Artist: Big Wreck Album: In Loving Memory Of... Song: By the Way Composed by: Ian Thornley Transcribed by: Sean McIsaac This song is pretty simple, which is the only reason I was able to figure it out. Of course there are probably quite a few errors in it (I'm not so sure about the chorus). There are also a few details in the background that I didn't bother with, being a lazy-ass bastard. Other than that, this is pretty complete and you can figure out the rest by listening with the CD. Write me if you know you find some better way! Tuning: drop 1/2 step VERSE |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------X-X-12--X-X-------------------------------------------------------| |--9---X-X-11--X-X-11--X-X-11--X-X-9/11-9-99-------7/9-9/7--9/11-9-99------------| |--9---X-X-11--X-X-9---X-X-11--X-X-9/11-9-99-------7/9-9/7--9/11-9-99------------| |--7---X-X-9---------------9---X-X-7/9--7-77-------5/7-7/5--7/9--7-77------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---9/7-9/7-4--7-77--------------------------------------------------------------| |---9/7-9/7-4--7-77--------------------------------------------------------------| |---7/5-5/7-2--5-55--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| CHORUS ... this sounds nice on its own, but horrible in the transition from chorus to verse again. That, and the fact that I didn't try, will explain why this sounds kind of off. But toy around with it (I didn't bother with the strumming; that's up to you). Try it with the bar and power chord equivalents as well. Drow- ning or Ba- thing |-------3-------2--------------------------5-----2-------------------------------| |-------3-------3--------------------------5-----3-------------------------------| |-------0-------2--------------------------6-----2-------------------------------| |-------0-------0--------------------------7-----0-------------------------------| |-------2-------0--------------------------7-----0-------------------------------| |-------3-------0--------------------------5-----0-------------------------------| I found out what you meant by the way ... (VERSE) |-------3-------2--------------------------3-----3-------------------------------| |-------3-------3--------------------------3-----3-------------------------------| |-------0-------2--------------------------0-----2-------------------------------| |-------0-------0--------------------------0-----0-------------------------------| |-------2-------0--------------------------2-----0-------------------------------| |-------3-------0--------------------------3-----0-------------------------------| SOLO |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |--11-14--11-----9/-11-9--7-6--9--4-----------| |---------------------------------------------| |--9--12--9------7/-9--7--5-4--7--2-----------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |--11-14--11-----9/-11-9--7-6--9--4---7--2----| |---------------------------------------------| |--9--12--9------7/-9--7--5-4--7--2---5--0----| |---------------------------------------------|