Lyrics from http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/S-o-j-a/By-My-Side.html

Chords used:

Gm, F, A#, Cm

Reggae skank: Play on the off beat (play on the +)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4


Verse (half measure or 2 reggae skanks per chord):

Gm (355333@1)         F (133211@1)      A# (x1333x@1)                  CmI (x3101x@1)act like I left her, but I really beg her to stay.
And the more that I press her is the more she slips
away.
Act like I don't need her but...Yo, you're
necessary...
Like ten days from now I won't see your face when I
sleep.

Gm (355333@1)             F (133211@1)    A# (x1333x@1)            CmAct (x3101x@1)like I can hear, but Jah knows I'm deaf.
Act like I can see but now, yo, from me sight has
left.
Act like I don't know but, I know these things...
Act like I don't feel it but I'm gonna feel it, every
morning now on

Chorus (one measure or four reggae skanks per chord):
Gm (355333@1)         A#Each (x1333x@1)morning, on each night
Cm (x3101x@1)               Fwhen (133211@1)I need you by my side
on each morning and on each night
when I need you

Like I don't care but each and every time
your face comes across it never ever leaves my mind.
Oh, like I don't know but...I know your thing
like I don't feel it, but I'm gonna feel it every
evening now on -

Each morning, on each night
when I need you by my side
on each morning and on each night
when I need you

N.C. (maybe an A# to Cm if anything)
I act like I left her, but the truth is I beg her, beg
her to stay...
Gm (355333@1)                F (133211@1)                      A# (x1333x@1)                CmAnd (x3101x@1)the more that I press her, means all the more that she slips away.
Act like I don't need her, but I'm here to tell you
that you're necessary.
Like ten days from now I won't see your face when I'm
on -

Each morning, on each night
when I need you by my side
on each morning and on each night
when I need you by my side.

- On each morning and on each night when I need you so
desperately.