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Yertle The Turtle Tab

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Author/Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Title: Yertle The Turtle
Album: Freaky Styley
Transcribed by: Greenie 12
Email: onkel44@hotmail.com



Main Riff:  With Wah-Wah


e-|--------------------------------------------|-
B-|----6--6--6--6-----------------x-x-11-11----|-
G-|----------------x--x--3--x--5--x-x-10-10----|-
D-|--------------------------------------------|-
A-|--------------------------------------------|-
E-|--------------------------------------------|-
                                                                              

e-|--------------------------------------------|-
B-|----6--6--6--6-----------------x-x-11------|-
G-|----------------x--x--3--x--5--x-x-10------|-
D-|--------------------------------------------|-
A-|--------------------------------------------|-
E-|--------------------------------------------|-

 
                                                                             
Chorus: With-Wah

     G            Bb   C    Bb    G              Bb
e-|----------------------------|------------------------------|-
B-|--3------------3----5----3--|--3----3----3----3------------|-
G-|--4------------3----5----3--|--4----4----4----3------------|-
D-|--5------------3----5----3--|--5----5----5----3------------|-
A-|--5-------------------------|--5----5----5-----------------|-
E-|----------------------------|------------------------------|-
 


Interlude:                                                                             


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

e-|--------------------------|----------------------------|-
B-|--------------------------|----------------------------|-
G-|--------------------------|----------------------------|-
D-|--------------------------|----------------------------|-
A-|--------------3--3--5--5--|-------4--4-3---------------|-
E-|--3--3--6--6--------------|--3----------------------6--|-
                                        

e-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
B-|-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
G-|-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
D-|-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
A-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
E-|--8-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
                                                                              

e-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
B-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
G-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
D-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-


e-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
B-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
G-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
D-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-


e-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-
B-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------|-
G-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------|-
D-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------|-
A-|-----------------------------------|-------------------8----8----|-
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-



At the end Guitar 2
plays this:


e-|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
B-|----11----11----11-11-11-11----11-11-11--|--x-x-11----11----11-11-11-11----11-11-11--|-
G-|----10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|--x-x-10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|-
D-|-----9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--|--x-x--9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--|-
A-|----10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|------10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|-
E-|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-


e-|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
B-|--x-x-11----11----11-11-11-11----11-11-11--|--x-x-11----11----11-11-11-11----11-11-11--|-
G-|--x-x-10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|--x-x-10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|-
D-|--x-x--9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--|--x-x--9-----9-----9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--|-
A-|------10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|------10----10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10--|-
E-|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-

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Yertle The Turtle Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture taris Average	#1 by taris leoncho at Apr 23, 1970 at 7:23 PM EST
	lol, I love this songs. its awesome. and yes, I heard the burping sounds towards the end as well last time I listened to it lol

No Picture Frank Wanna Be	#2 by Frank at Sep 18, 1970 at 4:02 PM EST
	i work at a toy store, and we have a cd that has celebrities/rockers singing "kids" songs, Yertle the Tertle is one of the songs. i love it because im so sick of hearing childrens songs all the time.

No Picture Hey Retard Wanna Be	#3 by Hey Retard at Sep 30, 1972 at 6:44 AM EST
	what a truly wonderful song. absolutely love it. avatar-rock, i absolutely agre with you, and for those of you who still think it's only a cute kid's story, take a little closer look at it its been said several times on this page before - well ill still say it. the chili peppers are THE ONLY ONES who could have pulled off doing a cover of this song without comepletely ruining it.

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#4 by Dan Hudspith at Nov 6, 1979 at 9:18 PM EST
	so yeah.. it's fucking great.. see it's about yertle who thinks he is the owner of everything he sees, but then he sees someone who's taller than him and wants to make himself a trone made out of turtles to be the tallest of all, to rule EVERYTHING - he is actually not a "good-guy" although it's impossible not to find him charming - finally tries to reach the moon, because he is not satisfied with what he already has, wants more and mroe, then it ends with mack burping, kind of overthrowing him and making yertle the king of mud. i made a fun travesty of this song about christopher columbus, making him the symbol om americans taking native americans land, also keeping the red hots legacy of making pro-natives songs. it's interesting who much columbus fit into the role of yertle.

No Picture drw Average	#5 by drw drw at Jun 16, 1982 at 3:06 AM EST
	Only a band as amazing as RHCP could pull off a cover of Dr. Fucking Seus. You guys can't touch this song.

No Picture Roman Rhythm Player	#6 by Roman Malik at Aug 9, 1982 at 8:41 AM EST
	the look at that turtle go bro is a drug dealer that the producer owed alot of money to and he went to the studio with to big dudes and he was gunna beat the producer up if he didnt pay the money so he offered to let him sing a song AK was reluctant but it was the only way so hey let him and thats what he came up with lol tis all in scar tissue

No Picture kyle Rhythm Player	#7 by kyle perry at Dec 31, 1990 at 12:28 PM EST
	This song is great. Only musical geniuses could do a musical version of a Dr. Suess book so well. RHCP RULE!

No Picture Dan Average	#8 by Dan Christopher at Jan 13, 1992 at 1:38 AM EST
	a lot of Dr seuss songs have political motive, god bless that guy, teaching politics to kids... oh, and the song is FUH-KING SUPERB!!!

No Picture Flash Average	#9 by Flash Jaxon at Jun 10, 2000 at 8:32 AM EST
	Recently I found out, that Yertle the Turtle was based on Hitler when Dr. Suess wrote it. What a nice time that everyone is having think of how simple a childs book is tho?