"If you have to ask" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
bass tab

tabbed by BsSm (afinocchiella@libero.it)

verse figure:
G|------------|----|-------------------|-------|------------------|
D|------------|    |-------------------|1st bar|------------------|
A|----5-3-0---|(x2)|-----5-3-0---------|  x2   |----5-3-0---2-3-3-|
D|-0--------5-|----|--0--------5--5/17-|-------|-0--------5-------|

play 1st 3 bars again then:
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|----5-3-0----2-3-4-5-|
D|-0--------5----------|

chorus 1:
G|----2/3-----------------------|----2/3-------------3---5-----|----|
D|-----------1-x-3-4-----1------|-----------1----4-5---3-------|1st |
A|-3-------3-----------3---3-1--|-3-------3---3-------------/6-|bar |
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|----|

G|----2/3--------------------|----|----2/3-x-8-9--x-2-3------|----|
D|------------1--------------|1st |-3-------------------1----|1st |
A|-3-------3-----------------|bar |--------------------------|bar |
D|---------------0-1-2-3-4-5-|----|--------------------------|----|

verse again

chorus 2:
G|---2/3--------------------|----2/3------------------|----|-----2/3---------2-----|
D|---------1-x-3-4----1-----|----------1----3-4-5-0---|1st |---x-------1-------1---|
A|-3-----3----------3---3-1-|-3------3---x----------1-|bar |-3-------3---0-1-------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|----|---------------------3-|

G|----|-----2/3-----10-9-8-9-10\-|----|------------|
D|1st |---x-------1--------------|1st |----1-------|
A|bar |-3-------3----------------|bar |-3------1---|
D|----|--------------------------|----|------------|

bridge (x2):
G|----------------------|---------------------------|
D|--5--4--3------1---0--|--5x-4x-3x------1x----0----|
A|-----------3-----1----|-----------3x------1x------|
D|----------------------|---------------------------|

guitar solo: play verse fig.

outro:
G|-------------2/3----5-3-4-5-|-3-----3---------|
D|-----------------3----------|---3h5---5---3---|
A|----5-3-0-------------------|-----------3-----|