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The Stone

Dave Matthews Band
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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:38:50 -0400

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

Subject: m/matthews_dave_band/the_stone.tab

"The Stone"

from Dave Matthews Band

Before These Crowded Streets

Intro - 6/8 time

Figure 1

Dave and Tim - acoustic guitars

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---2-2--------------- play 32 times
------3-3-5-5-2-3--2-
-5-------------------

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I've been....

Verse

.......creeping

Dave Gm

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

--------------------- -3------- ------------------
----2---------------- -3------- -------------2----
-------3---5-5-2-3--2 (0)------ 5-5-2-3--2-----3--
-5------------------- -1------- -----------5------
--------------------- -3------- ------------------

Tim

--------------------- -3------- ------------------
--------------------- -3------- ------------------
---2-2--------------- -3------- -------------2----
-------3-3-5-5-2-3--2 -5------- 5-5-2-3--2--------
-5------------------- -5------- -----------5---3--
--------------------- -3------- ------------------

suspicion that....

Dave

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----3-------2------
-1-----5-------5--3

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Tim

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---3-3------2------
-1-----5-5----5-5-3

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things here are not as they seem.....

Dave Gm

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

--------------------- -3------- ------------------
----2---------------- -3------- -------------2----
-------3---5-5-2-3--2 (0)------ 5-5-2-3--2-----3--
-5------------------- -1------- -----------5------
--------------------- -3------- ------------------

Tim

--------------------- -3------- ------------------
--------------------- -3------- ------------------
---2-2--------------- -3------- -------------2----
-------3-3-5-5-2-3--2 -5------- 5-5-2-3--2--------
-5------------------- -5------- -----------5---3--
--------------------- -3------- ------------------

............reassure

Dave

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----3-------2--3--2-
-1-----5------------

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Tim

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---3-3------2--3--2-
-1-----5-5----------

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Dave and Tim repeat last 8 bars (now referred to as fig. 2) 3 times

then both play Figure 1 - 8 times

Verse 2

Oh, unholy day......

Play figure 2 - 2 times

Chorus

I was just wond'ring if you'd come along....

Dave and Tim play these chords (strum not notated)

Figure 3

-1-- -0-- -1-- -------
-1-- -1-- -1-- -1--1--
-2-- -0-- -2-- -0--0-- play Fig. 3 - 2 more times
-3-- -2-- -0-- -3--2--
-3-- -3-- ---- -3--3--
-1-- -0-- ---- -------

Figure 4

.....go. I will go alone......

Dave

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-----2--------------3-----
---------3---5------------
-5---------------6-------- play 3 more times

Tim

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-----2-2-------------3-3--
---------3-3-5-5----------
-5-5-------------6-6------

Verse 3

I'm a long way, Oh, from that fool's mistake.......

Figure 2 - 2 times

Chorus

I was just wond'rin....

Figure 3 - 3 times

Figure 4 - 4 times

Verse 4

A long way to the bury the past, for I don't want to pay.....

Figure 2 - 2 times

Chorus

Figure 3 - 3 times

Figure 4 - 4 times

Figure 1 - 8 times

Verse 5

I need so to stay in your arms, see you smile, hold you close....

Figure 2 - 2 times

Outro

I was just wond'rin if you'd come a---long

Guitars tacit - strings continue (Kronos Quartet)

20 bars

then guitars play

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

-3-- -2-- -0-- -2-- 10 times then fade out

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

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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