Love And Death: By The Way
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77
YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77
Love And Death's website: http://www.loveanddeathmusic.com/
Date last modified: March 4, 2013
Tuning: Drop G# (G#,D#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#)
Notes: I play it on a 7-string, the song is actually played on a 6-string
baritone. The tuning is the same though so you can play it on either
one.
Riff 1
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-8-5b7r5---5---8-5b7-r5---5---8-5b7r5---5---8-6------------|
G#|---------0---0----------0---0---------0---0------0-5-8-7-0-|
***Listen to song for timing***
Play Riff 1 x8 "My life, your death..."
Riff 1 (ending last time before chorus)
D#|---------------|
A#|---------------|
F#|---------------|
C#|---------------|
G#|---------------|
D#|---------------|
G#|-0-5-8-7-0-3-0-|
Riff 2 "And by the way I'm doing alright and you don't know..."
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/love_and_death/by_the_way_tab.html ]
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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-|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------|
Top half of Riff 2 repeats again, then:
D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
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..."
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-|
G#|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-2-3-5-------------------3-3-3-3-------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------|
G#|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-2-3-5-------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
Play Riff 3 x2 "I don't know how to go on..."
Riff 3 (final time ending)
D#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|
G#|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-0-|
Play Riff 2 x1 "And by the way..."
Play Riff 1 x1
Ending
D#|---------------|
A#|---------------|
F#|---------------|
C#|---------------|
G#|---------------|
D#|-8-5b7r5---5---|
G#|---------0---0-|
Enjoy!!
