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		By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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By The Way - Bass tab

By the Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the Album "By the Way"
Tabbed by Tabmaster Timothy Marti (mynameisgreat@hotmail.com)

Drop D tuning

Intro 1:
G-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|----------------|
D-|------------------------|----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|----------------------|---------------|--------------|
D-|----------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7\|
A-|----------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------------|
D-|----------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------------|

Chorus 1:
G-|----------------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------5/-|
D-|----------------|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
A-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

G-|17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D-|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Verse:
G-|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
D-|-------3-3---------|-------3-3------------|-------3-3----------|
A-|----3h5---3h5-5----|----3h5---3h5-3p0-----|----3h5---3h5-5-----|
D-|0-0-------------5h7|0-0---------------3h5-|0-0-------------5h7-|

|--------------------------| (x4)
|--------------------------|
|----3h5-5-0-5/6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|0-0-----------------------|

Chorus 2:
G-|-----------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7p5---|
D-|-------------5/7-|------------------|------------------|--------------5-|
A-|-8--8--8-8-8-----|------------------|------------------|----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|

G-|-----------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A-|-8--8--8-8-8---8-|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

Verse: (x4)

Intro Variation
G-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----------------|----------------|
D-|-----------------------|-----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-|-----------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|-----------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

G-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D-|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------|
A-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

|-9-9-9-9-14-14-14\-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

Chorus 3:
G-|---------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------5-5/|
D-|---------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
A-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|---------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

G-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D-|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Verse: (x3)

Chorus 4:
G-|-----------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--5------------|
D-|-------------5/7-|------------------|------------------|-------7---7-5-7-|
A-|-8--8--8-8-8-----|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

G-|-----------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|
A-|-8--8--8-8-8---8-|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

G-|-------------------|-5--5-5-5p3-5p3-|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7--7-7-7-9p7-|
D-|---------------7/8-|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A-|-8--8--8-8-8-8-----|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|

G-|-----------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8\|
A-|-8--8--8-8-8---8-|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

That is it with every chorus variation  -Tim


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