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                    Red Hot Chili Peppers - "By The Way"
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tabbed by: wojtekk83
e-mail: wojtekk83@gmail.com

tuning: standard
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Intro: F C Am

F                           C
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
              Am
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F            C                Am
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for.
F                        C
Dani the girl is singing songs to me,
            Am
Beneath the marquee, overload.

Dm         xxx - indicates a pattern with a lot of string muting
Steak knife.
Dm        xxx
Card Shark.
Dm     xxx
Con job.
Dm      xxx
Boot cut.

Dm        xxx
Skin that flick, she's such a little DJ.
Dm        xxx
Get there quick by street but not the freeway.
Dm        xxx
Turn that trick to make a little leeway.
Dm        xxx   
Beat that nic but not the way that we play.

Dm      xxx
Dog town. 
Dm        xxx
Blood bath.
Dm      xxx
Rib cage.
Dm       xxx
Soft tail.

F                           C
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
              Dm
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F            C                Am        Bb
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for.

Dm        xxx 
Black jack.
Dm       xxx
Dope dick.
Dm       xxx   
Pawn shop.
Dm        xxx
Quick pick.

Dm        xxx
Kiss that dyke, I know you want to hold one.
Dm      xxx
Not on strike, but I'm about to bowl one.
Dm        xxx
Bite that mic, I know you never stole one.
Dm        xxx
Girls that like a story so I told one.

Dm       xxx
Song bird. 
         xxx
Main line. 
Dm       xxx
Cash back. 
Dm      xxx
Hard top.

F                           C
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
              Am
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F            C                Am
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for.
F                        C
Dani the girl is singing songs to me,
            Am
Beneath the marquee... of her soul.
F            C                Am
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for.

Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm        xxx
Ohh ahh.

F                           C
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
              Dm
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F            C                Am        Bb
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for.
F                        C
Dani the girl is singing songs to me,
            Dm
Beneath the marquee, of her soul.
F            C              Am        Bb
By the way I tried to say I know you, from before

F                           C
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
               Dm
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F            C                Am        Bb         Dm
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for. 

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