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So Much to Say

    
As played by Dave Mattews Band on 'Crash'

Transcribed at 2:45pm by Cody Rahn

(Elaboration is welcome)

=slide down
/=slide up

(that's about it)


The bass line in this song is very expandable and is very easy to adlib on
becayse it is all basically pieces of an A chord. Lots of sliding and changing
between octaves of a note happens, too. None of the notes are held except
those I have marked as being held.

The bass enters the song with the drums. 

This is the main riff during which Dave is singing the verses.



----------
Verse Riff
----------


   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-------------8--|

..the weather...



     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &       1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------|    
D|-----------7-----------------------|-----------------------------------|    
A|---------------------------3-------|---5---5---5---5---r-------5-------|    
E|--/5---5-------0---5---1-----------|---------------------3-3-------0---|    



     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &       1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----------------------|-----------7-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--/5---5-------0---5---0--/8-------|--/5-----------0---5-------8------|
                                                          
                                                              


The slide down from 8 at the end leads into the riff and this is played over
and over until the part I assume to be the chorus or bridge. At the end of the
measure before the chorus, they leave out the slide down from 8. Instead, the 
5 is held through to the beginning of the chorus and hit again there.

(I tried my best to get these lyrics in sync with the line)


------------------
Chorus (or bridge)
------------------


   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
E|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
     
 
               Sometimes,                   I find it's  easy to be myself.

   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|

   
               Sometimes,                   I find it's    better  to be   somebody   else.


     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &       1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----------------------|-----------7-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--/5---5-------0---5---0--/8-------|--/5-----------0---5-------8------|



After this, they just go back into the verse riff.

Enjoy.

Cody Rahn