Red Hot Chili Peppers - Save the Population: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Save the Population" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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Gm      A#    Dm
History so strong
History so strong
History so strong
History so strong

Gm                     A#             D7
Sing another drinking song the honky tonk will do
Gm                     A#                Dm
Make another breaking bomb your favorite ingénue
 Gm       A#      D
This the distant dawn
 Gm      A#      D7
This the distant dawn

Gm
I put my cards up on the table
A#
I do this speak cause I am able
Gm
One pixie's broken down devotion
A#
I threw my pistol in the ocean
D#
Eyes wide with revelation
Cm
Shine at the police station
D
And when the verdict comes round
D7
I'm sure that you will go down

Chorus:
 D#                    F           Gm
Stay all night, we'll save the population.
Stay all night, we'll save the population.
Stay all night, we'll save the population.
Stay all night, we'll save the population.

Pistol and its pawn
Sailing through the lexicon
A pistol and its pawn
Blood on borderlines be drawn
Take another bottle down the brothel and the shrew
Make another awful sound to rap the Gothic through
History's so strong
History's so strong

I put my cards upon the table
I do this because I am able
One picks is broken-down devotion
I threw my pistol in the ocean
Eyes wide with revelation
Shine at the police station
And when the verdict comes round
I'm sure that you will go down

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

D7

Guitar chord D7

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Save the Population" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Save the Population" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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