#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# #-- File created with Instab - http://www.pconline.com/~smcarey/instab.html --# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Author/Artist: Dave Matthews Band Title: The Stone Album: Before These Crowded Streets Transcribed by: Adam Strachn Email: CookieMonster912@hotmail.com This one has a very tricky rhythm. As always, I added the times of when each part comes in. I have tabbed this off Listener Supported Video. The way he plays the intro and verse he mutes the low E and the B and high E strings. This again is a very strange way to play. But then again, it’s Dave Matthews. Intro - ---------------------------| ---------------------------| -----2---------------------| ---------3---5--5--2-3--2--| -5-------------------------| ---------------------------| Verse – (0:49) -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----2---------------------3-------------------2------------0-----------| --------3---5-5---2-3--2-----5-5---2-3--2---------3-----3-----0-----2--| -5------------------------1----------------5---------1-----------3-----| --------------------------3--------------------------------------------| * * = strum this chord several times Then the Intro: 1:39 Then play the Verse: 1:51 Chorus – (“Wondering if you’d come along . . .”, 2:17) ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| -5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|I play it -3--3--3--3--3----2--2--2--2--2--2------------------------------|this way --------------------------------------5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3--| ----------------------------------------------------------------| Post Chorus – (“Or I will go . . .”, 2:36) -----------------------|--------------------| -----------------------|--------------------|The second bar is when Dave -----------------------|--------------------|is playing with the band and he -----------------------|--x--x--x--x--x--x--|plays the post chorus intensely -----7-------5------8--|--x--7--x--5--x--8--| -5-------8-------6-----|--5--5--8--8--6--6--| Then the Verse: 2:42 Then the Chorus: 3:08 Then the Verse: 3:34 Then play the Chorus: 3:58 Then play the Intro: 4:24 Then the Verse: 4:36 Outro – (5:02) ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| -5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--| -3--3--3--3--3----2--2--2--2--2--2------------------------------| --------------------------------------5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3--| ----------------------------------------------------------------| The way Dave plays this next part he mutes every string but the one he is hitting. It is very weird. This is palm muted . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------5----5---5-5-----5---5----5--| ----10---10---10-10------10---10---10-10-----------------------------------| -/8----8----8----------7----7----7---------5----5----5------3----3---3-----| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play this 8 times - -------------------| -------------------| -------------------| -x--x--x--x--x--x--|(6:57) -x--7--x--5--x--8--| -5--5--8--8--6--6--| He double times the above riff at the very end. It's madness! That’s All She Wrote !!