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.
———-
Verse Riff
———-
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)
——————
Chorus (or bridge)
——————
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
