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Some Devil Live Intro - Dave Matthews
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Tabbed by: Alex Flaherty
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: BA#DGBE
Tempo: About 120 Bpm, but I guess it depends on how you tap your foot along to it.
This is the intro the Dave does to open some devil. He uses a baritone acoustic, but luckily someone
on a Dave Matthews tab fan site tabbed it out for us, and I haven't seen it anywhere else, so here.
The E string is dropped to an ungodly B and the A string gets raised a half step to A#.
The song is fingerpicked, and i prefer to let everything ring out as much as possible.
Section A
e |-----------------------------------------------------| x2
B |-----------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------------------|
D |------5---4-----------------4--------------2---------|
A# |---------------------1-------------1-------1---------|
B |----0---0--------0------0------0-------0-------------|
Section B part 1 is played twice, leaning into the slides of Section C, into Section B part 2.
The only difference between part 1 & 2 is the slides in the last 2 bars.
Here, i keep my middle finger on the B string, and use my pointer for everything else, until the ring finger
is used to play 3 on the D string. Everything else is middle and pointer, otherwise you get your fingers
twisted up.
Section B Part 1
e |-----------------------------------------------| _
B |-----------------------------------------------| |
G |-----------------------------------------------| |
D |-------------------------------------------0---| |
A# |----------0---7--------0----6--------0---------| |
B |--3/////8---8-------8----8--------8-----8------| |
| x2
e |---------------------------------------------| |
B |---------------------------------------------| |
G |---------------------------------------------| |
D |----------0---3-------0---2--------0----0----| |
A# |---------------------------------------------| _|
B |--8\\\\\3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------|
Section C
e |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |------------------------------|
A# |------------------------------|
B |----3///6///10\\\8\\\5--------|
Section B Part 2
e |----------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------0--|
A# |----------0---7--------0----6--------0--------|
B |--3/////8---8-------8----8--------8-----8-----|
e |---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------|
D |----------0---3-------0---2--------0----0----|
A# |---------------------------------------------|
B |--8\\\\\3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------|
e |------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------0----|
A# |----------0---6/7------0----5/6------0----------|
B |--3/////8---8-------8----8--------8-----8-------|
e |---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------|
D |----------0---3-------0---2p0------0----0----|
A# |---------------------------------------------|
B |--8\\\\\3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------|
Section C
e |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |------------------------------|
A# |------------------------------|
B |----3///6///10\\\8\\\5--------|
This is the more complicated part, we let the slide ring out to begin.
The notes with * above them are picked at the same time. I keep my middle finger the B string,
and use my ring finger for everything except for the 5s on the D string, here I use my pointer,
and just hammer on or pull off when it sounds good. I get the best sound when I play everything
as one long slide, and let it all ring out as I move up and down the neck.
Section D * * *
e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----5///7///9---9----9///10-10-----10----10\\\7-7----7---7p5-5----5--5///7-|
A# |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-5------------8----8--------10--10----10--------6--6---6-----6--6--6-------|
^this 5 is from the slide
Section E * * * Let ring on last note
e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-----7///9---9----9///10-10-----10----10\\\7-7----7---7p5-5----5--5~~~~~---|
A# |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------8----8--------10--10----10--------6--6---6-----6--6--6----------|
"I just think thats pretty..."
How I play it
A B1 C B2 C B1 C B2 C D E B1 C B2 C B1 C B2 C D E D E
My version just takes more time.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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