5--5-5-5--|-0--------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|

then:

Gtr. 1

  (Bm)                              (A)         (Gmaj7)

   s s s s e  s s s e  s triol e     e.  s (e)   e.  e.+q q
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------2h3p2-----|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----0---4----0---4----------4/--|-7---5-(5)--4-------------|
A|-0h2---2----2---2----2-----------|-0---------------5---------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------3--------3----|
                                                 q.

Gtr. 2 (acous.)
mf

   N.C.(Bm)         (A)      (Gmaj7)

   W                 S s s  s s Q    H
e|-----------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------|---9B11r9p7---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------|

then:

Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1
Gtr. 2 tacet

then:

Verse
-----
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1, 4 times
Gtr. 2: w/ Fill 1, 4th meas.

Fill 1
------
Gtr. 2
mp

   Q   E.  s q    Q
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|----------_----------|
D|---------7/9---------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

then:

Gtr. 2: w/ Fill 2, 6th meas.

Fill 2
------
Gtr. 2
mf

   H+S       e.+q      (w)
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-----------0-------|-(0)----------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
                       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

then play Pre-Chorus

then:

   N.C.(Bm)                       (A)         (Gmaj7)

   s s s s e  s s s e  s s s e     e.  s (e)   e.  e.+q e      e
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----0---4----0---4----0---4--|-7---5-(5)--4------------------|
A|-0h2---2----2---2----2---2-----|-0---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------3--------3b3.5--0--|
                                               q.

Chorus
------

   Rhy. Fig. 2                                   End Rhy. Fig. 2
   Em          G                        D         C
                                               .
   e  s s e  s s  S s  e   s  s  e      e  s s e  q    q    e
e|-------------10---10-10--10-10-10--|-5--5-5-5--3----3----3--|
B|-8--8-8-8--x-12---12-12--12-12-12--|-7--7-7-7--5----5----5--|
G|-9--9-9-9--x-12---12-12--12-12-12--|-7--7-7-7--5----5----5--|
D|-9--9-9-9--x-12---12-12--12-12-12--|-7--7-7-7--5----5----5--|
A|-7--7-7-7--x-10---10-10--10-10-10--|------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------|

   Em          G                        D             C
                                              .
   e  s s e  s s  S s  e   s  s  e      e.  s e  q    s e  s s s s
e|-------------10---10-10--10-10-10--|-5---5-5--5----3-3--3-3-3-3-|
B|-8--8-8-8--x-12---12-12--12-12-12--|-7---7-7--7----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
G|-9--9-9-9--x-12---12-12--12-12-12--|-7---7-7--7----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
D|-9--9-9-9--x-12---12-12--12-12-12--|-7---7-7--7----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
A|-7--7-7-7--x-10---10-10--10-10-10--|----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------|

Guitar Solo
-----------
Gtr. 3 (elec.)
w/ dist.
f

   Bm                      A         G

    q.     q    s e  e.    q.         s  e.  q     s  s
e|-----------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------------_---7---|-9B11-------11r9--------------|
D|--------------7/9------|----------------------------9-|
A|---------5-------------|-------------------10----10---|
E|-/7--------------------|------------------------------|

Gtr. 1

   Bm                          A         G

   e  e  e  s e  s s e.  s s   e.  s s s e.  s s s s s e
e|---------------------------|-----0-0--------------------|
B|-------3--3-2--3---3-------|-----2-2-x-0---0-0---0-0-0--|
G|-------4--4-4--4-4-4-------|-2---2-2-x-0---0-0---0-0----|
D|----4--4----4--4-4---------|-2-------x-0---0-----0-0----|
A|-2--2------------------2-0-|-0--------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------3--------|

Gtr. 3

   Bm                           A          G
          >      >      >
   s s e  e  s s s s e  s s e   e.     e.  e.  e.   s s s s
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--_--7--7--7-7-7---7--7---7-|-8B10---8---7----------------|
G|-6/7-------------9------9---|----------------7~~~-7-7-9-7-|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------|

Gtr. 1

   Bm                          A         G

   e  e  e  s e  e  e  s s s   e.  s s s e.  s e  e  s s
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----3--3--3-2--3--3--4---4-|-2---2-2---0---0----0--0-0-|
G|----4--4--4-4--4--4----2---|-2---2-2-x-0---0----0--0-0-|
D|----4--4----4-----4--------|-2---2---x-0--------0--0-0-|
A|-2-------------------------|-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------3---------|

Gtr. 3

   Bm                                           A               G

   s s s s e     s e    s e     s s s s         (s)  s e   s s  t  s.  t t  s s s t t s s s
e|--------------------------------7-----------|------7--------------------------------------|
B|---------------7------7-------7---7-10b10.5-|-(10)---10--7-10-10p7~~-7h10p7---7-----------|
G|-9p7-x-7-9B11----9B11---9B11----------------|-------------------------------9---7b9r9-----|
D|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------9-7-|
A|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

Gtr. 1

   Bm                           A         G

   e  e  e  s e  s s e.   s s   e  s s e  q    e  e  s s
e|----------------------------|------0-----------------0-|
B|-------3--3-2--3---3--------|------2----0----0--0--0-0-|
G|-------4--4-4--4-4-4--------|----2-2-2--0----0--0--0-0-|
D|----4--4----4--4-4----------|-2--2---2--0----0--0--0-0-|
A|-2--2-------------------2-0-|-0--0---0--2--------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

Gtr. 3

   Bm                      Bm7 Bm      A           G6

   e   s s s s t t s s s e   s s s s   e    s s e  q      e.     s  s  s
e|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------8-7-7h8p7-----------7-----|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-------7---7---|------------------------------------|
D|-9~~-9-9-------------9-9~~-------9-|-7H9--9-7-9---_------_-------_---12-|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------7s9----9s10---10/14----|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

Gtr. 1

   Bm                 Bm7 Bm      A          G6
                                             >    >
   e  e  e  s s s s s e   s s s   e  s s s s q    q    E
e|--------------------5---2-----|------0-0---0----0-------|
B|-------3--x-2-2-3-x-3---3-----|-2----2-2-x-0----0-------|
G|-4--4--4--x-4-4-4-x-3-----4-4-|-2--2-2-2-x-0----0-------|
D|-4--4--4--x-4-4-----4-----4---|-2--2-----x-0----0-------|
A|-2--2---------2---------------|-0-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|-------------------------|

Gtr. 3

   Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1, 2 times
   N.C.(Bm)                             (A)                (Gmaj7)

   s  s  s  s  s  s  e   (q+e.)      s   e.    e   s  s  s  s e  e   s s s
e|-------------------------------------|-15B17r15--14----------------------|
B|-------------15-17b19--(17)~~~~~~~-x-|--------------15---_-_-------------|
G|---_---14h16-------------------------|-----------------1497--7~~-7-9-7-|
D|-14/16-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

  (Bm)                     (A)       (Gmaj7)                (Bm)

   s e.+h         (e)  e    s e  e  s s q.          s s s    s q+s   S+H
e|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|---7--------------------|----------_-_-----------_-_-_-_-|--_----------------|
G|-9-9B11---------(11)r9--|-9p7--7--7/95~~~~~~-(5)4/54-|-2 ---------------|
D|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|

Verse
-----
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1, 4 times
Gtr. 2: w/ Fill 3, 6th meas.

Fill 3
------
Gtr. 2
mp

   H+Q+E          s s
e|--------------------|
B|----------------2h3-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Chorus
------
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 2, 4 times, simile

Gtr. 3

   Em      G          D      C           Em      G          D      C

   W                  W                  W                  Q    S s S Q    e    triol
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------2p0---|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------x-----------------2-|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------x-------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------12--------|

   Em                     G                               D              C

   e      s  s  e      s  s     s  s  e     s  s  s  s    e.      s  e   q     e.    s  s  s
e|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-12-----12-----------12-15----15-12-------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-14B16-----14-14B16-----14B16-------14~~--14-12-14-12-|-14B16---14b17--14----12~~~-12-14-12-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

   Em             G

   s  s  e   q.       t  t  s  s  s  e
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-14-12--------------12-----------------|
D|-------14--14~~~~~~----14-12-14-12-14--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

   D                  C
          .                                   .
   e      e  s  s     s  t  t  t  t  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------15-12-15-|
G|-----------12-14B16-12-14B16-14p12----12-14-12----------|
D|-12H14--x--------------------------14-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Outro
-----
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 2, 4 times, simile

Gtr. 3

   Em       G                      D                C

   h         Q    s  s  s  s       (s)  e     s+q.     E  S s  s  s
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-12-------------12-------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------14-12-14B16-|-(14)-14B16r14------------14-12-12B14-|
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Gtr. 2

   Bm                                           D           C
                                                                            .
   s s s s s s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e
e|-7-----7-----10-------10-------10-------10-|-5-----5-----3-----3-----3------|
B|---8-----8------12-------12-------12--------|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5----|
G|-----9-----9-------12-------12-------12-----|-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5--|
D|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   let ring - |let ring - - - - - - - - - - - | let ring - |let ring - - - |

Gtr. 3

   Em              G                  D          C

   (s)  e.+h         s  s  s  s       s    e.+q+e     (e)  s s s s
e|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------_----------|
G|-(14)r12-----------11-12-11-11B12-|-(12)r11---------(11)4-7-4-4~~-|
D|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Gtr. 2

   Bm                                           D           C
                                                                            .
   s s s s s s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e
e|-7-----7-----10-------10-------10-------10-|-5-----5-----3-----3-----3------|
B|---8-----8------12-------12-------12--------|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5----|
G|-----9-----9-------12-------12-------12-----|-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5--|
D|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   let ring - |let ring - - - - - - - - - - - | let ring - |let ring - - - |

Gtr. 3

   Em        G              D           C

   h.             S         s s s s s s s s s s s s+q
e|------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------|-----3-----------------------|
G|-(4)~~~~~~~~~~~-----0-2-|-2b4---4r2-0-2p0-2p0---------|
D|------------------2-----|---------------------2b4-----|
A|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|
                            hold bend

Gtr. 2

   Bm                                           D           C
                                                                            .
   s s s s s s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e
e|-7-----7-----10-------10-------10-------10-|-5-----5-----3-----3-----3------|
B|---8-----8------12-------12-------12--------|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5----|
G|-----9-----9-------12-------12-------12-----|-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5--|
D|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   let ring - |let ring - - - - - - - - - - - | let ring - |let ring - - - |

Gtr. 3

   Em          G           D         C

    h.              Q      e.  s (e) e.   e.    e.   S
e|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------_------------------|
D|-(4)r2-----------------|-2---2-(2)/14---14~~~-14-----|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------------|

Gtr. 2

   Bm                                           D           C

   s s s s s s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e
e|-7-----7-----10-------10-------10-------10-|-5-----5-----3-----3-----3------|
B|---8-----8------12-------12-------12--------|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5----|
G|-----9-----9-------12-------12-------12-----|-----7-----7-----5-----5--------|
D|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|
   let ring - |let ring - - - - - - - - - - - | let ring - |let ring - - - |

Gtr. 3

   Em
      Fermata
   S  e.+h.
e|---------------------||
B|---^12---------------||
G|---^12---------------||
D|---^14---------------||
A|---------------------||
E|---------------------||

Gtrs. 1 & 2

   Em
   Fermata
   w
e|-7----------------||
B|-8----------------||
G|-9----------------||
D|-9----------------||
A|-7----------------||
E|------------------||