Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bythe Way Bass

Tuning: Drop D tuning

Intro  (0:00)
G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/--
A-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------

1st Chorus  (0:09)
G-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21--
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\10\--
A------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------

G-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/--
D-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------

G-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21--
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\--
A------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------

(0:33)
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------3------------------------3-----------------------------------------
A-----3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5---5---5/6-6-6-6-6--
D-0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0--------------

1st and 3rd Verses  (0:41, 2:22)
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------3------------------------3-----------------------------------------  X3
A-----3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5---5---5/6-6-6-6-6--
D-0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0--------------

2nd Chorus  (1:04)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------7-10~-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12~--
A-8--8-8-8-8-8----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------
D-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-----
A-------------------------12--
D-----------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------10~-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
A-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------
D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\--
A-----------------
D-----------------

(1:19)
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------3------------------------3-----------------------------------------
A-----3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5---5---5/6-6-6-6-6--
D-0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0--------------

2nd Verse  (1:27)
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------3------------------------3-----------------------------------------  X3
A-----3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5-------3h5---0h3------3h5---5---5/6-6-6-6-6--
D-0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0-----0------0-0-----0---0--------------

3rd Chorus  (1:50)
G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/--
A-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------

G-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21--
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\10\--
A------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------

G-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/--
D-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------

G-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21--
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\--
A------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------

4th Chorus  (2:45)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------7-10~-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12~--
A-8--8-8-8-8-8----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------
D-10-----------------
A------12~-12-10-12--
D--------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------10~-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
A-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------
D-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-----
A----------------10--
D--------------------

(3:00)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------8-9-10~-10-10-10-10-10-8-10-8-10/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12~--
A-8--8-8-8-8------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------10~-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8\--
A-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------

No Bass in Outro  (3:16)

Thats it, this song is very fast so you will have to work on it
to get it right.
GW April 2003
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