I Like Dirt 
Red Hot Chili Peppers 
Californication 
Warner Bro.’s 
Basically the whole song is played in staccato 
So keep it short and sweet m’dears!
 
Intro 
G-|---------|| 
D-|---------|| 
A-|---------|| 
E-|--5--7---|| 

Main Riff 
G-|---------------------|-------------------------|| 
D-|-----9-------9-X-7-9-|-----9-------9-X-7-8-9---|| 
A-|---------------------|-------------------------|| 
E-|-5-7---X—5/7---------|-5-7---X-5-7-------------|| 

Chorus 
G-|-----------------|| 
D-|-----------------|| 
A-|-5-------5-------|| 
E-|---7-7-X---7-7---|| 

I like dirt… 

Interlude 
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D-|----------|-10----8---6---8---|| 
A-|----------|----10---8---6---8-|| 
E-|-8---8-8--|-------------------|| 

This bit is crap, so 
Don’t pay to much attention 
To what I’ve got, it’s not 
Even close in my view 
  
Guitar Solo 
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D-|------|| 
A-|-5-7--|| 
E-|------|| 

Some Variations (tack on end of main riff now and again) 
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D-|-9-7---------------||-7---------||-9-9---------|| 
A-|-----9-7-9-5h7-----||---9-7-5h7-||-----7-7-----|| 
E-|---------------7---||-----------||---------9-9-|| 

The variation bit is pretty easy, just fuck around with 
the following notes, improv, whatever!~ 
G-|-----------------|| 
D-|-9-7-------------|| 
A-|-----9-7-5-7-----|| 
E-|-------------7-5-|| 

tabbed by 
Matt! Beck 
uplift_mofo@hotmail.com