What Would You Say As played by Dave Matthews Band on 'Under
the Table and Dreaming' Transcribed at 10:06pn, October 14, 1997, by
Cody Rahn. (Elaboration is welcome) \=slide up /=slide down H=hammer P=pulloff X=Dead note. Double verticle x's mean rest
for the whole measure. (6)=In this case, the place where a slide
was started from, if not from open. This is my absolute favorite Dmb song to
play. It just plain grooves. The best part is that it's not difficult at
all! Have fun finding a guitarist that can play the main guitar
riff though.. :) The one thing to remember in this song is
that a lot of the notes that I have set close together are played
more quickly and out-of- time than I could represent in a text file.
The bass is easy to hear in the song, so just listen, and if you
don't have the album, get it! Ok. The guitar and harmonica do the intro
together, and the bass comes in like this. 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| A|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| A|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| A|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|----------------------24-----------| D|-----------------x-----------------|--------------------------23\------| A|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|---3-------------------------------| ********** Verse Riff ********** Var. 1 Played only during the intro up till the
vocals start. 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5-----------5-5---------5---4---|---3-----------3-3---------3---4---| Repeat this 4 times. Var. 2 Done during the verses. 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5-----------3/5-------------4---|---3-----------3-------3-3-----3---| Done until the pre-chorus. ********** Pre-Chorus ********** 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3
& G|---------------------------|---------------------------| D|---------------1-----------|---------------3-----------| A|-----------3-------3-------|-----------5-------5-------| E|---1---1---------------1---|---3---3---------------3---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3
& G|---------------------------|---------------------------| D|---------------5-----------|---------------3-----------| A|-----------7-------7-------|-----------5-------5-------| E|---5---5---------------5---|---3---3---------------3---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|--1------------0-------------------|---1-----------3-------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7---7-7---7-7---7---6---|---5-------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5---5---------------------------|-------------------------/21\------| ****** Chorus ****** 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7---5-5---5-5---5---7---|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------3-3---4-4---4---5---6---| E|---5---5---------------------------|---3---3---------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7---5-5---5-5---5---7---|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------3-3---4-4---4---5---6---| E|---5---5---------------------------|---3---3---------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7---5-5---5-5---5---7---|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------3-3---4-4---4---5---6---| E|---5---5---------------------------|---3---3---------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7---5-5---5-5---5---5-5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-7---| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5---5---------------------------|-----------------------------------| Those are the most important three riffs in
the song. The coolest one, though, is the one during the sax
solo/bridge. Here's how it leads in. 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5-----------5-5---------5---4---|---3-----------3-3---------3---4---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5-------5---4---3---------------|--------------------------/10\-----| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------7-7-5-----------5-------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------5h7---7-----|-----------------------------------| E|---5---5-----------------------5---|---3----------------------/10\-----| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|----------7---5-5---5-5---5--------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|--5---5-------------------(4)/8\---|--------------------------(4)/6\---| ^Slooow^ The guitar plays for 4 measures here, and
the bass sliiides in on the 4th one. 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| A|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------x-----------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------x-----------------|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------(3)/7\------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|---------3---2---------------------| E|-----------0-------5---------------|---5-------------------0---3\--3\--| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|---------3---2---------------------| E|-----------0-------5---------------|---5---------------0-----3\--3\----| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|---------3---2---------------------| E|-----------0-------5---------------|---5---------------0-----3\--3\----| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|---------3---2-----5-5-5-5-7---7\--| E|-----------0-------5---------------|---5-------------------------------| These 8 measures are done twice, and the 8th
measure on the last time is like the rest. During the harmonica solo,
the bass goes like this. 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
& 3 & 4 & G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|---5-------5-------5-------5-------|---3-------3-----3-3-------3-------| This is just repeated until they get back
into the normal thing again. That's it! Hope this is enjoyed by
all. Cody- Return to my DMB
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