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Stay Or Leave

Dave Matthews Band
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro/Verse

 B|-----------------------------------------------------|
F#|---0-----0-------3-----1-----1------1------1------0--|
 D|---0-----0-------0-----0-----0------0------0------0--|
 A|---2-----0-------4-----2-----x------x------0------0--|
 E|---2-----2---3/5-5---3-3---2-2------2---0--0------x--|
 B|-0-0---3-3-----------------------3--3------3---2--2--|

3 (3) 3 2 3 2

 B|--------------------------------|
F#|---0-----0-------3-----1-----3--|
 D|---0-----0-------0-----0-----2--|
 A|---2-----0-------4-----2-----x--|
 E|---2-----2---3/5-5---3-3---2-2--|
 B|-0-0---3-3----------------------|

3 (3) 3 1

"Stay or Leave..."

 B|-0-----0-----3-----2--|
F#|-1-----1-----0-----3--|
 D|-2-----0-----0-----2--|
 A|-2-----2-----0-----0--|
 E|-0-----3-----2--------|
 B|-------------3--------|

"So What to do..."

 B|----------------------------------------------------2----------------|
F#|---3------3-----3------3------3----3----3------3----3------3------3--|
 D|---2------2-----2------2------2----2----2------2----2------2------2--|
 A|---x------x-----x------x------x----x----x------x----0------x------x--|
 E|-4-4----3-3-----x------x----4-4----4----x------x---------4-4----3-3--|
 B|--------------3-3----2-2---------0----3-3----2-2---------------------|

4 2 2 1 4 2 1 4 2

Lead Into "Remember we used to..."

 B|-----------------10-- <---4-|
F#|---0-----0-------8--- <---1-|
 D|---0-----0------------------|
 A|---2-----0------------------|
 E|---2-----2---3/9------------|
 B|-0-0---3-3------------------|

3 (3)

If Playing w/ Capo, play as:

 B|-----------------3--|
F#|---0-----0----------|
 D|---0-----0----------|
 A|---2-----0---3/5----|
 E|---2-----2----------|
 B|-0-0---3-3----------|

3 (3) 1

"Remember we used to..."

Think Gravedigger

 B|---8------0-----0--------|
F#|---8------1-----0-----3--|
 D|---9------2-----2-----2--|
 A|---10-----2-----2-----x--|
 E|---10-----0-----x-----x--|
 B|-8-8----------3-3---2-2--|

1 4 2

If Playing w/ Capo, first chord played as:

E|-3--|
B|-5--|
G|-5--|
D|-5--|
A|-3--|
E|----|

"What day is this..."

He sings "What day is this" twice but you play this once through

 B|-0---------2----------0----0----2--|
F#|-1----1----3-----3----1----1----3--|
 D|-2----2----2-----2----2----2----2--|
 A|-2----2----0-----x----2----2----0--|
 E|-0----3--------4-4----0----3-------|
 B|-----------------------------------|

Verse 1

maybe different but remember

winters warm where you and i kissing

whiskey by the fire

with the snow outside

and when the summer comes

in the river

swims at midnight

shiver cold

touch the bottom

starry night

with muddy toes

Chorus

stay or leave

i want you not to go

but you should

it was good as good...goes

stay or leave

i want you not to go

but you did

Verse 2

wake up naked drinking coffee

making plans to change the world

while the world is changing us

it was good good love

you used to laugh under the covers

maybe not so often now

but the way i used to laugh with you

was loud and hard

Chorus

stay or leave

i want you not to go

but you should

it was good as good...goes

stay or leave

i want you not to go

but you did

Verse 3

so what to do

with the rest of the day's afternoon

hey isn't it strange how we change

everything we played

did i do all that i should

that i coulda done

Refrain

remember we used to dance

and everyone wanted to be you and me

i want to be too

what day is this

besides the day you left me

what day is this

besides the day you went

Verse 4

so what to do

with the rest of the day's afternoon

hey well isn't it strange how we change

everything we did

did i do all that i could

Refrain

remember we used to dance

and everyone wanted to be you and me

i want to be too

what day is this

besides the day you went babe

what day is this

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| x Dead note

| / Slide up

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