Dave Matthews Band – Black And Blue Bird (Guitar Intro)

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(The line above the tab is the count. Intro, Verse and Outro all count up to 5 except up to 6 in the final bar of each line. The emphasis is always on beats 1 and 4. Choruses and Bridges are in 6, or pairs of 3 if you prefer) (The line below the tab is the fingering on your picking hand p = thumb, i = index, m = middle) [Intro]
  D                     Dmaj7                  G/B                    G
(  1   2   3   4   5     1   2   3   4   5     1   2   3   4   5     1   2   3   4   5   6   )

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
G|---2-----2-----2---2-|---2-----2-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0-----0---|
D|-0-----0-----4---0---|-------------2-------|-------------0-------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|-4-----4---------4---|-2-----2---------2---|-------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
   p i m p i m p i p i   p i m p i m p i p i   p i m p i m p i p i   p i m p i m p i m p i m

  D                     Dmaj7                 G/B                    G
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3-------------|
G|---2-----2-----2---2-|---2-----2-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0---0---0-|
D|-0-----0-----4---0---|-------------2-------|-------------0-------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|-4-----4---------4---|-2-----2---------2---|-----------------0---2---|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-----3-----3-----------|
   p i m p i m p i p i   p i m p i m p i p i   p i m p i m p i p i   p i m p i m p i p i p i
[Verse 1] (5/4 5/4 5/4 6/8 )
D                     Dmaj7                       G/B             G
    If I could fly at the speed of light, I could get to Canis Major in five thousand years

D                 Dmaj7                   G/B                   G
      Butterflies and black and bluebirds,   I'll never be the same   since I met you, girl

D                     Dmaj7           G/B                   G
    Pennies thrown into a fountain,      make a wish, blow out the candles, take a breath

D                     Dmaj7            G/B                    G
    God is troubling when you consider   believers that would welcome the end of the world
[Chorus] 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Em      G          A  Asus4  A        Em       G              A  Asus4  A
  Got a job and it pays        me,      I want love more than I deserve

Em          G               A  Asus4  A Em       G            A  Asus4  A
I read the paper, makes me crazy,        got to be a way to make it work, oh
[Verse 2]
D           Dmaj7              G/B            G
  Ashes,       stardust,           look at us climbing out the mud

D           Dmaj7              G/B                      G
  Let's go     round the block,   we'll make the most before the jig is up

D           Dmaj7              G/B          G
  Dreamers,    the big talk,      high wire circus never stop

D           Dmaj7              G/B             G
  Ashes,      stardust,           look at you crawling out the mud
[Bridge] ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) Am C F# F# Am C [Verse 3]
D                    Dmaj7                  G/B            G
I know that dying is   scary to us   but         everybody do it one, two, three

D                     Dmaj7                  G/B                   G
  On the sidewalk, the  dandelion              is  reaching from a crack up to the sun

D                     Dmaj7                  G/B                G
  Words can be a        wicked tool for        twisting truth I want to be true to you

D                     Dmaj7                  G/B                G
  Blood and bones,   black holes and stones,   all those things pave the way for you and me
[Chorus]
Em      G          A  Asus4  A      Em       G              A  Asus4  A
  Got a job and it pays me,           I want love more than I deserve

Em        G             A  Asus4  A   Em       G           A  Asus4  A
  The headlines make me crazy,          got to be a way to make it work, oh
[Verse 4]
D        Dmaj7       G/B           G
  Ashes,   stardust,   look at us crawling out the mud

D         Dmaj7                G/B                      G
  Let's go   around the block,   we'll make the most before the jig is up

D           Dmaj7       G/B              G
  Camp fire, high rise,     we never did quite know when to stop

D        Dmaj7      G/B           G
  Ashes,   stardust   look at me crawling out the mud
[Sax Solo] Am C F# F# Am C F# F# Am C F# F# Am C F# F# [Outro]
D                   Dmaj7                       G/B               G
    Butterflies and   black and bluebirds, I'll never be the same since I met you

D                 Dmaj7                        G/B                   G
  If I could fly      at the speed of light, I   could get to Betelgeuse in about six hundred years

D                  Dmaj7                  G/B                     G
   Butterflies and    black and bluebirds...

   D                     Dmaj7                 G/B                   G                      
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
G|---2-----2-----2---2-|---2-----2-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0-----0---|
D|-0-----0-----4---0---|-------------2-------|-------------0-------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|-4-----4---------4---|-2-----2---------2---|-------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|

  D                     Dmaj7        A         G/B                   G                         D
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-2-|
B|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3-------------|-3-|
G|---2-----2-----2---2-|---2-----2-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0---0---0-|-2-|
D|-0-----0-----4---0---|-------------2-------|-------------0-------|-------------------------|-0-|
A|---------------------|-4-----4---------4---|-2-----2---------2---|-----------------0---2---|- -|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-----3-----3-----------|- -|
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