Red Hot Chili Peppers – These Are The Ways (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
 E         A
Make me a fist

 E                        A
Purple Mountain road that I can't miss

                  E
Have we all had enough?

        A            E
Have we all had too much?

            A
Lost in a dream

  E                         A
Please step down from your bully machine

                   E
Can we all back it up?

       A           C#
Can we all give it up?
[Chorus]
  A            E             B          A
These are the ways when you come from America

     E           B            F#m     C#    C#sus4    C#
The sights, the sounds, the smells

  A            E             B          F#m    G#
These are the ways when you come from America

A                E             A               E       F#m    D
I don't want to die and she's gonna take good care of ya

A                 E                A           E      B    Bsus4   B    Bsus4   B
I just want to thrive and there's gonna be hystеria
[Post-Chorus]
 E        F#
Don't be late

 G                   A
Walk us through the goldеn gate, yeah
| B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 | D5 B5 D5 B5 | 2x
  E        F#
Bruce and George

 G                A
Singing for their own reward
| B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 | D5 B5 D5 B5 | B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 | ( B5 ) | [Verse 2]
 E         A
Take me inside

  E                            A
Twenty-three windows and it's gonna be a long ride

          E
All had enough?

        A            E
Have we all had too much?

 G#m          E
Sing me the blues

 G#m                    E
Cowgirl's tight in her basketball shoes

       A           E
Can we all back it up?

       A           C#
Can we all give it up?
[Chorus]
  A            E             B          A
These are the ways when you come from America

     E           B            F#m     C#    C#sus4    C#
The sights, the sounds, the smells

  A            E             B          F#m
These are the ways when you come from America

A                E             A               E       F#m    D
I don't want to die and she's gonna take good care of ya

A                 E                A           E      B    Bsus4   B    Bsus4   B
I just want to thrive and there's gonna be hystеria
[Post-Chorus]
 E        F#
Don't be late

 G                   A
Walk us through the goldеn gate, yeah
| B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 | D5 B5 D5 B5 | 2x
  E        F#
Bruce and George

 G                A
Singing for their own reward
[Ending]
| B5   A5  B5   A5  B5  C5  | B5   A5  B5   A5  B5  C5  A5  |         |
                                                                      | 4x
| B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 C5 | E5 D#5 D5 E5 D#5 D5 E5 D5 | | | E5 D#5 D5 E5 D#5 D5 E5 D5 | E5 D#5 D5 E5 D#5 D5 E5 D5 | B5 |