Stone

Song

Title: The Stone (acoustic)

Artist: Dave Matthews

Tabbed By: Tim (punk_guy155@hotmail.com)

This tab is as Dave played the song on a PBS interview a long time ago.

I'm pretty sure about the accuracy of most of this tab, I pulled the notes

directly from the performance. The one thing that's kind of shaky is

the chorus, his hand is always behind the mic when he plays it so I made

my best guestimation as to the chord structure. If you have any questions,

additions, corrections, comments, e-mail me. I'll update this tab as

I figure more of it out.

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=main riff=

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This is the intro and is played between verses/chorus and next verse.

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----2-------------------2--------------------|
D|------3--55--33--22-------3--55--33--22------|
A|--5-------------------5----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

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=verse=

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E|----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
B|----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----2-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|------3--55--33--22---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---55--33--22-----3-0-2---5------|
A|--5-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------1-------3--------|
E|----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|

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=verse 1= =verse 2=

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I've this creeping I'm a long way

Suspicion that things are not From that fool's mistake and

as they seem now forever pay

Reassure me No, run

Why do I feel as if I'm in too deep I will run and I'll be ok

I've been praying

For some way to show them =========

I'm not what they see =verse 3=

Yes I have done wrong =========

But what I did I thought I need so

needed be done To stay in your arms,

I swear (main riff 2X) see you smile,

Unholy day hold you close.

If I leave now I might get away And it weighs on me

This weighs on me As heavy as stone and

As heavy as stone and as blue as I go a bone chilling cold.

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=chorus=

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E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----3-0-2---5----------|
A|--1-------3------------|
E|-----------------------|

I was just...

On the low E string, the note is muted on all but the Dm chord.

F C Dm C

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|

wondering if you'd come a............ long. Hold up my

head when my head wont hold......... on. I'll do the

same if the same's what you want......... If not I'll

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7---5---8-----7---5---8-----7---5---8-----7---5---8--------|
E|--5---8---6-----5---8---6-----5---8---6-----5---8---6----------|

go I will go a...lone

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=supplement=

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Dave adds a nice little rendition of "Can't help falling"

to the end of the song, its just added to the last chorus

using the same chords, but not the picking part.

I was just wondering

if you'd come along

oh, tell me you will

out of this

out of this

out of this __________?

let it all fall out

let it all fall out

until you __________?

Wise men say

Only fools fall in love

but I can't help

falling in love with you

right now.

Sometimes Dave mumbles and you really can't tell what he's saying,

if you know what he says in those parts then e-mail me and let me

know so I can update the TAB. Hope you enjoy the song.

-Tim