By The Way Uke tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

5 Chords used in the song: F, C, Am, Dm, Bb

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Album: 
Year:  2002
Difficulty: 
3.3
(Beginner)
Key: F, DmChords
F F                           C C
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
Am Am
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F F C C Am Am
By the way I tried to say I'd be there, waiting for.
F F C C
Dani the girl is singing songs to me,
Am Am
Beneath the marquee, overload.


Dm Dm
Steak knife.
Dm Dm
Card Shark.
Dm Dm
Con job.
Dm Dm
Boot cut.


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


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


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


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


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


Dm Dm
Song bird.

Main line.
Dm Dm
Cash back.
Dm Dm
Hard top.


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


Dm Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm Dm
Ooh ahh, guess you never meant it

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


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


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

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About this song: By The Way

"By the Way" is the title track on the eighth studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released as the album's foremost single and eventually a music video was made as an accompaniment. The song was the band's sixth #1 hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, staying at the summit for 14 weeks, tying it with "Dani California" as the band's second longest stay at the top, behind only "Scar Tissue", which was at the top for 16 weeks. It also spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their fourth song to top this chart. Read more on Last.fm.

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