Battle Ship Chords
Battle Ship by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, D5, B5 and E9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse:
E5 D5 B5
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-||-*--9----9--9--9----7----|----7----7--7--7----4--*-||-
-||----7----7--7--7----5----|----5----5--5--5----2----||-
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Chorus:
E9 E9
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-||----7--7--7---7-7--x-7-7---|----7--7--7---7--7---7--7----||-
-||----7--7--7---7-7--x-7-7---|----7--7--7---7--7---7--7----||-
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Bass Verse Riff:
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-
E||----7--7--5-5--7---x-7--5--7----|----7--7--5-5--7---x-7--5--7----||-
Bass Chorus Riff:
G||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-
D||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-
A||----7--7--7------------------|----7--7--7--------------------||-
E||---------------3-3----5-5----|---------------3--3----5--5----||-