Song: Stay
CD: Before These Crowded Streets
Dave Matthews Band
Tabbed by: krbass Kyle Linder kylebassman2005@yahoo.com

Intro: guitar riff a couple times and then play this slap
G:--------- rest - ---------------------
D:--------- then –18--------------------
A:--------- play ---20h22p20\----------
E:---------      - ------------4-3-44-44
B:0h6-6-6\      - ---------------------

Verse: play 7x
G:--------------------------------
D:------------5------5---6---4----
A:----5-6-7-8---5-----------------
E:6----------------3---4---4---3-4
B:--------------------------------

End verse: “fingertips” part into chorus
G:---------------------------
D:--5-5-----------5---6---6--
A:------8--------------------
E:6--------6-8—3----4---4---4
B:---------------------------

1st Chorus:
G:--------------------------------------------------------
D:--------------------------------------------------------
A:------------------------8-------------------------------
E:---6/10--------108-------8-------6---------------------
B:4--------6-----------6------6---4----6-4-3—1-3-4---1-3-4

“taste”
G:-------------------------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------
A:-----------------------8-------------------------------------
E:----6/10--------108-----8-------6-6-6—51-1-1-11-3-3-4-4-5-5
B:4-----------6--------6-----6—4-------------------------------

Interlude before 2nd verse:
G:---------------------------------------------------------
D:---------5----5—6---6----11--------------------5—6----11-
A:-5-6-7-8---5------------------4-6-8-7-6-4----------------
E:6------------3-4---4---9----6-------------6-4-3—4---9---9
B:---------------------------------------------------------

Verse 7x
1st Chorus again

Interlude before another chorus
G:------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------5---5---6---6-------5------
A:-------------------------5-6-7-8—5---------------5-6---8-6-5
E:1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-4-4-5—6-------------3—4----4---6------------
B:------------------------------------------------------------

     “Makes me”
G:--------------------------------------------------------
D:-5-6-6---11--------------------5-5-6-6-----------5-5-6-6
A:--------------5-6-7-8-5-6-5-6-----------5-6-7-8---------
E:3-4-4---9—9-6-----------------3-3-4-4—6---------3-3-4-4-
B:--------------------------------------------------------

2nd Chorus
G:------------------------------------------------------------
D:------------------------------------------------------------
A:------------------------------------------------------------
E:--6-4-6-8------8—108---------6---------------3—6------6—6h8
B:4---------6—8----------6-5—4----6-4-3—1/3-4-6-------4-------

“Stay stay stay”
G:-----------------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------------
A:-----------------------------------------
E:------------------------------8-88-88-8-7
B:6-66-6-66-6-66-6-66-6-66-6-66------------

Bridge: play 5x
G:---------------------------------
D:--8---8--------------------------
A:---7----7-----------10-10-8------
E:6----6----6-7-8-8-8--------------
B:----------------------------4—5—6

3rd Chorus:
G:-------------------------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------8----------------------------------------
E:----6/10-----108-----8-------6-6-6--------3h4p3h4-3-4-6-4-3-
B:4---------6-------6-----6—4---------4---1-3-----------------6

“Stay a while”
G:-----------------------------------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------------------------------
A:------------5-8-8-8----------------------------------------
E:---6/10-------------8---8---6-6-51-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-4-4-5
B:4-------6-------------6---4--------------------------------

1st Jam:
G:------------------------------------------------------
D:---------5----5-6-6------------5---5-6-6---5-6-5-6-6-5
A:-5-6-7-8—5-------------5-6-7-8—5----------------------
E:6------------3-4-4---6------------3-4-4—6-------------
B:------------------------------------------------------

G:--------------------------------------
D:-5-6---11----------------5-5-6-6-6-6-6
A:-------------5-6-7-8------------------
E:3-4-4/9—9—6---------6-4-3-------------
B:--------------------------------------

“Makes me wanna” jam: play this 3x
G:-------------------------------
D:-5-6----11-------8---12—10---10
A:-------------------------------
E:3-4-4/9----9—6-6---10—8-----8--
B:-------------------------------

Then play this jam 5x
G:----------------------------
D:-5--------------------------
A:----------------------------
E:3-3-4-4-4-4-4—6-8-6-11-10-11
B:----------------------------

Play this for the rest of the song:
G:---------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------
E:3-3-3-3-4----------3-4-6-6-6-----------
B:-----------3-4-5-6------------6-3-4-5-6

That’s it, tough song but fun, take the chorus slow its not as fast as it looks.