By My Side Tab

Ska Chords
    C   F   G
e|--3---1---3--|
B|--5---1---3--|
G|--5---2---4--|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
 
 
[Intro]
e|---------------------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|------------------------------|
G|--------10~-----------12~--|---------10~----12~-----------|
D|-10~----10~----10~----12~--|--10~----10~----12~----10~----|
A|-10~----8~-----10~----10~--|--10~----8~-----10~----10~----|
E|-8~------------8~----------|--8~-------------------8~-----|
 
 
 [Verse 1] (Ska Pattern)
C                       F            C               G
You've been there since Queen St. in nineteen ninety-three
     C                  F                  G                      C
Yeah twenty years and a thousand beers and you're still there for me
C             F                     C                 G
Whitaker Park after dark, 'till the cops came spotlighting
    C                      F
And yeah we ran, were just kids back then
G                   C
And we're still singin' (Yeah!)
 
 
[Chorus]
   C                 F                 C               G
   I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------10~-------------------------------12~--|
D|-10~---------------10~---------------10~-------------12~--|
A|-10~---------------8~----------------10~-------------10~--|
E|-8~----------------------------------8~-------------------|
         C       F        G                    C
But if I do die, do die I know you'll be by my side
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------10~------12~----------------------|
D|-------10~-----10~------12~------------------10--|
A|-------10~-----8~-------10~------------------10--|
E|-------8~------------------------------------8---|
 
 
 [Verse 2] (Ska Pattern)
C             F              C           G
Outcasts in a small town, in Big Sky country
          C                     F
You had a pickup truck with the music turned up
       G                 C
"Let's Go!" cassete side B
C                          F                     C           G
How we risked our lives playing with knives to escape monotony
C                    F                 G                   C
After all the stupid things we did our hearts are still beating
 
 
[Chorus] 2x (2nd time through play ska pattern)
 
 
[Solo]
e|---------------------------------|\
B|---------------------------------| \
G|-333-2-3-2-3--33-2-0-2-0---------|  \
D|--------------------------3-2----|   \
A|---------------------------------|    \
E|---------------------------------|     \
                                          \2x
e|----------------------------------|     /
B|-------------------------------5--|    /
G|-333-2-3-2-3--33-2-3-2-3/5---5----|   /
D|----------------------------------|  /
A|----------------------------------| /
E|----------------------------------|/
 
 
[Chorus] 2x (2nd time through play ska pattern)
 
 
[Outro]
 I know you'll be by my side
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------5--5--5--5--|
D|-3-----------3--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
A|-3-----------3--5--5--3--3--3--3--|
E|-1-----------1--3--3--------------|
 I know you'll be by my side
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------5--5--5--5--|
D|-3-----------3--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
A|-3-----------3--5--5--3--3--3--3--|
E|-1-----------1--3--3--------------|
 I know you'll be by my side
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------5-----------|
D|-3--------------5-----5-----------|
A|-3--------------5-----3-----------|
E|-1--------------3-----------------|
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