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Song
"Stay"
from Dave Matthews Band
Before These Crowded Streets
Figure 1
Dave
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10--10-10----10--8--7 --8-8-8-8-7--7--8-8-8-8~10-- -8---8--8-----8--8--- 5-5-5-5-5-5--6--6-6-6-6~8---
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Tim
---6-6--------------- ---------------------------- -6-6-6-6------6--4--3 --4---4-4-3--3--4---4-4~6--- -7-----7------3--3--3 --3---3-3-3--3--5---5-5~7--- -8-----8------------5 --5---5-5-5--3--6---6-6~8---
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play Figure 1 - 3 more times
Verse 1
Well, we were walkin.......
play Figure 1 - 7 times, then
Dave
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Tim
---6-6--------------- ---------------------------- -6-6-6-6------6--4--3 --4---4-4-3--3--4---4-4-4--- -7-----7------3--3--3 --3---3-3-3--3--5---5-5-5--- -8-----8------------5 --5---5-5-5--3--6---6-6-6---
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Chorus
Just wastin' time...............
Figure 2
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-7--- -7~10--10-- -7--- -4~5------ -8--- --------8-- -8--- -4~5------ -6--- -5~-8---8-- -6--- -2~3------
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....stay, stay, stay.......
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Figure 1 twice with
Tim (overdub)
--8-8-8-8--6--4--3--1- -3-3--3-3-3-3--4--4---- --9-9-9-9--8--6--4--3- -4-4--4-4-4-4--6--6----
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Verse 2 Well, then later on..........
Figure 1 - 7 times
Dave
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10--10-10----10--8--7 --8-8-8-8-7--7--8-8-8-8-8--- -8---8--8-----8--8--- 5-5-5-5-5-5--6--6-6-6-6-6---
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Tim
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Chorus
Wastin time............
Figure 2
Interlude I
play Figure 1 - 4 times (slight variations)
sax figure
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-13------------------------------------ ------------- ---13-15--13--------H------------------ ------------- --------15--13-15-11-12---------------- 13-11-13-11-- -----------------------13-11----------- ------------- ----------------------------13-11-9~10- -------------
this figure is played 3x's
-13------------------------------------------- ------------- -13-13-15----13---------H--------------------- ------------- ----13-15-15-13-13-15-10-13------------------- 15-13-15-13-- ----------15----13-15-11-12-13-11------------- 13-11-13-11-- ----------------------------13-11-15-15-11~13- ------------- ----------------------------------13-11--9~10- -------------
Chorus
We are wastin' time................
1st 5 bars of Figure 2
last 2 bars of Figure 2
Interlude II
(2 guitars)
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repeat previous 4 bars
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Chorus
hey.....love.....
Figure 2
Outro
Figure 1 - 26 times (8-14 with sax figure)
...stay!
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