By The Way(Tabs)

	        

Riff 1 
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***Listen to song for timing*** 

Play Riff 1 x8   'My life, your death...' 

Riff 1 (ending last time before chorus) 
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Riff 2   'And by the way I'm doing alright and you don't know...' 
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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#|-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#|-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#|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------| 

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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-| 
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Top half of Riff 2 repeats again, then: 
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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#|-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#|-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...' 
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G#|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-2-3-5-------------------3-3-3-3-------| 

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Play Riff 3 x2   'I don't know how to go on...' 

Riff 3 (final time ending) 
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Play Riff 2 x1   'And by the way...' 
Play Riff 1 x1 

Ending 
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Written by Brian Welch, Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves