Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Longest Wave

Red Hot Chili Peppers


Tom: Eb

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[Chorus]

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[Verse] 1

Throw me all around
Like a boomerang sky
Whatever you do
Don't tell me why
Poppies grow tall
Then say bye bye
The wave is here

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A seamless little team
And then we tanked
I guess we're not so sacrosanct
The tip of my tongue
But then we blanked

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Waiting on the wind
To tell my side                     *strange awkward sounds idk (birds maybe)*
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Ready set jet
But she never gets far
Listen to your skin
From the seat of my car
Two centipedes stuck
In one glass jar
The longest wave

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Waiting on the wind
To tell my side

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Whatcha want
Whatcha need
Do you love

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[Verse] 2

Sterile as the barrel
Of an old 12 gauge
Under my skin
And half my age
Hotter than the wax
On a saxifrage

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Steady your sails
For the butterfly flap
Whatever you do
Don't close that gap
I'm dreaming of a woman
But she's just my nap

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[Outro] PA Y SLOW

Now I know why we came
Now I know

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and then just play intro



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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down