WHY I AM 
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

Such a rockin' song

Standard Tuning

Chords Used
(FROM e TO E)
G| 330023
C| 01023-
Am/B ?(sort of)| 000-2-
F| 112331
Em| 000220
D| (DURING THE CHORUS ONLY-->) 2320-- (FOR INTRO ETC.--->) -320--
Am| 01220-

INTRO
F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)MAIN RIFF
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1) Am/BI (012210@1)grew from monkey into man,
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)G (320003@1)                                    C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)                Then I crushed 15 million with awave (x02210@1)of my hand.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1) G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)                I grew drunk on water turned into wine,
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)    G (320003@1)                                C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)              'Till I was slave and master at the same damn time.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)      It's why I am.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)      It's why I am.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/BG                                        CAm/B
             Why I am, still here dancing with the GrooGrux King.

Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)(BACK TO VERSE) G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1)REPLAY THE INTRO (F Em D C Am/B Am)
Out of my head and into the room hello.

BACK TO MAIN RIFF
W/Funky lil' fill I had to add:
e|12~----10-------------12-10----7-------8-7--|
B|---------12-12-12-12-12-----8~------------8-|

VERSE and CHORUS are pretty much the same...

F Em D C Am/B Am for this...
So when my ghost takes me from you.

You can remember the fool that I am.

F (133211@1)       CDon't (x32010@1)cry baby,
Am/B   G
Don't cry.

BRIDGE

F (133211@1)                      Am (x02210@1)  It's the lose and the win of the world.
C (x32010@1)     Wrong and right,
       GUs (320003@1)and them of the world.
F (133211@1)                     Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)  It's the you and the me of the world.
                  EmBut, (022000@1)Only one way out of the world.

F (133211@1)                       Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)   It's the lose and the win of the world.

Wrong and right,
       GUs (320003@1)and them of the world.
F (133211@1)                      Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)    It's the you and the me of the world.
             GOnly (320003@1)one way out of the world.

Then MAIN RIFF for the solo (last go around of it has the F Em D C Am/B Am)

THEN CHORUS

THEN PLAY THE F Am C BIT ONCE
THEN BACK to the F Em D C Am/B Am 3x
F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1) 
Don't cry baby,
Am/B (012210@1)      FDon't (133211@1)cry.

To end it all off...
G (320003@1)GG G