• Song:

    What Would You Say

  • Artist:

    Dave Matthews Band

  • Album:

    Crashing the Quarter

Artist:	Dave Matthews Band
	   Album:	Under the Table and Dreaming
         Song:	What Would You Say
    Tabbed by:	lildrummerboy
       Tuning:	Standard ( E-a-d-g-b-e )
         Capo:	None
 
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Intro:	
	
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First Ending:

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Verse 1:

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Up and down the puppy’s hair, fleas and ticks jump everywhere...

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“Rip away the tears; drink a hope to happy years, and you 

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 may find, a lifetime’s past you by.”	

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			“What would you-“

Chorus:		

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“-say, don’t drop the big one, if you a monkey on a 

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string, don’t cut my lifeline, if you a doggy on a

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chain, don’t bite the mailman. What would you say.”

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Verse 2:

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“I was there when the bear ate his head, he thought it was a candy...”

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“I don’t understand at best, and cannot speak for all the rest

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The morning rise, a lifetime’s past you by.”
	
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		        “What would you-“

		
Chorus:		

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“-say, don’t drop the big one, you a monkey on a 

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string, don’t cut my lifeline, you a doggy on a

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chain, don’t bite the mailman. What would you say.”

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Verse 3:

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 “Every Dog has its day and every day has its way of being 

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 Forgotten,	             Mom, it’s my birthday!”

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 “What would you say.”

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 “What would you say.       Hey, what could you say?”

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 What would you say

Jam:
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		[Sax solo starts 3rd time around]

Under the harmonica and violin:

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Verse 4:

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“I was there when the bear ate his head, he thought it was a candy...”

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“I don’t understand at best, and cannot speak for all the rest
	 
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The morning rise, a lifetime’s past you by.”

Ending:
	
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		     “What would you say.“
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