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Venice Queen Tab

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This file is the author's own work and represents 
          their interpretation of the song. You may only use 
         this file for private study, scholarship, or research. 

Tabbed by Charles Benagh (CCBenagh@hotmail.com)

Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Title: Venice Queen
Album: By the Way

Equipment: John Frusciante plays a Fender Strat into a clean Marshall amp.
           For the break, he uses a steel-string dreadnaught acoustic.

Legend:  p - pull off
         h - hammer on
         ~ - vibrato

To get those high pitched notes at the beginning, turn the volume knob down
and play, then increase the volume so it fades in.  Add some delay and 
reverb to add to the spaciness.

Intro/Verse - Clean, neck pickup
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|*-------12-----12-----12---------------*|
G-|------9----9--------9----9-----12--11---| play 3 times
D-|----9--------9----9--------9------------|
A-|*--------------------------------------*|
E-|----------------------------------------|

4th time play:
e-|---------------------------------------0--2--0--2--2---0--3--0--3--3---|
B-|------12-----12-----12-----12-----12---0--3--0--3--3---0--0--0--0--0--*|
G-|----9----9--------9----9--------9------0--0--0--0--0---0--4--0--4--4---|
D-|--9--------9----9--------9----9--------2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2---|
A-|---------------------------------------3--3--3--3--3---0--0--0--0--0--*|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Acoustic break:
e-|--0-0--0-0----0--0---0-0--0-0----0--0---0-0--0-0----0--0------
B-|--0-0--0-0----3--3---0-0--0-0----3--3---0-0--0-0----3--3------
G-|--0-0--0-0----0--0---0-0--0-0----0--0---0-0--0-0----0--0------
D-|--2-2--2-2----4--4---2-2--2-2----4--4---2-2--2-2----4--4------
A-|--2-2--2-2----3--3---2-2--2-2----3--3---2-2--2-2----3--3------
E-|--0-0--0-0-----------0-0--0-0-----------0-0--0-0--------------

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

After the drums come in, play this on electric:
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|*-------12----------15--------12----------15--------12----------15---
G-|-----12----12----12--------12----12----12--------12----12----12------
D-|--14----------14--------14----------14--------14----------14---------
A-|*--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

1st ending:
e-|-------------------------------------------------|
B-|-12-------12-------12-------10-------10---------*|
G-|----12-------12-------12-------11-------11-------|
D-|-------14-------14-------14-------12-------12----|
A-|------------------------------------------------*|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

2nd ending:
e-|-12-------12-------12-------10-------10----------|
B-|----12-------12-------12-------10-------10------*|
G-|-------12-------12-------12-------11-------11----|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------*|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

3nd ending:
e-|-------------------------------------------------|
B-|-12-------12-------12-------13-------13---------*|
G-|----12-------12-------12-------14-------14-------|
D-|-------14-------14-------14-------16-------16----|
A-|------------------------------------------------*|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

4th ending:
e-|-12-------12-------12-------14-------14----------|
B-|----12-------12-------12-------15-------15------*|
G-|-------12-------12-------12-------14-------14----|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------*|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

"I know you've said you don't believe..." (play 4 times)
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------3-----3-----3-----3-----3------------|
G-|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2----------|
D-|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e-|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------------------------------------|
B-|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----------|
G-|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------|
D-|---------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

"And now it's time for you to go..." (play once, rest 8 measures, repeat)
e-|----------------------------8--7-----------10--8-----------|
B-|----8h10--------8h10-------------10--------------10--------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Acoustic outro (play twice)
e-|---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---
B-|---2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2--2--2---3---3---3-3---3---3-3---3--3--3---
G-|---2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2--2--2---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---
D-|---2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2--2--2---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---
A-|---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           *Play first time only
e-|---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---|
B-|---1---1---1-1---1---1-1---1--1--1---1-|-1---1-1---1---1-1---1--1--1---|
G-|---2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2--2--2---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-2---2--2--2---|
D-|---3---3---3-3---3---3-3---3--3--3---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---|
A-|---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-0---0--0--0---|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Venice Queen Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture yomomma!! Wanna Be	#1 by yomomma!! at Jul 1, 1971 at 8:39 PM EST
	Death - reincarnation in a buddhist kind of way (come again just to start afresh) ... In a buddhist belief, when you die, and you haven't been enlightened, something similar to your soul is released (body free and a body less) and before being reborn (in the moment of the meantime), you're kind floating around the ether (easy now to find a breeze), for want of a better word. You're drawn back to earth because of earthly desires and essentially pick your parents (find a place where you can see all the mamas and the papas) ... So the first part is kind of a first-person/soul perspective on the time between dying and being reborn. The second part is a good-bye to a friend. Thas my take ...

No Picture bethan Average	#2 by bethan jones at Aug 4, 1973 at 4:43 AM EST
	Its about his girlfriend that he just split up with, can't remember her name, but shes a model anyway. Gloria is just a name used in the song. She was from Italy, hence the title venice queen. The beginning has got great atmosphere to it, beautiful song, my fave on the album along with dosed.

No Picture james Rhythm Player	#3 by james dobson at Apr 21, 1974 at 7:36 AM EST
	did you know that the girl on the cover is hes girl friend and Venice Queen! She split up with Andy.. so sad..!

No Picture tom Average	#4 by tom jenkins at Jul 28, 1978 at 9:12 PM EST
	I agree with boozm's interpretation, which I think I read somewhere once before. It also explains the meaning of the pictures in the album booklet and the one on the back of the CD case.

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#5 by Zach Pain at Apr 15, 1986 at 9:44 AM EST
	i love the intro..its so pretty and i love how it kind splits into 2 songs. this is probably my faborite rhcp song.

No Picture The Great South Lead Player	#6 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Feb 4, 1987 at 10:48 PM EST
	its bad how everyone instantly assumes and trys to make connections with all rhcp songs to drugs. i'll admit a lot of them are about drugs..but i don't think venice queen is. not to diss ur opinion darktoss but i think u have the wrong idea..correct me if i'm wrong plz

No Picture patrick Wanna Be	#7 by patrick at Dec 26, 1988 at 10:39 PM EST
	Its about a friend of theirs who recently died. They mentioned it in an interview. Anthony said it describes how they feel about not being able to properly say goodbye We all want to tell her Tell her that we love her

No Picture ♥Chicken Average	#8 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Nov 27, 1992 at 7:22 PM EST
	i think this song is about california. venice beach. "Paddle on just around the bend" "I see you standing by the sea The waves you made will always be A kiss goodbye before you leave" are all about a beach. could also be about someone called gloria. but i just think they use that name for the sake of it.