Dave Matthews Band – Why I Am (Guitar)

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Such a rockin' song Chords Used (FROM e TO E) G| 330023 C| 01023- Am/B ?(sort of)| 000-2- F| 112331 Em| 000220 D| (DURING THE CHORUS ONLY-->) 2320-- (FOR INTRO ETC.--->) -320-- Am| 01220- INTRO F Em D C Am/B MAIN RIFF G C Am/B
G                               C   Am/B
I grew from monkey into man,

G            C   Am/B  G                                      C   Am/B
                 Then I crushed 15 million with a wave of my hand.

G            C   Am/B   G                          C   Am/B
                 I grew drunk on water turned into wine,

G            C   Am/B      G                                  C   Am/B
               'Till I was slave and master at the same damn time.

G            C   Am/B
       It's why I am.

G            C   Am/B
       It's why I am.

G            C   Am/B G                                        C Am/B
             Why I am, still here dancing with the GrooGrux King.
Em D (BACK TO VERSE) G C Am/B
REPLAY THE INTRO (F Em D C Am/B Am)
Out of my head and into the room hello.

BACK TO MAIN RIFF
W/Funky lil' fill I had to add:
e|12~----10-------------12-10----7-------8-7--|
B|---------12-12-12-12-12-----8~------------8-|
VERSE and CHORUS are pretty much the same...
F Em D C Am/B Am for this...
So when my ghost takes me from you.
You can remember the fool that I am.
F         C
Don't cry baby,

Am/B   G
Don't cry.
BRIDGE
F                        Am
   It's the lose and the win of the world.

C
      Wrong and right,

       G
Us and them of the world.

F                       Am                 C
   It's the you and the me of the world.

                  Em
But, Only one way out of the world.

F                         Am                 C
    It's the lose and the win of the world.
Wrong and right,
       G
Us and them of the world.

F                        Am                  C
     It's the you and the me of the world.

             G
Only one way out of the world.
Then MAIN RIFF for the solo (last go around of it has the F Em D C Am/B Am) THEN CHORUS THEN PLAY THE F Am C BIT ONCE THEN BACK to the F Em D C Am/B Am 3x
F         C   
Don't cry baby,

Am/B        F
Don't cry.
To end it all off... G G G G