Red Hot Chili Peppers
By The Way

Tabbed by Andres (la_laker83@hotmail.com)




This is such a cool song!



**INTRO

E----------------------------------------
B--13------------------------------------
G---x-----------------9-------9-9-7-7----
D--10-----------------x----7-------------
A---------7------8----x----7-------------
E---------------------8------------------
  [16x] [16x]  [8x] [8x] [12x]

E----------------------------------------
B--13-------------------------13---------
G---x--------------------------x---14----
D--10---------------------3---10---14----
A-------10----7---5-5-----3--------12----
E----------------------------------------
  [8x] [8x] [14x]       [8x] [8x] [16x]  <--Number of times you play each one



**VERSE

E----------------
B--x-x-x-x-------
G--x-x-x-x-------
D--x-x-x-x-------
A--x-x-x-x-------
E----------------
  [many times]


E---------------10-10---------10-10---------10-10---------10-10----
B--13-13-13-13--10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10----
G---------------10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10----
D-----------------------x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x------------
A-----------------------x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
This is played twice. There are more x's but I simplified it because
of the space, the muted strums will sound more accurate if you place
your hand around the 12th fret.


This last chord of Verse is strummed until Chorus.
E--10----
B--10----
G--10----
D--------
A--------
E--------



**CHORUS

   F	C    Dm       F    C    Am   Bb
E-----------------------------------------
B--1----1----6--------1----1----1----3----
G--2----0----7--------2----0----2----3----
D--3----2----7--------3----2----2----3----
A--3----3----5--------3----3----0---------
E-----------------------------------------
Strum these chords



**VERSE 2 same as previous



**CHORUS 2

E----------------------------------------
B--13------------------------------------
G---x-----------------9-------9-9-7-7----
D--10-----------------x----7-------------
A---------7------8----x----7-------------
E---------------------8------------------
  [16x] [16x]  [8x] [8x] [12x]

E----------------------------------------
B--13-------------------------13---------
G---x--------------------------x---14----
D--10---10--\-7---5-5-----3---10---14----
A-------10--\-7---5-5-----3--------12----
E----------------------------------------
  [8x] [8x] [14x]       [8x] [8x] [16x]



**INTERLUDE

First part
E--13-10----10-10----10-10----10-10----
B--10-10----10-10----10-10----10-10----
G--10-10----10-10----10-10----10-10----
D--------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------

Second part (2x)
E---------------10-10---------10-10---------10-10---------10-10----
B--13-13-13-13--10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10----
G---------------10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10---x-x---10-10----
D-----------------------x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x------------
A-----------------------x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
The x's here have a different rhythm from the one in Verse, but it's
only one or two beats less

Then strum this
E--10----
B--10----
G--10----
D--------
A--------
E--------



**CHORUS 3 and OUTRO are the same as first CHORUS

End in Dm
E-----------
B--6--------
G--7--------
D--7--------
A--5--------
E-----------