Power Of Equality

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Power of Equality Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tuning: half-step down Note: you can consider this pretty much an "acoustic version" F#7b5     x-x-4-5-5-6 Dsus2     x-5-7-7-5-5 Dmaj7sus2 x-5-7-6-5-5 Fmaj7     x-8-7-5-5-5 Fm7       x-8-6-5-x-x G7        3-5-3-4-3-3 D#5       x-6-8-8-x-x F#        x-9-8-6-7-6 G#sus2    x-6-6-8-9-6 G#5       x-4-6-6-x-x E7sus4    0-2-2-2-3-0 or x-x-2-2-3-5 Em6       0-2-2-0-2-0 or x-4-2-0-2-0 Intro pattern Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---| Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---| Eb |------------------------------------| x3 Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------| Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---------------------| Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------| |--2---2-2-2-2-2---------------------| Eb |-------------------------3--2--1----| Bass Verse pattern play Em7 always as this pattern Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| Bb |--3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---| Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| Db |--0---2-2-2-2-0---2-2-0---2-2-2-2---| Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| or alternatively like this (mini-barré with index finger) Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| Bb |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---| Gb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---| Eb |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| Chorus pattern Eb |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--| Bb |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--| Db |---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--6--3---3----5-5-5-3--| Ab |---5-5-5--5-5-5--8-8-8--8--5---5----5-5-5-5--| Eb |---------------------------3---3----3-3-3-3--| [VERSE] I’ve got a soul that cannot sleep at night when something just ain’t right Blood red but without sight Em7            |-3-2-1-| exploding egos in the night Mix like sticks of dynamite red black or white this is my fight Come on courage let’s be heard Em7                |-3-2-1-| turn feelings into words American equality has always been sour an attitude I would like to devour My name is peace this is my hour F#7b5 Can I get just a little bit of power [CHORUS] power of equality                   Is not yet what it ought to be      It fills me up like a hollow tree   power of equality               Em |-3-2-1-| [VERSE] Right or wrong my song is strong You don’t like it get along Say what I want do what I can Em7                         |-3-2-1-| Death to the message of the Ku Klux Klan I don’t buy supremacy Media chief you menace me The people you say ’cause all the crime Em7                      |-3-2-1-| Wake up motherfucker and smell the slime Blackest anger whitest fear Can you hear me am I clear My name is peace this is my hour F#7b5 Can I get just a little bit of power [CHORUS] power of equality                   Is not yet what it ought to be      It fills me up like a hollow tree   power of equality               [INTERLUDE] Eb |------6-6--6-6--8---| Gb |-8----6-6--8-8--10--| Db |-8----8-8--6-6--8---| Ab |-6----9-9--6-6--8---| Eb |--------------------| x8 D#5 - F# - G#sus2 - A#sus2 [VERSE] Well I’ve got tapes I’ve got CD’s I’ve got my Public Enemy My Lilly white ass is tickled pink Em7                             |-3-2-1-| When I listen to the music that makes me think Not another motherfuckin’ politician Doin’ nothin’ but something for his own ambition I never touch the sound we make Em7               |-3-2-1-| Soul sacred love vows that we take To create straight what is true Yo he’s with me and what I do My name is peace this is my hour F#7b5 Can I get just a little bit of power [CHORUS] power of equality                   Is not yet what it ought to be      It fills me up like a hollow tree   power of equality               *break* [VERSE] Madder than a motherfucker lick my finger Can’t forget ’cause the memory lingers Count ’em off quick little Piccadilly sickness Em7                  |-3-2-1-| Take me to the hick eat my thickness I’ve got a welt from the Bible belt Dealing with the hand that I’ve been dealt Sitting in the grip of a killing fist Giving up blood just to exist Rub me wrong and I get pissed No I cannot get to this People in pain I do not dig it Em7                 |-3-2-1-| Change of brain for Mr.Bigot [Bass]: Em [OUTRO] Little brother do you hear me                 E7sus4 Have a heart oh come get near me Misery is not my friend But I’ll break before I bend What I see is insanity                         E7sus4 What ever happened to humanity What ever happened to humanity                         |-3-2-1-| What ever happened to humanity