By The Way (ver 8)

By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tabbed by Tommy Higgins (threepoint@bigfoot.com)

Acoustic intro and soft-sounding choruses 
(The other choruses use these chords, except played full without palm muting)

(pm = palm mute) 
         F               C               A		      
e|---------------|---------------|----------------
B|-pm------------|-pm------------|-pm-------------
G|--x------------|--x------------|-x-------------- 
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|-7--(16 times)-- 
A|--8------------|--7------------|-0--------------
E|---------------|---------------|----------------

e|---------------|---------------|---------------------------------
B|-pm------------|-pm------------|-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm---------
G|-10------------|--9------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7- 
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|-7-7—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- 
A|--8------------|--7------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
E|---------------|---------------|---------------------------------

e|---------------|---------------|----------------
B|---------------|---------------|----------------
G|--x------------|--x------------|-x-------------- 
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|-7--(16 times)-- 
A|--8------------|--7------------|-0--------------
E|---------------|---------------|----------------

e|---------------|---------------|-pm-->open------|
B|-pm------------|-pm------------|-10-------------|
G|-10------------|- 9------------|--9-------------| 
D|-10--(8 times)-|-10--(8 times)-|--7-(16 times)--| 
A|--8------------|--7------------|----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|----------------|

Midway through the Bass riffs:

e|---8--8--8--8-|-------|-------|-------|-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8—-8-
B|--10-10-10-10-|-------|-------|-------|------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
G|--------------|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-------------------------
D|--------------|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7------------------------- 
A|--------------|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------
E|--------------|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------

e-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
B-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
G--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
A-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|
E-------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------|

End with:

e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-10~~~~| 
D|-10~~~~| 
A|-------|
E|-------|