Red Hot Chili Peppers - White Braids & Pillow Chair: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "White Braids & Pillow Chair" 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C#m
I'm a tangled tiger and
I want to rip it all to shreds
   A              E B7
So I can ask it why
C#m
She's a loaded cobra and
                                  A  E B7
she wanted to be with me for the ride
C#m
In a Sunday diner,
                                        A
I'm reminded there's no finer place to kiss
                E  B7
Than one like this

Chorus:
     A           C#m                   B7
But babe, I can see what's right with you
                          A
White braids and pillow chair
          C#m                 F#7
I could spend my nights with you
  B7
This pussy willow
 A           C#m              B7
Babe, I can see all sides of you
  B7                      A
White braids and pillow chair
          C#m              F#7
I don't know what I would do
 B7
Without your pillow

She's a Bobby Darin singing
to the fish and herring sacrifice
Oh, that's her knife
There's a Karmann Ghiah parked out
back and we believe it is alive (Oh)
You can see the river runnin'
through my devastated concrete eyes
They don't deny

Chorus:
But babe, I can see what's right with you
White braids and pillow chair
I could spend my nights with you
This pussy willow
Babe, I can see all sides of you
White braids and pillow chair
I don't know what I would do

 E7          A
California blue
 B       E    B        G#7
Sing to you things to do
 E7          A
California blue
 B       C#m
Sing to you
 E7            A
Deep Ventura sky
 B       E   B        G#7
Rolling by, rolling why
 E7            A
Deep Ventura sky
 B       C#m
Rolling by
 E7            A
Santa Cruz in June
B        E    B        G#7
Either blue, surf the moon
 E7            A
Santa Cruz in June
 B        C#m
Surf the moon
 E7            A
San Francisco Bay
 B       E    B         G#7
Safe to say, paved the way
 E7            A
San Francisco Bay
 B         C#m
Paved the way


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

E7

Guitar chord E7

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G#7

Guitar chord G#7

B

Guitar chord B

B7

Guitar chord B7

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 "White Braids & Pillow Chair" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "White Braids & Pillow Chair" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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