Red Hot Chilli Peppers-Cant Stop
[Intro Riff - BPM 92]A ----57-57-57-57-57-----starts on 1 - basically play this 5th to 7th fret
figure 5 times across beat with pause at end before
repeating loads louder and louder strumming
G --7-9-----7-9-------7-9----7-9---
D ---------------------------------
A 7-----777-----777s5----555-------
E ---------------------------------
G -----7-9-----7-9-------7-9----7-9------
D ---------------------------------------
A 555------------------------------------
E ---7-----777----777s8----888--------888
[Verse] (CHEAT RIFF - JUST PLAY POWERCHORDS AND THEN THAT PHRASE 7 TO 9 ON G STRING)
[Em] Can't stop addicted to the shindig
[D] Chop top he says I'm gonna win big
[Bm] Choose not a life of imitation
[C] Distant cousin to the reservation
[Em] Defunct the pistol that you pay for
[D] This punk the feeling that you stay for
[Bm] In time I want to be your best friend
[C] Eastside love is living on the westend
[Em] Knocked out but boy you better come to
[D] Don't die you know the truth as some do
[Bm] Go write your message on the pavement
[C] Burn so bright I wonder what the wave meant
[Em] White heat is screaming in the jungle
[D] Complete the motion if you stumble
[Bm] Go ask the dust for any answers
[C] Come back strong with 50 belly dancers
[Chorus]
The [G] world I love
The [D] tears I've dropped
To [Bm] be part of
the [C] wave can't stop
[G] Ever wonder [D] if it's [Bm] all for [C] you
The [G] world I love
The [D] trains I hop
To [Bm] be part of
The [C] wave can't stop
[G] Come and tell me when [D] it's [Bm] time [C] to
[Verse]
[Em] Sweetheart is bleeding in the snowcone
[D] So smart she's leading me to ozone
[Bm] Music the great communicator
[C] Use two sticks to make it in the nature
[Em] I'll get you into penetration
[D] The gender of a generation
[Bm] The birth of every other nation
[C] Worth your weight the gold of meditation
[Em] This chapter's going to be a close one
[D] Smoke rings I know you're going to blow one
[Bm] All on a spaceship persevering
[C] Use my hands for everything but steering
[Em] Can't stop the spirits when they need you
[D] Mop tops are happy when they feed you
[Bm] Jay butterfly is in the treetop
[C] Birds that blow the meaning into bebop
[Chorus]
The [G] world I love
The [D] tears I've dropped
To [Bm] be part of
the [C] wave can't stop
[G] Ever wonder [D] if it's [Bm] all for [C] you
The [G] world I love
The [D] trains I hop
To [Bm] be part of
The [C] wave can't stop
[G] Come and tell me when [D] it's [Bm] time [C] to
[Interlude]
[Em] Wait a minute I'm [D] Passing out, win or
[Bm] Lose, just like [C] you
[Em] Far more shockin' than any [D] thing I ever
[Bm] knew, how 'bout [C] you
[Em] Ten more reasons [D] why I need somebody
[Bm] new, just like [C] you
[Em] Far more shockin' than any [D] thing I ever
[Bm] knew, right on [C] cue
[Verse]
[Em] Can't stop addicted to the shindig
[D] Chop top he says I'm gonna win big
[Bm] Choose not a life of imitation
[C] Distant cousin to the reservation
[Em] Defunct the pistol that you pay for
[D] This punk the feeling that you stay for
[Bm] In time I want to be your best friend
[C] Eastside love is living on the westend
[Em] Knocked out but boy you better come to
[D] Don't die you know the truth as some do
[Bm] Go write your message on the pavement
[C] Burn so bright I wonder what the wave meant
[Em] Kick start the golden generator
[D] Sweet talk but don't intimidate her
[Bm] Can't stop the Gods from engineering
[C] Feel no need for any interfering
[Em] Your image in the dictionary
[D] This life is more than ordinary
[Bm] Can I get 2 maybe even 3 of these
[C] Comin' from space to teach you of the Pliedes
[N.C.] Can't stop the spirits when they need you
[N.C.] This life is more than just a read-thru