Matthews Dave Band

Matthews Dave Band - Christmas Song guitar tab

m: I dMb I

DaveMatthewsBand

from Remember Two Things

Christmas Song

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Tabbed by : Todd Iceton, idmbi@aol.com

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G A Dm

||-3-5-7-||

||-3-5-7-||

||-4-6-7-||

||-5-7-9-||

||-5-7-9-||

||-3-5-7-||

This is the main riff...

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||-------------------||

||-7---7-----------5-||

||-7^9-7-0-7---7---7-||

||---------4^5-4-0---||

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The chorus ("shower him with love, love love"):

G,A,Dm,Dm

Bridge ("When Jesus Christ was nailed to his tree"):

A,Dm,G,A

On the chorus and bridge, for each chord, you want to strum down, then get

a quick one up in, then mute it with your palm. If you like DaveMatthewsBand,

go get Remember Two Things, their first album...it's one of the best. I'm not

going to give you the location of everything with the lyrics (which I know

are correct, because I checked them with the CD booklet), go get the CD and

figure it out...

Lyrics

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She was his girl; he was her boyfriend

Soon to be his wife; take him as her husband

A surprise on the way, anyday, anyday

One healthy little giggling dribbling baby boy

The wise men came three made their way

to shower him with love

while he lay in the hay

Shower him with love love love

love love love

love love is all around

Not very much of his childhood was known

Kept his mother Mary worried

always out on his own

He met another Mary for a reasonable fee, less than

reputable was known to be

His heart was full of love love love

love love love

love love is all around

When Jesus Christ was nailed to his tree,

He said "Oh Daddy-o I can see how it all soon will be

I came to shed a little light on this darkening scene

Instead I fear I spill the blood of my children all around."

The blood of our children all around

The blood of our children all around

The blood of our children all around.

So the story goes - so I'm told

the people he knew were

less than golden hearted

Gamblers and robbers

Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers

Like you and me

Rumours insisted he soon would be

for his deviations

taken into custody by the authorities

less informed than he.

Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers

Searching for love love love

love love love

love love is all around

Preparations were made

for his celebration day

He said "Eat this bread and think of it as me,

drink this wine and dream it will be

the blood of our children all around"

The blood of our children all around

The blood of our children all around

The blood of our children all around

Father up above, why in all this anger have you filled

me up with love

Fill me love love love

love love love

love love

and the blood of our children all around.

-Todd Iceton, idmbi@aol.com

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Title: Christmas Song

Artist: The Dave Matthews Band

Album: Remember Two Things

This is a fairly simple song to play. There are two main parts, the riff and

the chord strumming. You should be able to get the timing if you listen to

the CD a few times.

This is the main riff which is repeated over and over throughout the song:

E-----------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------

G----7----7----7--------------------------------

D----5-\\--4----0---7----7----7----5-------------

A--------------------5-\\--4----0----2-----------

E-----------------------------------------------

There only appears to be two chords in the entire song: A and D. Listening

to the CD will help you play the strumming part, because it sounds like there

is no particular rhythm or order in which the chords are played.

A D

E-----------------0-----------------2----------

B-----------------2-----------------3----------

G-----------------2-----------------2----------

D-----------------2-----------------0----------

A-----------------0-----------------0----------

E----------------------------------------------

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