Stone tab

Stone

Title:   	The Stone (acoustic)
Artist:  	Dave Matthews
Tabbed By:	Tim  ([email protected])

This tab is as Dave played the song on a PBS interview a long time ago.
I'm pretty sure about the accuracy of most of this tab, I pulled the notes
directly from the performance.  The one thing that's kind of shaky is
the chorus, his hand is always behind the mic when he plays it so I made
my best guestimation as to the chord structure.  If you have any questions,
additions, corrections, comments, e-mail me.  I'll update this tab as
I figure more of it out.

===========
=main riff=
===========
This is the intro and is played between verses/chorus and next verse.
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----2-------------------2--------------------|
D|------3--55--33--22-------3--55--33--22------|
A|--5-------------------5----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

=======
=verse=
=======
E|----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
B|----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----2-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|------3--55--33--22---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---55--33--22-----3-0-2---5------|
A|--5-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------1-------3--------|
E|----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|

=========				=========
=verse 1=				=verse 2=
=========				=========
I've this creeping			I'm a long way
Suspicion that things are not		From that fool's mistake and
as they seem				now forever pay
Reassure me				No, run
Why do I feel as if I'm in too deep	I will run and I'll be ok
I've been praying
For some way to show them		=========
I'm not what they see			=verse 3=
Yes I have done wrong			=========
But what I did I thought		I need so
needed be done				To stay in your arms,
I swear	(main riff 2X)			see you smile,
Unholy day				hold you close.
If I leave now I might get away		And it weighs on me
This weighs on me			As heavy as stone and
As heavy as stone and as blue as I go	a bone chilling cold.

========
=chorus=
========
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----3-0-2---5----------|
A|--1-------3------------|
E|-----------------------|

    I was just...

On the low E string, the note is muted on all but the Dm chord.
   F                  C                  Dm                 C
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|

   wondering if       you'd come         a............      long.  Hold up my
   head when my       head wont          hold......... on.  I'll do the
   same if the	      same's what you    want.........      If not I'll

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7---5---8-----7---5---8-----7---5---8-----7---5---8--------|
E|--5---8---6-----5---8---6-----5---8---6-----5---8---6----------|

    go           I will         go        a...lone

============
=supplement=
============
Dave adds a nice little rendition of "Can't help falling"
to the end of the song, its just added to the last chorus
using the same chords, but not the picking part.

I was just wondering
if you'd come along
oh, tell me you will
out of this
out of this
out of this __________?
let it all fall out
let it all fall out
until you __________?
Wise men say
Only fools fall in love
but I can't help
falling in love with you
right now.

Sometimes Dave mumbles and you really can't tell what he's saying,
if you know what he says in those parts then e-mail me and let me
know so I can update the TAB.  Hope you enjoy the song.

					-Tim

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