Rooling Slystone Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays469

Rooling Slystone by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C, G, D, C5, G5, A5 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

  			 
{Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, Chad Smith} 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------2--3--3--3--3------------------------3--5--5--5--5--5-----| 
E|---5--5--5--5-----------------------2--3--3--3--3--------------------------| 
 
After that is played twice the guitar part in the verse comes in: 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------1-1------------1-1-------------------1-1----------------------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------5~---5/7---5---3--| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------8-8-8----| 
B|-------------1-1------------1-1-------------------1-1------1h3----8-8-8----| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------8-8-8-----------| 
B|-------------3-1------------3-1-----------------1--1h3-----8-8-8-----------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2-2----------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------3-1------------3-1-------------------1-1----------------------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2-2----------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------5~-5/7--------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 PRE-CHORUS: (When Anothony sings Dum, dum, dum, dee ,dooo, or something like that...)  
to the Cd to get the rythm and strumming right. 
 
PLAT TWICE: 
      A    C    G    D 
e|----5----3----3----5-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----5----5----3----7-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----6----5----4----7-------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----7----5----5----7-------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----7----3----5----5-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----5---------3------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
CHORUS: I think John uses power chords, but using the major of the power chords will  
fine, and again listen to the CD to get the rythm and stuff right: 
     C5  G5  A5      C5  G5  A5 C5     C5 G5 A5      C5 G5 A5 D5 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----5---------------5--------5--------5------------5--------7--------------| 
D|----5--5--7---------5--5--7--5--------5--5--7------5--5--7--7--------------| 
A|----3--5--7---------3--5--7--3--------3--5--7------3--5--7--5--------------| 
E|-------3--5------------3--5--------------3--5---------3--5-----------------| 
 
Second Verses: 
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------1-1------------1-1-----------------1-1-------------------------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2-------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------5~--5/7--5p3h5-------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------1-1------------1-1-------------------1-1----------------------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------5~---5/7---5---3--| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------8-8-8----| 
B|-------------1-1------------1-1-------------------1--1h3----------8-8-8----| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------1-1------------1-1-------------------1-1----------------------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------5~---5/7--10--10--| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------8-8-8-----------| 
B|-------------3-1------------3-1-------------------1-1h3----8-8-8-----------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2-2----------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------8-8-8-----------| 
B|-------------3-1------------3-1-------------------1-1h3----8-8-8-----------| 
G|---2--0--2----------2--0--2-----------2--0--2-2----------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
PRE CHORUS HERE AGAIN 
 
THEN CHORUS 
 
This is when Anthony is singing 'let your jaw decide' (or somehing like that) 
Listen to CD to get strumming right: 
 
       D       D                 C      C       G 
e|----------12-10-10-----------------10-7-7---3--3--3------------------------| 
B|--7-7-7---7--7--7--- 
 
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Contribuição: Sidnei Kingma de Oliveira Júnior([email protected])

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