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By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            [Intro]
F C Am

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

[Verse 1]***
Dm
Steak knife
Dm
Card Shark
Dm
Con job
Dm
Boot cut

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

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

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

[Verse 2]***
Dm
Black jack
Dm
Dope dick
Dm  
Pawn shop
Dm
Quick pick

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

Dm
Song bird
Dm
Main line
Dm
Cash back
Dm
Hard top

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

[Interlude]***
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ooh ahh, 'guess you never meant it
Dm
Ohh ahh

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

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


***play a pattern which invoves a lot of string muting 
        

We also have 46 songs by Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Aeroplane
• Around The World
• Breaking The Girl
• Brendans Death Song
• By The Way
• Cabron
• Californication
• Cant Stop
• Dani California
• Dark Necessities
• Desecration Smile
• Dont Forget Me
• Dosed
• Easily
• Fortune Faded
• Give It Away
• Hard To Concentrate
• Higher Ground
• I Could Die For You
• I Could Have Lied
• Knock Me Down
• Make You Feel Better
• My Friends
• On Mercury
• Otherside
• Parallel Universe
• Porcelain
• Road Trippin
• Scar Tissue
• She Looks To Me
• Sick Love
• Slow Cheetah
• Snow Hey Oh
• Soul To Squeeze
• Stadium Arcadium
• Strip My Mind
• Suck My Kiss
• Tear
• Tearjerker
• Tell Me Baby
• The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
• The Zephyr Song
• Under The Bridge
• Universally Speaking
• Venice Queen
• Wet Sand

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