DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - "the dreaming tree" Tablature

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Chords used:
Verse chords:
Dm: x00231
Am: x02210

These two are played during the main verses while Dave sings.
The pattern is Dm/Dm/Am/Am for the whole verse.

Bridge chords:
A : x02220
G : 320033
F : 133211
D : x0023x

The pattern is A/G/F/D.

Now for the tab:
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>[Intro and Bridge 1]

e---0---2-|
B-----0---|
G-2-------|: Repeat until verse starts
D---------|
A---------|
E---------|


>[Verse 1]: These are all equal measures. The chords are strummed on the last
word of each measure.


Dm Dm Am
Staning here the old man said to me "Long before these crowded streets

Am Dm Dm
Here stood my dreaming tree" Below it he would sit For hours at a time

Am Am Dm
Now progress takes away What forever took to find Now he's falling hard

Dm Am Am
He feels the falling dark How he longs to be Beneath his dreaming tree

Dm Dm
Conquered fear to climb A moment froze in time When the girl who first

Am Am Dm
he kissed Promised him she'd be his Remembered mother's words There

Dm Am Am
beneath the tree "No matter what the world You'll always be my baby"

Dm Dm Am
Mommy come quick The dreaming tree has died The air is growing thick A

Am Dm
fear he cannot hide The dreaming tree has died


>[Bridge 2]: There's a middle part here, I guess I'll call it bridge 2, but here's what
I'm hearin, (definatly dose NOT mean it's right, lol)


e-------------1-0-|
B-3-3-3-3-1-3-----|
G-----------------|: repeat alot, then @ the end
D-----------------| just play the last two notes there,
A-----------------| the "1-0" on the e string
E-----------------|


>[Chorus]: Start off with an A


A G F D
Oh have you no pity This thing I do I do not deny it

A G F
All through this smile As crooked as danger I do not deny

D A G
I know in my mind I would leave you now If I had the strength to

F D A
I would leave you up To your own devices Will you not talk

G F D A
Can you take pity I don't ask much But won't you speak Please


>[Bridge]


>[Verse 2]:


Dm Dm Am
From the start She knew she had it made Easy up 'til then

Am Dm
For sure she'd make the grade Adorers came in hordes To lay down in

Dm Am Am
her wake She gave it all she had But treasures slowly fade Now she's falling

Dm Dm Am
hard She feels the fall of dark How did this fall apart She drinks to fill

Am Dm Dm
it up A smile of sweetest flowers Wilted so and soured Black tears stain the

Am Am Dm
cheeks That once were so admired She thinks when she was small there on her

Dm Am Am
father's knee How he had promised her "You'll always be my baby"

Dm Dm Am
"Daddy come quick The dreaming tree has died I can't find my way home

Am Dm
There is no place to hide The dreaming tree has died"


>[Bridge 2]

>[Chorus]
G
Oh if I had the strength to

F D A
I would leave you up To your own devices Will you not talk

G F D A
Can you take pity I don't ask much But won't you speak Please


>[Bridge]

>[Out]: This follows the same pattern as the verse [Dm/Dm/Am/Am]


Dm ... Dm
Take me back ... Save me please


There ya are, that's the song, or how i hear it at least, lol, well, as usual, questions, comments or suggestions are welcome to: LPBand1@aol.com I'd like to thank Ken, who tabbed this song first, I just made a few corrections and edits, but this is his, thanx Ken.

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