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Subject: CRD:By My Side, INXS
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 93 21:01:53 -0800
From: Abu
By My Side, INXS, from the album "X"
Here's my take on this song. Any corrections or improvements are
welcomed and encouraged.
Marc
(youtwo@redrock.nevada.edu)
Intro: G G D Em D Em A (repeat twice)
intro pseudo tab:
G G D Em D Em A
-3--3--2--0--------------||
-0--0--3--0--3--0--2-----||
-0--0--2--0--2--0--2-----||(repeat twice)
-------------0--2--2-----||
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I like to play the stanzas going up and down on the chords:
Bm D
-------2-----------2------|
-----3---3-------3---3----|
---4-------4---2-------2--|
-4-----------0------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
Then strum the chords when at the chorus.
Bm D Bm D
In the dark of night, those small hours,
Em F# Bm
Uncertain and anxious, I need to call you
(repeat intro once)
Bm D Bm D
Room's full of strangers, some call me friend
Em F# Bm
But I wish you were so close to me
D Bm D
In the dark of night, those small hours
Em F#m Bm
I drift away when I'm with you
D G
In the dark of night, (by my side)
D G
In the dark of night, (by my side)
Bm G A
I wish you were, I wish you were
Bm D Bm D
Here comes the clown, his face is a wall
Em F# Bm
No window, no air at all
D Bm D
In the dark of night, these faces they haunt me
Em F# Bm
But I wish you were so close to me
A D G
In the dark of night, (by my side)
D G
In the dark of night, (by my side)
Bm G A
I wish you were, I wish you were
D G
In the dark of night, (by my side)
D G
In the dark of night, (by my side)
Bm G A
I wish you were, I wish you were
Bm D Bm D
In the dark of night, those faces they haunt me
Em F# Bm
But I wish you were so close to me
Em F# Bm
Yes I wish you were by my side
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Nate Lead Player |
#1 by Nate Thompson at Apr 8, 1971 at 4:18 PM EST |
| Very emotional song, but in Australia NRMA has repeatedly raped that emotion. As my mother has said, surely it'd be a better song for some sort of charity organisation, eg. Lifeline, then a commercially-driven insurance company. | |
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jack Average |
#2 by jack hopkin at Jan 25, 1987 at 3:16 AM EST |
| I reckon this one is their best... 1 | |
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Skye Average |
#3 by Skye at Dec 22, 1987 at 8:48 PM EST |
| Michael hutchence, like many people, suffered from severe depression. That's not to say that's where this song is coming from, but he was known that he did not like to be alone and he often felt lonely if his loved ones and close friends weren't around him. I always imagined the person in the story is Michael. He is at a party or some event where there are many, many people but no one whom he feels close to or connected with, and he is lonely and craving the intimacy of a lover or friend. He says "Rooms full of strangers; some call my friend", which leads me to believe he's at an event where many people are chatting with him but he feels it's all superficial. He wants someone who cares about him to be with him. He feels alone. He feels scared of being alone. Mostly what I gather from this song is that he's lonely. I don't think he's literally afraid of the dark or the "faces that haunt him", but he's feeling desperately claustrophobic being surrounded by people who don't know or care for him. He is yearning for closeness and he can't find it anywhere. I imagine he wrote this at a time when he was incredibly homesick or just plain lonely. | |
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steven Badass |
#4 by steven van baelen at Mar 4, 1988 at 12:53 PM EST |
| this song to me is about being far away from ur lover. when ur life is empty without them and u just wish u could be close to them. this is one of my fav inxs songs too. | |
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CHUNK ZIZZLE Rhythm Player |
#5 by CHUNK ZIZZLE at Feb 28, 1992 at 2:06 PM EST |
| I reckon the person in the story is in a hospital bed and the only thing that can make him happy is his lover, not even a clown can erase his lonelyness. | |
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Kael Average |
#6 by Kael Nainggolan at Mar 26, 1995 at 3:01 AM EST |
| Totally agree with eirenightshade. got it in one. | |
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masahiro Average |
#7 by masahiro rekisha at Sep 13, 1998 at 11:59 PM EST |
| Best INXS song by a stretch! Full of feeling | |
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