Dave Matthews Band – So Much To Say (Bass Tab)
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As played by Dave Mattews Band on 'Crash'
Transcribed at 2:45pm by Cody Rahn
(Elaboration is welcome)
\=slide down
/=slide up
(that's about it)
The bass line in this song is very expandable and is very easy to adlib on
becayse it is all basically pieces of an A chord. Lots of sliding and changing
between octaves of a note happens, too. None of the notes are held except
those I have marked as being held.
The bass enters the song with the drums.
This is the main riff during which Dave is singing the verses.
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Verse Riff
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-------------8\--|
..the weather...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------3-------|---5---5---5---5---r-------5-------|
E|--/5---5-------0---5---1-----------|---------------------3-3-------0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----------------------|-----------7-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--/5---5-------0---5---0--/8-------|--/5-----------0---5-------8\------|The slide down from 8 at the end leads into the riff and this is played over
and over until the part I assume to be the chorus or bridge. At the end of the
measure before the chorus, they leave out the slide down from 8. Instead, the
5 is held through to the beginning of the chorus and hit again there.
(I tried my best to get these lyrics in sync with the line)
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Chorus (or bridge)
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------| E|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Sometimes, I find it's easy to be myself.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------| E|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
Sometimes, I find it's better to be somebody else.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7-----------------------|-----------7-----------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|--/5---5-------0---5---0--/8-------|--/5-----------0---5-------8\------|
After this, they just go back into the verse riff.
Enjoy.
Cody Rahn