Song Title: By The Way
 Band Name: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
     Album: By The Way
   Drummer: Chad
     Tempo: 130
      Time: 4:17
 Tabbed By: Tim Hansen
     Email: neythis@hotmail.com
       URL: theparexcellance.cjb.net
      Date: 12/22/2002

Notes:
1. I think Chad hit this before playing the song in the stuido thinking anyone would notice.

2. The hit hat foot is keep for timing in this song, My teacher told me he likes to keep time with
the hit hat. You can hear it in the background...Listen to the song.

3. Repeat the last two times with out the crash.

4. In the chorus the ride sounds cool, oh and the bass hit at the end, i'm not sure if its there, but
it sounds good to put it there before the crash, I would put it there.

5. I think this is the bridge...not sure, but thats not important, if anyone knows, e-mail me so i can fix it, Thanks.

6. I love how chad uses the snare then waits a tad (one 16th pause) and does a quad. It sounds AWSOME in this song.
I think you should use that in song of your songs, its best to use others people styles and create your own afterwards.

7. After this bar use a crash hit on the first part of the mesure on the next bar. So use the crash on the first hit.

8. *****IMPORTANT*******- When repeating the chorus, chad got lazy (hahaha joking) he doesn't do that nice fill with the flam

and then does doubles down the two rack toms. He also doesn't do the rolls on the floor tom either, he still does the fill

after that thou, the two bass with crash hits...then snare...blah blah you know.

9. This is more of a HELP section on how to learn this song. Some people just don't know how to learn songs so here is a

method I use, (it works and helps ALOT).

I know this song is kind of hard, but if your covering it, get down the verse beat, the intro is easy. So first try out to
do the verse beat, don't use the hit hat, unless you think you want to and ABSOLUTLY want to get the beat down fast.
First try out this beat.(Practice 10x in a row, or until you get them down and can play easily.

         MAIN BEATS:
   Crs:|(x)-------------- |(x)-------------- |
   SnD:| ----O----O--O--- | ----O----O--O--- |
  FlT1:| O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- | O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- |(Riding on floor sounds awsome, so
   BD1:| O-O-----O-O----O | O-O-----O-O----- |glad chad did that)
HF/Db2:| X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |(optional Hit hat)
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  |

Now chad uses some crashes in the song, so add a crash hit to each to the first beat of each bar.
After you can do that...add the hit hat and still use the crash. YOu must practice this alot,
casue this is mainly the beat.

CHORUS:
Now do the same with the chorus beat.

   Cym:| X--------------- | X--------------- | X--------------- |(Add in after)
    Hh:| --X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | --X-X-X-X-X----- | --X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |(Just keep a steady
  Tom1:| ---------------- | --------------d- | ---------------- |8th going first on
  Tom2:| ---------------- | ---------------d | ---------------- |the ride
   SnD:| O---O-------O--- | O---O-------f--- | ----O-------O--- |(Try JUST doing
   BD1:| O--O----O-O---O- | O--O----O-O----- | O--O----O-O---O- |the fill alone, it
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  |can be hard to get.)
(Then try doing with the beats.)

Add in the crashes later, now apply to all the beats you don't know.
You don't have to try a beat with everything in it, if it has a hard fill after a beat,
just try the fill alone and make sure you have the beat. Easy concept huh?
Now the song! (I love the Red Hot chilli Peppers :) )


         4/4
                                               Note 1*
HF/Db2:| ---------------- | ---------------- | x--------------- |
 Count:|                  |                  | 1                |

                            Intro              3x
       | ====== 4x ====== |
    Hh:| ---------------- | -------------O-- | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- |
   SnD:| ---------------- | ---------------- | ----X-------X--- |
   BD1:| ---------------- | ---------------- | O-O-----O-O----- |
 Count:|                  |              e   | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  |


                            3x                 Intro End        |

    Hh:| x-x-x-x-x-x-x-O- | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- | x-x-x-x-x-x-O--- |
   SnD:| ----X-------X--- | ----X-------X--- | ----X-------X--- |
   BD1:| O-O-----O-O----- | O-O-----O-O----- | O-O-----O-O----- |
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4    |


                            2x
         Verse 1:(Note 2:)
   Cym:| X--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   SnD:| ----O----O--O--- | ----O----O--O--- | ----O----O--O--- |
  FlT1:| O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- | O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- | O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- |
   BD1:| O-O-----O-O----O | O-O-----O-O----O | O-O-----O-O----- |
HF/Db2:| X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +a | 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +a | 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +  |

       //-----------------2x---------------\\
         3x Note 3:         4/4                3x (Pre-Chorus)-->

   Cym:| X--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   SnD:| ----O----O--O--- | ----O----O--OOOO | ----O----O--O--- |
  FlT1:| O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- | O-O-O-O-O-O----- | O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- |
   BD1:| O-O-----O-O----O | O-O-----O-O----- | O-O-----O-O----O |
HF/Db2:| X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +a | 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4e+a | 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +a |


                            Chorus:----------------------------->
        ----------------- |
   Cym:| ---------------- | X--------------- | X--------------- |
    RD:| ---------------- | --X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | --X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |
  Tom1:| -------------d-- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
  Tom2:| --------------d- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   SnD:| ----O--O--O-O--- | ----O-------O--- | O---O-------O--- |
  FlT1:| O-O-O-O-O------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   BD1:| O-O------O------ | O--O----O-O---O- | O--O----O-O---O- |
HF/Db2:| X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
 Count:| 1 + 2 +a3e+ 4e+  | 1 +a2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 +a2 + 3 + 4 +  |


                                               2x (Note 4:)
        -------------------------------------------------------->
   Cym:| X-------------S- | X--------------- | X--------------- |
    Hh:| --X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | --X-X-X-X-X----- | --X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |
  Tom1:| ---------------- | --------------d- | ---------------- |
  Tom2:| ---------------- | ---------------d | ---------------- |
   SnD:| O---O-------O--- | O---O-------f--- | ----O-------O--- |
   BD1:| O--O----O-O---O- | O--O----O-O----- | O--O----O-O---O- |
 Count:| 1 +a2 + 3 + 4 +  | 1 +a2 + 3 + 4 +a | 1 +a2 + 3 + 4 +  |


         6/4                        Play Verse 1      Back to 4/4
         ------------end of chorus|
   Cym:| X-----------------X-X-X- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
    Hh:| --X-X-X-X-X-X----------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   SnD:| ----O-------O---------O- | ---------------- | ----O----O--O--- |
  FlT1:| --------------bbO------- | ---------------- | O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- |
   BD1:| O--O----O-O-----O-O-O--O | ---------------- | O-O-----O-O----O |
HF/Db2:| ------------------------ | ---------------- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- |
 Count:| 1 +a2 + 3 + 4 +a5 + 6 +a |                  | 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +a |


                           2/16   4/4 8x             Repeat Intro

    Hh:| ---------------- | O- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   SnD:| ----O----O--OOOO | -- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
  FlT1:| O-O-O-O-O-O----- | -- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   BD1:| O-O-----O-O----- | -- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
HF/Db2:| X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | -X | ---------------- | ---------------- |
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4e+a | 12 |                  |                  |

        Note 5:
   SnD:| OO-------------- | OO-------------- | OO-------------- |
  FlT1:| OO-------------- | OO-------------- | OO-------------- |
   BD1:| OO-------------- | OO-------------- | OO-------------- |
HF/Db2:| -----X---------- | ---X------------ | --------X------- |
 Count:| 1e   e           | 1e a             | 1e      3        |


                            3x then           1.----------------|
        Note 6:                                Note 7:
    Hh:| --------O------- | ---------------- | ---------------O |
   SnD:| OO-----O--O-OOOO | ----O----O--O--- | ----O----O-O-OO- |
  FlT1:| OO-------------- | O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- | O-O-O-O-O-O----- |
   BD1:| OO-------------- | O-O-----O-O----O | O-O-----O-O----- |
HF/Db2:| ---X-X---------- | X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | X-X-X-X-X-X----- |
 Count:| 1e a e a3 + 4e+a | 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4 +a | 1 + 2 + 3e+a e+a |

                            Note 8:
         2.---------------| Repeat Chorus 2x  End of Song :) yay.

    Hh:| ---------------- | ---------------- | X--------------- |
   SnD:| ----O----O--OOOO | ---------------- | O--------------- |
  FlT1:| O-O-O-O-O-O----- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   BD1:| O-O-----O-O----- | ---------------- | O--------------- |
HF/Db2:| X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
 Count:| 1 + 2 + 3e+ 4e+a |                  | 1                |


I used Dtab to tab this, thank god for it :).
Peace out people Have Fun, I did my best to help you. :).
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