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So Much to Say

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)

------------------

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

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