Yertle the Turtle

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Compositor: Anthony,Flea,Martinez e Jack

Tom: G

Played with wah-wah pedal.

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Intro |
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(before and at the start of the verses)

									      
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---00000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---55555-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---55555-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------6-6/8-8----------------------------------------------------------|
    

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Main riff |
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(through the most of the verses)


     G5              Bb5     C5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12-----12--xxx----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---12-----12--xxx--8--/---10---xxx-----------------------------------------|
A|---10-----10--xxx--8--/---10---xxx-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------6--/---8----xxx-----------------------------------------|
									             

Move that leg up&down on the wah-wah pedal!	

Bb5 and C5 chords are not recorded on the CD (because of the trumpet),
but they're used at concerts.
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	Bridge		|
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"...He piled them high
    Into a ten turtle stack
    I'm Yertle the turtle The things I now rule
    I'm king of a cow I'm king of a mule
              (Look at that turtle go,bro!)..."

Here comes the bridge.

G5 Bb5 C5  				*************
G5 Bb5					*G5 : 355xxx*		
G5 Bb5 C5 				*Bb5: x133xx*
G5 Bb5					*C5 : x355xx*
C5 Bb5					*C#5: x466xx*
G5 Bb5 C5 D5				*D5 : x577xx*
G5 C#5 C5				*************

And then some G5 B5 C5.
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Outro    |
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G5        Bb5        C5       <--------- Repeat
      	     
355xxx  x133xx      x355xx  
            


| /  slide up
| \  slide down

| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off

| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note