By Your Side chords & tabs

Intro:
G|-0-0---0-0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-2-2---2-2---|-0-0---0-0---|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-3---3-3---|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

First Verse:
G|-0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
                Why are you striving...
G|-------------|-------------|
D|-0-0---0-0---|-------------|
A|-------------|-3-3---3-3---|
E|-------------|-------------| 

By Your Side
Tenth Avenue North
Key G

Intro: G   Em   D   C

Verse 1:
G
Why are you striving these days?
Em
Why are you trying to earn grace?
D                            C
Why are you crying?  Let me lift up your face
G
Just don’t turn away

Verse 1:
            C
Why are you striving these days?
            Am
Why are you trying to earn grace?
            G                            F
Why are you crying?  Let me lift up your face
                C
Just don’t turn away

Verse 2:
            C
Why are you looking for love?
                  Am
Why are you still searching as if I’m not enough?
                  G

I did this by ear so I know its not quite right, but it sounds pretty good.

   G                                    Em
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------3-------3------3-------3-----------0---------------0-----------------|
G ----0---0-4-0--0----0--0-4-0----0------0---0-4-0-2-0---0---0-4-0-2-0-------|
D --5---------------5-------------------2--------------2---------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    D                                  C
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------0---------------0-----------------0----------------0-------------|
G ----0-2-0---0-2-0---0-2-0---0-2-0--------0-----0---------0------0----------|
D --0---------------0--------------------2---2--2--2-----2---2---2--2--------|
A -------------------------------------3----------------3--------------------|

This song is played without a capo so first is the part that Mike plays.
Mike doesnt play through the intro or verse 1, and strums each chord once through the 2nd verse.

Em:x22033
Cadd9:x32033
G:3x0033
D:xx0232

Verse 1:
Why are you striving, these days?
Why are you trying, to earn grace?
Why are you crying, let me lift up your face,
Just don't turn away.

Verse 2:
Em

Tenth Avenue North - "By Your Side"
Standard tuning

This is a simplified version of the intro, but it is still in the same key and sounds 
exactly the same as the original.
Please post any comments or corrections you may have :)

It's broken into 4 sections (or melodies), and you won't have to move your fingers until 
end of each section.

e|---------------------|--------------------||-------------------|------------------|
B|-----------0---------|----------0---------||------0---0---0----|-----0---0---0----|
G|--0-0----0---0----0--|-0-0----0---0----0--||----0---0---0---0--|---0---0---0---0--|
D|------12-------12----|-----12-------12----||--2----------------|-2----------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------||-------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------||-------------------|------------------|

Where it says to use traditional fingerings, the C that sounds the best is the one
that is played: e 3
                        B 3
                        G 0
                        D 2
                        A 3
                        E x


Intro
  G                                      Em
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------0-------------------0-----------------0--------|
G----0----0---0----0-----0----0---0----0----0---0---0---0--|
D------12-------12---------12-------12--------9-------9----|
A-10------------------10------------------7----------------|

Chords used: G5 (3x003x), Em (x2200x), D5 (xx023x), Cadd9 (x3203x)
Alternate chords for finger picking: G5 (x-10-12-00x), Em (x7900x), D5 (5700x), Cadd9 (x3500x)

INTRO:  G5 Em D5 Cadd9 G5

VERSE  1
            G5
Why are you striving, these days?
            Em
Why are you trying, to earn grace?
            D5                           Cadd9
Why are you crying?  Let me lift up your face
                 G5
Just don't turn away

Instrumental G5