The Power of Equality Red Hot Chili Peppers
INTRO
[Em7]
E |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| B |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---| G |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| D |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---| A |------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------| x3 E |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------| B |--3---5-5-5-5-3---------------------| G |--0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------| D |--2---2-2-2-2-2---------------------| A |------------------------------------| E |----------------------0--3--2--1----| Bass
VERSE
play Em7 always as this pattern
E |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| B |--3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---| G |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| D |--0---2-2-2-2-0---2-2-0---2-2-2-2---| A |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---| E |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
or alternatively like this (mini-barre with index finger)
E |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| B |--3---5-5-5-5-3---5-5-3---5-5-5-3---| G |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---| D |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---| A |--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---| E |--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
[Em7]I've got a soul that cannot sleep
at night when something just ain't right
Blood red but without sight
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
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
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
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
E |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--| B |---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--3---3----3-3-3-3--| G |---7-7-7--6-6-6--5-5-5--5--4---4----4-4-4-4--| D |---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--6--3---3----5-5-5-3--| A |---5-5-5--5-5-5--8-8-8--8--5---5----5-5-5-5--| E |---------------------------3---3----3-3-3-3--|
po[Dsus2]wer of [DM7sus2]equality[FM7] [FmMb11] [G7]
Is[Dsus2] not ye[DM7sus2]t what it[FM7] ought[FmMb11] to be[G7]
It[Dsus2] fills [DM7sus2]me up lik[FM7]e a ho[FmMb11]llow tre[G7]e
po[Dsus2]wer of [DM7sus2]equality[FM7] [FmMb11] [G7]
[Em7]Em |-0-3-2-1-|
VERSE
[Em7]Right or wrong, my song is strong
You don't like it, get along
Say what I want, do what I can
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
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
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
Wake up motherf**ker 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
po[Dsus2]wer of [DM7sus2]equality[FM7] [FmMb11] [G7]
Is[Dsus2] not ye[DM7sus2]t what it[FM7] ought[FmMb11] to be[G7]
It[Dsus2] fills [DM7sus2]me up lik[FM7]e a ho[FmMb11]llow tre[G7]e
po[Dsus2]wer of [DM7sus2]equality[FM7] [FmMb11] [G7]
INTERLUDE
E |------6-6--6-6----| B |------7-7--9-9----| G |-8----6-6--8-8--6-| D |-8----8-8--6-6--6-| A |-6----9-9--6-6--4-| E |------------------| x8
[D#5] [-] [F#] [-] [G#sus2] [-] [G#5]
VERSE
[Em7]Well, I've got tapes, I've got CD's
I've got my Public Enemy
My Lilly white ass is tickled pink
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
When I listen to the music that makes me think
Not another, motherf**kin' politician
Doin' nothin' but something for his own ambition
I never touch the sound we make
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
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
po[Dsus2]wer of [DM7sus2]equality[FM7] [FmMb11] [G7]
Is[Dsus2] not ye[DM7sus2]t what it[FM7] ought[FmMb11] to be[G7]
It[Dsus2] fills [DM7sus2]me up lik[FM7]e a ho[FmMb11]llow tre[G7]e
po[Dsus2]wer of [DM7sus2]equality[FM7] [FmMb11] [G7]
[Em7]*break*
VERSE
[Em7]Madder than a motherf**ker, lick my finger
Can't forget 'cause the memory lingers
Count 'em off quick, little Piccadilly sickness
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
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
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
Giving up blood just to exist
Rub me wrong and I get p**sed
No I cannot, get to this
People in pain, I do not dig it
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
Change of brain for Mr.Bigot
(Bass): Em
OUTRO
[Em7]Little brother do you hear me
Have a heart oh [E7sus4]come get near me
[Em7]Misery is[Em6] not my friend
But I'll break before I bend
[Em7]What I see is insanity
What ever happened to hu[E7sus4]manity
[Em7]What ever [Em6]happened to humanity
Em |-0-3-2-1-|
What ever happened to humanity
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