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Can't Stop Guitar Tablature
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Can't Stop
Tabbed by Paul Williams

Intro: 	Put bar on 5th, hammering 7th 	
         On 3rd bar hammer/pull off 7 on E string

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|--5---7h~~------5----7h~~-----5----7h~~-----5-----7h~~------5-----7h~~-|
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Main Riff: finger pick it. use thumb for the bottom three strings, using your thumb to stop it after playing. Gives a crisper sound. I've used x to show the 'mute'
           
|-------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-7--9-------7--9----------7--9-------7--9-------|
|-------|------------------------0------0-0-0x-----0-0-0x| 
|---7-7-|------7-7-7x-----7-7-7x{5}----{5-5-5}----{5-5-5}|
|-------|------------------------------------------------|
                                                             (when turn to C)
|-------------------------------------------------------|   |---7--7--7--7----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|   |----8--8--8--8---|
|--7--9-------7--9---------7--9-------7--9--------------|   |-9---9--9--9--9--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|   |-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------7------|   |-----------------|
|7x-----7-7-7x------7-7-7x8------8-8-8x-----8-8-8x------|   |-----------------|



Chorus: Pick and mute as above, full strum last two.
     Em           D                Bm          C 
|----3---3-x-x--------------------------------------7--7--7-------|
|----5---5-x-x----7---7--7--7-7----7--7-x-x----8----8--8--8-------|
|----4---4-x-x----7---7--7--7-7----7--7-x-x----9----9--9--9-------|
|-----------------7---7--7--7-7----9--9-x-x---10---10-10-10-------|  3X
|-----------------9---9--9--9-9-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

     Em           D                Bm          C 
|----3---3-x-x----------------------------------------------------|
|----5---5-x-x----7---7--7--7-7----7-----------8------------------|
|----4---4-x-x----7---7--7--7-7----7-----------9------------------|
|-----------------7---7--7--7-7----9----------10------------------|
|-----------------9---9--9--9-9-----------------------------------|
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Alternative Verse: pick and mute as shown, but randomly finger pick last 2 bars

     Em               D              Bm             C 
|---x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5--------------------------------------|
|---x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-8--x--8-x-8--x--8--|
|---x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-9--x--9-x-9--x--9--|
|-----------------------------------x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-10-x-10-x-10-x-10--|
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solo:

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|-15~----15~-15---15--12--12-------15~--17~-15----15--12----15-----------|
|-----------------------------12--------------------------------14---12--|
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