Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away Guitar Lesson

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In this Give It Away guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this great song off of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik album.

The tuning is standard tuning E A D G B E.

The intro is one of the hardest parts of the song to get right. John Frusciante incorporates some difficult unison bends while also holding down a double-stop.

The main riff, which is the verse of the song, consists of a single note riff that has some tricky rhythms in it. You will also need to be pretty good at muting unwanted strings on the guitar, as Frusciante uses lots of muting throughout the riff. The muting helps make the single notes sound big and fat, a signature technique of his.

The chorus is a riff that will vary throughout the song, so play close attention to the difference between them.

For the solos, since they are created using a backwards guitar recording effect in the studio, I have instead demonstrated the three scale types you can use to create an improvised solo. These are the same scales Frusciante used for his solos.

Have fun with this fun yet challenging song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the great John Frusciante! #giveitawayguitarlesson #redhotchilipeppers #johnfrusciante

Thanks! Carl..

[tjmguitar]

Timestamp-
2:16 Intro
6:00 Verse
10:29 Verse Variation
12:40 Chorus
14:24 Chorus Variation
15:00 First Solo (Improv)
19:06 Last Chorus
20:55 Outro Section

Thanks to Carl for this fantastic, funky tune...Rock on with the

Edit 1: This is my first timestamp...hope it's pretty accurate. I always find these so useful and it feels good to be the first to do one....

[RCSmiths]

Hey man, RHCP are amazing! I feel like Frusciante's playing really has left a mark on everyone, just his name alone is legendary in the guitar community. Awesome work man!

[virgomunoz]

Man I love this guy. I swear every time I ever want to learn a song with proper instructions, he's always got me covered.

[edwardglyons]

Thanks Carl. Every lesson you post is a gift. Please consider adding to your list Ice Cream Man by Van Halen.

[rkchang]

I've always thought of the ending power chord section as the "Sweet Leaf" section. I think I even read an interview with Frusciante in some guitar magazine back in the day that he had been getting into Black Sabbath around the time of Blood Sugar, so he wanted to put in a little Iommi tribute there

[trafalgerd.waterlaw]

Finally a good in depth version of the song! Thank you so much Carl

[svsolace]

So much of Frusciante's style seems so improvised that it feels almost impossible to emulate consistently.

[justicetruthvegan]

Thanks very much for teaching "Give it Away" and Sting's hit single "Fragile", very, very kind of you

[nataliabradley]

love this song so much, it’s pretty tricky for my to play but this vid was super helpful thank you 👏👏

[georgew.morrowiii]

Thanks for always putting out the coolest lessons

[augustiversen]

Can you do through the fire and flames next?

[elklakeradio]

Thanks for always being sooo thorough, you are the best!

[kosmic]

Great Lesson Carl! I appreciate all the effort you put into your lessons. Would you consider an Audioslave lesson next? Great work

[maxmariotti]

Hi Carl! Love your videos! You've helped me learn so much and I'm excited to learn this as well

[tylers_snake_world]

The people that disliked this video don’t even play guitar lol. Amazing job as always Carl 🎸🎸

[saurabbalebrodynortonpacin]

Carl can you please do a tutorial on You Keep Me Hanging On by Vanilla Fudge or Word Up by Boss Hoss ?

[lastor]

Exactly what i've been looking for! Thx man.

[Bryant.Defiant]

I was just thinking about learning this!!

[Thankfulheart]

Im not going to lie Carl. I was listening to the reo Speedwagon greatest hits last night wishing you could do any of the songs. There's alot of great ones:). And also consider looking into the dudes of wrath: shocker / shock dance, off the wes craven shocker movie soundtrack. Thank you so much Carl for all these lessons over the years.

[satanihelvetet]

That ending riff sounds very much as the beginning riff in 'Sweat leaf' by Black sabbath.