By The Way Tab

Love And Death: By The Way
 
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77
 
YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77
 
Love And Death's website: http://www.loveanddeathmusic.com/
 
Date last modified: March 4, 2013
 
Tuning: Drop G# (G#,D#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#)
 
Notes: I play it on a 7-string, the song is actually played on a 6-string
       baritone. The tuning is the same though so you can play it on either
       one.
 
Riff 1
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-8-5b7r5---5---8-5b7-r5---5---8-5b7r5---5---8-6------------|
G#|---------0---0----------0---0---------0---0------0-5-8-7-0-|
 
***Listen to song for timing***
 
Play Riff 1 x8   "My life, your death..."
 
Riff 1 (ending last time before chorus)
D#|---------------|
A#|---------------|
F#|---------------|
C#|---------------|
G#|---------------|
D#|---------------|
G#|-0-5-8-7-0-3-0-|
 
Riff 2   "And by the way I'm doing alright and you don't know..."
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
G#|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
D#|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/3-3-|
G#|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------|
 
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------|
 
Top half of Riff 2 repeats again, then:
D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------------------0-5-8-7-0-|
 
Play Riff 1 x5   "You're gone, I'm here, it's completely unfair..."
                 (w/ ending alteration)
Play Riff 2 x1   "And by the way..."
                 (ends with the same ending alteration as in Riff 1)
 
Riff 3   "I don't know how to go on..."
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-|
G#|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-2-3-5-------------------3-3-3-3-------|
 
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------|
G#|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-2-3-5-------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
 
Play Riff 3 x2   "I don't know how to go on..."
 
Riff 3 (final time ending)
D#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|
G#|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-0-|
 
Play Riff 2 x1   "And by the way..."
Play Riff 1 x1
 
Ending
D#|---------------|
A#|---------------|
F#|---------------|
C#|---------------|
G#|---------------|
D#|-8-5b7r5---5---|
G#|---------0---0-|
 
Enjoy!!
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