Yertle the turtle Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays498

Yertle the turtle by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Text
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Speed
  			Tuning:EADG 
 
Riff 1 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
A|-------1-3-1-------1--| 
E|-3---3-------3-3-3----| 
   S   S S S S S S S s 
Riff 2 
G|---------------------------12p10--| 
D|---------------------10h12--------| 
A|-------1-3-1-------1--------------| 
E|-3---3-------3-3-3----------------| 
   S   S S S S S S S S S     P 
Verse 
G|-----12---------10-12-X--| 
D|-------------------------| 
A|----------3h5-X----------| 
E|-3-X----3----------------| 
   S S P  S S   S P  P  P 
Riff 3 
G|----------------------------| 
D|----------------------------| 
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1--| 
E|----------------------------| 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S 
Riff 4 
G|---------------------------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|-----1-1-3-3-5-5----4-4-3--| 
E|-3-3-------------3---------| 
   S S S S S S S S S  S S S 
Riff 5 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-1-3----1-3----1-1-3\---1-3----1-1-3----1-3----1-1-3----1-3---8-8--| 
E|-------------3---------------3---------------3---------------------| 
   S S    S S  S S S S    S S  S S S S    S S  S S S S    S S   S S 
Outro 
G|-----12-12-10---------10-12-X--| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|----------------3h5-X----------| 
E|-3-X----------3----------------| 
   S S P  P  P  S S   S P  P  P 
 
Order: 
Riff 1 
Riff 2 
Riff 1 (2x) 
Verse (8x) 
Riff 2 
Riff 1 
Riff 3 
Riff 4 
Riff 5 
Verse (16x) 
Outro (repeat until fades) 
 
| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| ~  vibrato 
| +  harmonic 
| x  Mute note 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante