MATTHEWS DAVE BAND - "the dreaming tree" Tablature

Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:07:14 -0400
From: Ken Dunnington <kend@ici.net>
Subject: m/matthews_dave_band/the_dreaming_tree.tab

Song: The Dreaming Tree
Artist: Dave Matthews Band <http://www.dmband.com/>
Album: Before These Crowded Streets
Transcribed by: Ken Dunnington <gish@poboxes.com>
Notes: This is from the new DMB album 'Before These Crowded Streets'.
If you haven't heard it yet, it's worth a listen, though very different
from their other stuff. This is my first tab, so be gentle :)
All comments/corrections/complaints are welcome at gish@poboxes.com.

Chords used:
I put both versions of the chords (where applicable) because I'm not
sure which one is correct, but they both sound good.

Verse chords:
Dm: x00231 (or 577555)
Am: x02210 (or 557765)

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

Bridge chords:
D : x0023x
A : x02220 (or 557775)
G : 320033 (or 355733)
F : 133211

Again, I put the alternative fingerings in parentheses because I'm not
exactly sure which is right, though either way sounds fine to me.
The pattern is A/G/F/D.

Now for the tab:

Intro Bridge [Repeat this part]

e
|--2--0h2-----2---------0h2-----2-----|--0h2-----2---------0h2-----2-----|
B
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G
|--2-------4-------2---------4-----2--|-------4-------2---------4-----2--|
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..
Am | Dm | Dm
Here ..
Am | Am | Dm
Now ..
Dm | Am | Am
He ...
Dm | Dm |
Am
Conquered ...
Am | Dm |
Dm
Promised..
Am | Am | Dm
"No ..
Dm | Am |
Am
The ..

Dm
The ..

The song then goes into a part I don't dare try to tab - just strum the
Am/Dm chords along with it and occasionally pick a note here and there
along with what you hear.

[Chorus]: Start off with an A
A G | F | D
Oh have ..
A | G | F
All ..
D | A | G

I know ..
F | D | A
I would ..
G | F | D A
Can ..


[Bridge]

[Verse 2]:
Dm | Dm | Am
>From ..
Am | Dm |
Dm
For ...
Am | Am | Dm
She ..
Dm | Am |
Am
She ..
Dm | Dm |
Am
A smile ..
Am | Dm |
Dm
That ..
Am | Am | Dm
How he ..
Dm | Am |
Am
The dreaming ..
Dm
The ..

Back to the picking/strumming like before.

[Chorus]: Again, start with an A
A G
Oh if I ...

[Bridge]

[Out]: This follows the same pattern as the verse [Dm/Dm/Am/Am]
Dm ... | Dm
Take me back ... | Save me please

Well, that's the song. Like I said, this is my first tab, so it's not
perfect, and I welcome any feedback at gish@poboxes.com!

- Ken