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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:22:28 -0400

From: "Scott Taylor" <pabstbr@hotmail.com>

Subject: m/matthews_dave_band/spoon.tab

"Spoon"

from Dave Matthews Band

Before These Crowded Streets

Intro - 6 bars

Dave - acoustic then (bar 6)

-----3--                       ---------------
-----3--                       ---------------
-----0-- (play this bar 5 x's) ---------------
--------                       ------2--------
-2---2--                       -2----3--2-----
-0---0--                       -0----------3--

Tim - electric

-----3-- ----------------- --- ---7--7------- ---------------
-----3-- ----------------- --- --H------8~10~ 8--------------
-------- --~7------------- --- (7)9--7--7~-9~ 7----P---------
-------- --~7--5-----H---- --- -------------- --9~7-5-7-5----
-------- --------7-(5)7-5- --- -------------- ------------7--

-------- ----------------- --- -------------- ---------------

(bar 6)

------------------

(8)~10--8---------
(7)~-9--7--9--7---

------------------

------------------

------------------

Verse 1

Spoon in Spoon stirring my coffee.....

Dave

Figure 1

----------0-- -0----------- -0--0--2- -3---------
----------3-- -1----------- -1--3---- -3---3-----
-0--2--0--2-- -0---1----1-- -2--2---- -0---2--0--
-2--------0-- -2---2----2-- -2--0---- -0---0--0--
-2----------- -3---2------- -0------- -2---------
-0----------- -----0--4---- --------- -3---2-----

play figure 1 - 3 more times

Verse 2

>From hand to hand, wrist to the elbow......

Figure 1 - 2 times

Chorus

Maybe I'm crazy......

Figure 1 - 2 times then

..holding, I'm holding, I'm still falling......

Dave

-0-- -0-- -0-- -0-------3---
-1-- -1-- -1-- -1-------3---
-0-- -0-- -0-- -0-------0---
-2-- -2-- -2-- -2--2--------
-3-- -3-- -3-- -3--3--2-----
---- ---- ---- -----------3-

Verse 3

Spoon in Spoon stirring my coffee......

Figure 1 - 2 times

Chorus

Maybe I'm crazy

Figure 1 - 2 times (8 bars)

(bar 8 of chorus)

Bela Fleck - Banjo solo (arranged for guitar)

-------7---------------------------
-8---8-----8-10----8---8--7-----8--
---7-----7------7-------------7----
---------------------9------7------

-----------------------------------

-----------------------------------

Solo - w/Figure 1 - 2 times

-------7----------------------------
-8---------8-10---8-8---8-7-----8---
-----0---7------7-------------7-----
---7------------------9-----7-------

------------------------------------

------------------------------------

fingers:

1 3 1 2 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 0

-----------------------------------

-8----8----------------------------
--------9----0-7-----5-----4-----0-
---10-----10-----6-----6-----6-----
-------------------7-----7-----5---

-----------------------------------

4 1 1 4 3 1 4 3 2 3 4 1 1 4 0

-------------------------------------

-------------------8-----------------
----------9------9---9------7----0---
10---7-10---7-10-------10-7---10---0-
---7---------------------------------

-------------------------------------

1 1 2 4 1 2-- 3 2 1 1 2 4 2

-7-----10-----8-----7-------P-------
-----8------8-----8-----8-10-8-8-8--
---7------7-----9-----7-------------

------------------------------------

------------------------------------

------------------------------------

-7-------------------10-----10-------
-----8-10----8-8---8----8-8----8-8---
---7-------------------------------9-
----------10-----9-------------------

-------------------------------------

-------------------------------------

4 3 2 1 3 3 1

----------------full--------------

--H--P--8--------`----------------
-9-11-9-7----7-9-7------------9-7-
----------10-------10-9-7-6-9-----

----------------------------------

----------------------------------

fingers:

1 3 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 3 4 3 2

------------------------------------------

--------8------------------------------15-
------9---9-------11-------11--14----16---
-7-10-------10----------12----------------
---------------12-----12----------15------

------------------------------------------

1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 1 1 3 1 4 1

--14-15-14----------------------------------------- ----
----------15--------------------------------------- ----
------------16---P--------------------------1/2---- ----
---------------17-16--------------------12---`----- ----
---------------------17-15~14--------12---14-12---- ----
------------------------------15-14-------------15- -12-

Verse 4 - Alanis Morisette

Figure 1 - 2 times

>From time to time......

then

----3--                        ------------------
----3--                        ------------------
----0--  play this bar 7 times ------------------
-------                        ---------2--0-----
-2--2--                        -2--2-2--3--2-----
-0--0--                        -0--0-0--------3--

Verse 5

Spoon in spoon.......

Figure 1 - 2 times (8 bars)

(bar 8) Tim

-------------

-8--10-8-----
---------9---

-------------

-------------

-------------

Guitar Solo (Tim)

w/Figure 1 - 2 times

grad.1/2 full

------------- ---------`````------`- ---------------

--8---------- -7-8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8- --7-------8-10~
----9-7--7-9- ---------------------- ------7-7------

------------- ---------------------- ---------------

------------- ---------------------- ---------------

------------- ---------------------- ---------------

full~~~~~~~~~ full full full

-----------`-------- ---------- --`----- ----`- ---`-----full

12--12-13-15--15-15- -15-(15)-- -13--12- ---15- --15------`-
-------------------- ---------- -------- ------ 14--12---14-
-------------------- ---------- -------- ------ -------14---

-------------------- ---------- -------- ------ ------------

-------------------- ---------- -------- ------ ------------

Outro

Dave

----3-------        ----3-- ----------------
----3-------        ----3-- ----------------
----0------- repeat ----0-- ----------------
------------        ------- -2--0-----------
-2--2----2--        -2--2-- -3--2--------2--
-0--0----0--        -0--0-- -------3--2--0--

*repeat these 4 bars twice*

----3------- ----3------ ----3-- -------------0-
----3------- ----3------ ----3-- -------------0-
----0------- ----0------ ----0-- -------------0-
------------ ----------- ------- -2--0--------2-
-2--2----2-- -2--2---2-- -2--2-- -3--2--------2-
-0--0----0-- -0--0---0-- -0--0-- -------3--2--0-

Tim plays (outro)

----------------- ----------------- --H-------------

----P----7-7-7-8- -7---10-10-10-12- 10-12--12-12-12-
(14)-12--7-7-7-9- -7---11-11-11-12- 11-12--12-12-12-

----------------- ----------------- ----------------

----------------- ----------------- ----------------

----------------- ----------------- ----------------

`1/2

----------------------15- (15)-----------------------
------------12-15--17---- -----17----20-20-20--20-20-
------12-14-------------- ---------19--------19------
12-14-------------------- ---------------------------

------------------------- ---------------------------

------------------------- ---------------------------

--------------------------- -----------------------

20-20-17----20---20-20--17- ---20-20--17----20-20--
----------19---19---------- -19-----------19-------

--------------------------- -----------------------

--------------------------- -----------------------

--------------------------- -----------------------

grad.1/2

-----17----19-19------------------ ------17-19-----------17-19-
---20-----------17-20-17-20-19-17- -17-17-----20-19-17-17------
-19------------------------------- ----------------------------

---------------------------------- ----------------------------

---------------------------------- ----------------------------

---------------------------------- ----------------------------

-----------'1/2---17-19------ --------------17-19---------
-20-19-17-19----17-----20-19- -17--17--17-17-----20-19-17-
----------------------------- ---19-----------------------

----------------------------- ----------------------------

----------------------------- ----------------------------

----------------------------- ----------------------------

------------------------- -15-15-17-14---------------
-20-17-19--17-17-17---17- ------------15--15-15-15---
--------------------19--- --------------16--------16-

------------------------- ---------------------------

------------------------- ---------------------------

------------------------- ---------------------------

--------------------------------- ----------------------

-15---15-15-15-15--15---15-15-15- -15-15-15---15-15-15--
---16----------16----16-------16- -16-16---16-16-16-16--

--------------------------------- ----------------------

--------------------------------- ----------------------

--------------------------------- ----------------------

-------------------------------

-15-15-15-15--15--15--15-------
-16-16-16---16--16--16---------

-------------------------------

-------------------------------

-------------------------------

Scott Taylor

School of Music

The Florida State University

http://www.geocities.com/sequenzax

AOL IM: tromba1B

"Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die." - Epicurus

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