This Velvet Glove Tab

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                             THIS VELVET GLOVE - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Tuning: Normal
 
Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------3-1-0---------5-3-0--------|
B|----1-3---1-3---------------1-3---1-3-----------------1-1/3---------1-3----|
G|--2-----0-----------------2-----0------------------------------------------|
D|--0-----------3-2-3-2-----0-----------3-2-3-2---0-------------0------------|
A|--------3-----1-----------------3-----1--------------3--1----------3--1----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 1:
 
Dm    C     Bb
Close to my skin
            Dm
I'm falling in
     C        Bb
Someone who's been
 
Dm      C      Bb
Sittin' by the phone
           Dm
I'm left alone
      C     Bb
In another zone
 
Dm    C       Bb        Dm
John says to live above hell
   C       Bb
My will is well
 
Dm  C     Bb
No one is waiting
          Dm
For me to fail
   C          Bb
My will could sail yeah
 
 
Instrumental ( more or less the same as the intro)
e|------------------------------------------------3-1-0-----------5-3-0----------|
B|----1-3---1-3---------------1-3---1-3-----------------1-3-3-3-3-------1-3------|
G|--2-----0-----------------2-----0----------------------------------------------|
D|--0-----------3-3-3-------0-----------3-3-3-----0---------------0--------------|
A|--------3-----1-----------------3-----1--------------3--1------------3--1------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 2:
Dm          C           Bb
It's such a waste to be wasted
 
In the first place
  Dm                C
I want to taste the taste of
      Bb
Being face to face with common grace
Dm      C           Bb
To meditate on the warmest dream
Dm          C           Bb
And when I walk alone I listen
 
To our secret theme
 
Chorus:
Dm
Your solar eyes are like
Am7
nothing I have ever seen
Dm
Somebody close that can
Am7
see right through
Dm
I'd take a bullet you
Am7
know that I'd do anything
C           Am
I will for you
 
Instrumental
e|-----8-10----------------------8-10----------------------------------------|
B|--10------8-10-10-10-10-10--10--------8-10---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------8--6-----------------------8---6----------------------------------|
 
Verse 3:
Dm      C       Bb
Sailin' for the sun
                Dm
'cause there is one
          C         Bb
who nows where I'm from
 
Dm C       Bb
I care for you
         Dm    C     Bb
I really do I really do
 
Dm    C     Bb
Come closer now
           Dm
So you can lie
      C     Bb
Right by my side
 
Dm    C          Bb
Sit alone in the sun
                    Dm
I wrote a letter to you
        C     Bb
Getting over myself
 
Prechorus
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10--12-12/-15-15-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
Chorus:
Dm
Your solar eyes are like
Am7
nothing I have ever seen
Dm
Somebody close that can
Am7
see right through
Dm
I'd take a bullet you
Am7
know that I'd do anything
C           Am
I will for you
 
 
Dm
Your solar eyes are like
Am7
nothing I have ever seen
Dm
Somebody close that can
Am7
see right through
Dm
I'd take a bullet you
Am7
know that I'd do anything
C           Am
I will for you
 
Instrumental:
e|--13-15-17--------------13-15-17-------------------------------------------|
B|------------8-10-10-10------------8-10-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---------------------0--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------8--6------------------8--6--------------------------------------|
 
Outro: (Dm C Bb)
 
Close to my skin
Someone who's been
I'm a falling in
 
Disasters are
Just another star
Falling in my yard
 
John says to live above hell
My will is well
 
Long to be with
Someone to tell
I love your smell
 
 
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Feel free to comment anything!
A tip for the last instrumental part: from 17th to 8th bar is a big step,
if you don't want to let it sound clumsy, then you can always use your thumb for the 8
on the bass an the melody at the same time :)
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