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Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Capo 2
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Verse Strum: D A Bm F#m G D A Bm G D DUX D UB D DUD DUX D X D UDUD DUX D UB D DUD DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Chorus Strum: Em D A Em XXD M D D D DUDUDUX D B D XX Leave out first two scratches 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + first time through
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Outro Strum Δ Δ D DUDUD DUD DUDU Δ = Change chord 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
D A
Sometimes I feel
Bm F#m G
Like I don't have a partner
D
A
Sometimes I feel
Bm G
Like my only friend
D A
Is the city I live in
Bm F#m G
The city of angels
D
A
Lonely as I am
Bm G Dmaj7 (x2 measures)
Together we cry
D A
I drive on her streets
Bm F#m G
'Cause she's my companion
D A
I walk through her hills
Bm G
'Cause she knows who I am
D A
She sees my good deeds
Bm F#m G
And she kisses me windy
D
A
I never worry
Bm G Dmaj7 (x2 measures)
Now that is a lie
Chorus
Em D
I don't ever want to feel
A Em
Like I did that day
Em D
Take me to the place I love
A Em
Take me all the way
Em D
I don't ever want to feel
A Em
Like I did that day
Em D
Take me to the place I love
A Em
Take me all the way
/ D – A - / Bm – F#m G /
/ D – A - / Bm – G - /
D A
It's hard to believe
Bm F#m G
That there's nobody out there
D A
It's hard to believe
Bm G
That I'm all alone
D A
At least I have her love
Bm F#m G
The city she loves me
D
A
Lonely as I am
Bm G Dmaj7 (x2 measures)
Together we cry
Chorus
Outro:
/ G – Gm - / F – Ebmaj7 - / x3
/ Ebmaj7 - - - / D7 – F - /
G Gm
Under the bridge downtown
F
Ebmaj7
Is where I drew some blood
G
Gm
Under the bridge downtown
F
Ebmaj7
I could not get enough
G
Gm
Under the bridge downtown
F
Ebmaj7
Forgot about my love
G
Gm
Under the bridge downtown
F
Ebmaj7
I gave my life away
/ G – Gm - / F – Ebmaj7 - / x8
G (hold)
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
I first heard this song on a late spring afternoon, lying on the grass outside my dorm room at Santa Clara University. A dorm window opened, someone cranked their stereo and played this song, and I was transfixed. This is one of those songs — like Rush's Tom Sawyer and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody — that almost didn't get recorded because it was so weird.