By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tabbed by Tommy Higgins (threepoint@bigfoot.com)
Acoustic intro and soft-sounding choruses
(The other choruses use these chords, except played full without palm muting)
(pm = palm mute)
F C A
e|---------------|---------------|----------------
B|-pm------------|-pm------------|-pm-------------
G|--x------------|--x------------|-x--------------
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|-7--(16 times)--
A|--8------------|--7------------|-0--------------
E|---------------|---------------|----------------
e|---------------|---------------|---------------------------------
B|-pm------------|-pm------------|-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm---------
G|-10------------|--9------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|-7-7—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
A|--8------------|--7------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
E|---------------|---------------|---------------------------------
e|---------------|---------------|----------------
B|---------------|---------------|----------------
G|--x------------|--x------------|-x--------------
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|-7--(16 times)--
A|--8------------|--7------------|-0--------------
E|---------------|---------------|----------------
e|---------------|---------------|-pm-->open------|
B|-pm------------|-pm------------|-10-------------|
G|-10------------|- 9------------|--9-------------|
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|--7-(16 times)--|
A|--8------------|--7------------|----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Midway through the Bass riffs:
e|---8--8--8--8-|-------|-------|-------|-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8—-8-
B|--10-10-10-10-|-------|-------|-------|------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
G|--------------|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-------------------------
D|--------------|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-------------------------
A|--------------|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------
E|--------------|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------
e-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
B-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
G--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
E-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
End with:
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-10~~~~|
D|-10~~~~|
A|-------|
E|-------|