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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Dm chordDm
Song bird.

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


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


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

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


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


F chordF C chordC
Standing in line to see the show tonight,
Dm chordDm
And there's a light on, heavy glow.
F chordF C chordC Am chordAm Bb chordBb Dm chordDm
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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