DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - "stone" Tablature

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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=
=======
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-------------------------------

========= =========
=verse 1= =verse 2=
========= =========
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=
========
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=
============
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

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