SONG: Search and Destroy
ORIGIONALLY BY: Iggy Pop and The Stooges
PERFORMED BY: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
ALBUM: The Beavis and Butt-head Experience
TRANSCRIBED BY: MAXX F.


Ok for this song you will need to break out your distortion pedals (I think John Frusciante 
uses a Boss DS-1 Distortion and then he hangs another guitar up to his amp with the pickups 
facing the amp to get some major feedback).  It is all down strokes ok. 

INTRO: I will write out the chords and that stuff for you people and the note on the A 
string 4th fret is only hit the first time the riff is played.

 Let ring--- C#        B  C#      F#           C#
|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------|-7---7-7--7--------| Repeat 1 more time
|------------6--- 6-6--4--6-6-- |-6---6-6--6---6-6--| with out the first note
|------------6--- 6-6--4--6-6---|-4---4-4--4---6-6--| which is on the A 
|-4--------- 4 -- 4 4--2--4-4---|--------------4-4--| String 4th fret
|-------------------------------|-------------------|

Little lead #1: 
                                    |Hammer on|         
                  bend release     |Pull off   | bend          Let ring --    
|----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------
|------9--11-11b-(11)---9---- -----|-9h11p9----|-11b-9----9h11p9------------------
|--11--------------------------11--|-----------|---------11------------------11-----
|----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------

The riff in-between the two leads is the second measure of the INTRO:
 
Little lead #2: I can't get the entire thing so just jam away and make some 
noise but end on the high E string 12th fret

|-------------12-----14-Jam away  ----------------12--------|
|-14-12-14-----14-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

VERSES:  You can palm mute the C# chords and the A chords if you like

   C#             E        A              B
|---------------------- |--------------------------|
|---------------------- |--2-2--2-2--2-2-----------|  then play the 
|-6-6--6-6---6-6--9-----|--2-2--2-2--2-2--4--------|  intro.  Repeat 1 more time
|-6-6--6-6---6-6--9-----|--2-2--2-2--2-2--4--------|
|-4-4--4-4---4-4--7-----|--0-0--0-0--0-0--2--------|
|---------------------- |--------------------------|

PRE-CHORUS; I'm not going to write out the chords again so I will use this instead:  >

C#         B        | A           B    | Repeat 1 more time
> >  > >   > >  > > | > >  > >  > >  > |      
1 +  2 +   3 +  4 + | 1 +  2 +  3 +  4 |

CHOURS: The chorus is made up of five chords: F, F#, A, E, and G#m,
F  1 3 3 x x x  A   x 0 2 2 2 x  G#m   4 6 6 x x x
F# 2 4 4 x x x  E   0 2 2 x x x

When you go from the F chord to the F# chord, do a shift slide.

F F#              | F#                |A                  |A                 |
> >  > >  > >  > >| > >  > >  > >  > >| > >  > >  > >  > >|> >  > >  > >  > >|
1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +|1 +  2 +   3 +  4 +|1 +  2 +  3 +  4 + |1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +|

E                 |E                 |G#m               |G#m               |
> >  > >  > >  > >|> >  > >  > >  > >|> >  > >  > >  > >|> >  > >  > >  > >|
1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +|1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +|1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +|1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +|

PART AFTER CHORUS: Only play this part after the 2nd and any chorus after that.  
Let each chord ring out for four beats. John changes it up and does some weird 
shit that I didn't tab so feel free to add that in. 

C#     |B      |A      |B      |
>      |>      |>      |>      | repeat and then do some  
1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4| weird shitty fuckin' shit

THE OUTRO:  Well I couldn't tab that 'cause that shit is fuckin' crazy and 
I'm too unskilled to tab that. Oh well just fuck around with it and rock on.  
But wait I think I know the beginning.  Just pick at the 7 and 9th frets on the 
high E string like a rabbit on speed.  It's kinda like doing a trill but with picking. 



THE SONG'S FORMAT:
The intro 2x
Lead #1 1x
Intro 2nd measure 1x
Lead #2 1x
Intro 2nd measure 1x
Verse with intro riff 2x
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 1x 
Verse with intro riff 2x
Pre-Chorus 2x 
Chorus 1x
Part After Chorus a few times
Lead #1 1x
Intro 2nd measure 1x 
Lead #2 1x 
Verse with intro riff 2x
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 2x
Part After Chorus a few times
Crazy Fuckin Outro about eleventy billion times

I hope you enjoy the tab, I hope I made it as clear as it could be by 
not putting in crazy @ %  * ^ & symbols like some of those tabbers put 
out there.  Buy John Frusciante's CD "To Record Only Water for Ten Days" 
if you can…. It's great. If you have any questions or comments or just wana talk about the best band in the world, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Email me at [email protected] or [email protected].