By The Way Bass Tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

By The Way bass tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bass Tab

Author: RHCP - By The Way
Album: By The Way
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This is in drop-d tuning. I'm not totally sure about this since it is hard to
determine which parts are played on guitar and which on bass. The "Verse" does
sound different when it comes up the third time, making me wonder if there are
two base lines in the first two verses: one track only playing the low
d-string, the second playing the extensional stuff.

Any comments welcome.
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Intro

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Chorus 1 ("Standing in line...")

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|/10-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|9---9---9---9---14--14--14\-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
A|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7---7---7/------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|
D|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse 1 ("Steak knife, card shark...")

    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D||o------------3-------------------|------------3-------------------|
A||o--------3h5---------3h5-----3h5-|--------3h5---------0h3---------|
D||-0---0-----------0--------0------|0---0-----------0----------3----|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    (Play
4x)
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D|------------3-------------------|--------------------------------o||
A|--------3h5-------------------0-|--------3h5---5---5--/6-6-6-6-6-o||
D|0---0-----------0---3h5---3h5---|0---0----------------------------||


Chorus 2

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------7-8/10--|----10--10----1010--10--10--10--|
A|8---8---8---8-------8-----------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|12------12----1212--12--12--12--|12------12----1212--12--1210----|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------1210|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10--|----10--10----1010--10--10------|
A|8-------8-----8-8---8---8-------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|7-------7-----7-7---7---7-------|----8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse 2 (...is same as Verse 1)


Chorus 1

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|/10-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|9---9---9---9---14--14--14\-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
A|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7---7---7/------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|
D|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Interlude ("...uh, ah..." ...same as Verse 1, but played only 3x)

Chorus 4

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------7-8/10--|----10--10----1010--10--10--10--|
A|8---8---8---8-------8-----------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|12------12----1212--12--12--12--|12--10--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------12------12--10--12--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10--|----10--10----1010--10--10------|
A|8-------8-----8-8---8---8-------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|7-------7-----7-7---7---7-------|----8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------10--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------7---8---10--|----10--10----1010--9---10--9---|
A|8-------8-----8-8---------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|12------12----1212--12--12--12--|12--12------12------12--14\-----|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10--|----10--10----1010--10--10------|
A|8-------8-----8-8---8---8-------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|7-------7-----7-7---7---7-------|----8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Outro (softer)

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------7-8/10--|----10--10----1010--10--10--10--|
A|8---8---8---8-------8-----------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|12------12------12--12----1212--|12------12--121212--12--12------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10--|----10--10----1010--10--10------|
A|8-------8-----8-8---8---8-------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|7-------7-----7-7---7---7-------|8-------8-----8-8---8---8-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                   rit.

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
G|7-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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