By The Way tab by Love And Death

Tabs

Tuning: Drop G#G# (G#,D#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#)

Difficulty: Advanced

Love And Death: By The Way
Submitted by leighton


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#D#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-5b7r5---5---8-5b7-r5---5---8-5b7r5---5---8-6------------|
G#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#D#|---------------|
A#A#|---------------|
F#F#|---------------|
C#C#|---------------|
G#G#|---------------|
D#D#|---------------|
G#G#|-0-5-8-7-0-3-0-|

Riff 2  "And by the way I'm doing alright and you don't know..."
D#D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#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#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#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#G#|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------|

D#D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#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#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#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#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#D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
G#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#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#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#D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-|
G#G#|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-2-3-5-------------------3-3-3-3-------|

D#D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------|
G#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#D#|-----------------|
A#A#|-----------------|
F#F#|-----------------|
C#C#|-----------------|
G#G#|-----------------|
D#D#|-----------------|
G#G#|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-0-|

Play Riff 2 x1  "And by the way..."
Play Riff 1 x1

Ending
D#D#|---------------|
A#A#|---------------|
F#F#|---------------|
C#C#|---------------|
G#G#|---------------|
D#D#|-8-5b7r5---5---|
G#G#|---------0---0-|

Enjoy!!

THE END!