By the Way — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chords and lyrics for By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers (key of F).
Intro
[F] [C] [Am]
Chorus
[F]Standing in line to see the [C]show tonight
And there's a [Am]light on, heavy glow
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I'd [Am]be there, waiting for
[F]Dani the girl is singing [C]songs to me
Beneath the [Am]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]Standing in line to see the [C]show tonight
And there's a [Dm]light on, heavy glow
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I'd [Am]be there, [Bb]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]Standing in line to see the [C]show tonight
And there's a [Am]light on, heavy glow
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I'd [Am]be there, waiting for
[F]Dani the girl is singing [C]songs to me
Beneath the [Am]marquee... of her soul
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I'd [Am]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]Standing in line to see the [C]show tonight
And there's a [Dm]light on, heavy glow
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I'd [Am]be there, [Bb]waiting for
[F]Dani the girl is singing [C]songs to me
Beneath the [Dm]marquee, of her soul
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I [Am]know you, [Bb]from before
Outro
[F]Standing in line to see the [C]show tonight
And there's a [Dm]light on, heavy glow
[F]By the way I [C]tried to say I'd [Am]be there, [Bb]waiting for[Dm]
***play a pattern which invoves a lot of string muting
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