Dave Matthews Band
Don’t Drink The Water
Before This Crowded Streets
David J. Matthews
Tabbed By Leandro Koren
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Intro: D5 or just D
Dropped In D.
D5 E5/D
E|-|———————————–|-|
B|-|———————————–|-|
G|-|——-7–7-7——-7–7-7–7/9-7–|-|
D|-|——-7–7-7——-7–7-7–7/9-7–|-|
A|-|——-5–5-5——-5–5-5–5/7-5–|-|
D|-|-(0)0–0–0-0-0–0–0–0-0–0-0-0–|-|
D5 E5/D
E|-|———————————–|-|
B|-|———————————–|-|
G|-|——-7–7-7——-7–7-7–7/9-7–|-|
D|-|——-7–7-7——-7–7-7–7/9-7–|-|
A|-|——-5–5-5——-5–5-5–5/7-5–|-|
D|-|-(0)0–0–0-0-0–0–0–0-0–0-0-0–|-| do this a couple times
This a mix between the guitar and the sax part,
so listen to it and try to get what i’m trying to write.
This thing is repeated thru the song a lot of times.
This figure is play a lot of times during the song, it’s
a mix between the sax figure and the guitar.
E|-|———|-|
B|-|———|-|
G|-|–7/9-7–|-|
D|-|–7/9-7–|-|
A|-|–5/7-5–|-|
D|-|–0-0-0–|-|
You have to accentuate the bass. ()
..don’t drink the water…
Verse I:
D5 Am5/D [Figure 1] D5
Come out, come out, no use in hiding
D5 Am5/D [Figure 1] D5
Come out, come out, can you not see?
D5 Am5/D [Figure 1] D5
Theres no place here what were you expecting?
D5 Am5/D [Figure 1] D5
No room for both, just room for me
G5 D5 [Figure 1] D5
So you will lay your arms down
G5 D5 [Figure 1] D5
Yes I will call this home
Verse II:
Away, away
You have been banished
Your land is gone and given me
And here I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
What’s this you say?
You feel a right to remain? Then stay
And I will bury you
Bridge:
Bm
Whats this you say?
G5
You feel a right to remain? Then stay
D5 [Figure 1] D5
And I will bury you
Bm
Whats this you say?
G
Your fathers spirit still lives in this place?
D5 [Figure 1] D5
Well, I will silence you
Verse III:
Here’s the hitch, your horse is leaving
Don’t miss your boat its leaving now
G5 D5
And as you go I will spread my wings
G5 D5
Yes I will call this home
Bridge II:
Bm
I have no time
G5
To justify to you. Fool you’re blind
D5
Now move aside for me
Bm
All I can say
G5
To you my new neighbor is you must move on
D5
Or I will bury you
G5 D5
Now as I rest my feet by this fire
G5 D5
Those hands once warmed here, well I have retired them
G5 D5
And I can breathe my own air and I can sleep more soundly
Bm
Upon these poor souls
G5 D5
I’ll build Heaven and call it home
Cause your all dead now
End:
Bb/D D5
And I live with my justice
And I live with my greedy need
I’m gonna live with no mercy
And I’ll live with my frenzied feeding
I live with my hatred
And I’ll live with my jealousy
I’m gonna live with the notion
That I don’t need anyone but me….
Don’t drink the water
Don’t drink the water
There’s blood in the water
Don’t drink the water
Ending: Bb/D D5
Chords:
D5 Am5/D G5 Bm Bb/D
E|-|—X—-X—-X—-2—-X—-|-|
B|-|—X—-X—-X—-3—-X—-|-|
G|-|—7—-5—-X—-4—-7—-|-|
D|-|—7—-7—-5—-4—-8—-|-|
A|-|—5—-7—-5—-2—-5—-|-|
D|-|—0—-0—-5—-X—-0—-|-|
Another way to the play the G5:
E|-|–5–|-|
B|-|–7–|-|
G|-|–7–|-|
D|-|–7–|-|
A|-|–5–|-|
e|-|–5–|-|
Is not complicated,
if you want this to sound good you will need a bass.
