Kunci Gitar Lagu By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers. Foto: AFP/GABRIEL BOUYS.

By the Way merupakan lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh grup musik asal Amerika Serikat, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lagu berdurasi 3 menit 35 detik ini merupakan lagu kedelapan dalam album bertajuk “Greatest Hits” yang dirilis pada 18 November 2003. Album ini memuat 16 trek lagu, di antaranya Parallel Universe, Soul to Squeeze, dan Higher Ground. Penasaran seperti apa lagunya? Untuk mengetahui lirik lagu dan chord “By the Way” yang dinyanyikan Red Hot Chili Peppers, simak selengkapnya di bawah ini.

 

Lirik Lagu By the Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Intro]

F C Am

 

[Chorus]

F                           C

Standing in line to see the show tonight Am

And there’s a light on, heavy glow

F C Am

By the way I tried to say I’d be there, waiting for

F C

Dani the girl is singing songs to me Am

Beneath the 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 C

Standing in line to see the show tonight Dm

And there’s a light on, heavy glow

F C Am Bb

By the way I tried to say I’d be there, 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 C

Standing in line to see the show tonight Am

And there’s a light on, heavy glow

F C Am

By the way I tried to say I’d be there, waiting for

F C

Dani the girl is singing songs to me Am

Beneath the marquee… of her soul

F C Am

By the way I tried to say I’d 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 C

Standing in line to see the show tonight Dm

And there’s a light on, heavy glow

F C Am Bb

By the way I tried to say I’d be there, waiting for

F C

Dani the girl is singing songs to me Dm

Beneath the marquee, of her soul

F C Am Bb

By the way I tried to say I know you, from before

 

[Outro]

F C

Standing in line to see the show tonight Dm

And there’s a light on, heavy glow

F C Am Bb Dm

By the way I tried to say I’d be there, waiting for

 

***play a pattern which invoves a lot of string muting