Best of What`s Around
As played by Dave Mattews Band on `Under the Table and Dreaming`
Transcribed at 2:34pm, October 15, 1997 by Cody Rahn.
=slide down from
/=slide up to
h=hammer
p=pulloff
(X)=note slid from, or signification of end of a held note.
Ok, this is just about the hardest one to figure out of all of the
songs I`ve heard by this band. I hope this is enjoyed by all. BTW,
judging from the way the slides up the neck sound, I think this is
played on a fretless. Good luck.
Here we go....
OK. The bass comes in with the lyrics, right after the little
snare intro thing.
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Verse Riff
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------7-------|
A|---------------7-7-----------------|-------------3/5---5-5-5-----------|
E|---5---5---5-------5-5-5---8----8-|---1-----1---------------------5---|
Hey, my friend...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------7-------|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------3/5---5-5-5-------5---|
E|---8-----7-3/5-------5-5---7---5---|---1-----1-------------------------|
Care to share..
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------7-------|
A|---------------7-7-----------------|-------------3/5---5-5-5-----------|
E|---5---5---5-------5-5-5---8----8-|---1-----1---------------------5---|
Would you say you`re feeling...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------4-2-0-------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------/5---------------4-2-|
E|---8-----7-3/5---------5---8---5---|---1-----1-------------------------|
A good idea would....
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Chorus
******
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------8---|
D|---------------------------11------|-----------------------9-----------|
A|---0-------------------11------11--|---9-------9---7-----------7-------|
E|--------------/9-------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------7----------(7)------|-------------------|
A|---5----------(5)------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------------5-------|---0-------3-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------8---|
D|---------------------------11------|-----------------------9-----------|
A|-----------------------11------11--|---9-------9---7-----------7-------|
E|---5-----------9-------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------7----------(7)------|-------------------|
A|---5----------------------(5)------|-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---0-------3-------|
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Fill
****
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---5-----3-------2-----(1)/19-----|---5-----3-------2-----(1)/19------|
******
Chorus
******
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------7--------------(7)--|-----------------------------------|
E|---5----------(5)------------------|---7------(7)--3-------------------|
Turns out.....
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---5-----3-------2-----(1)/19-----|---5-----3-------2-----(1)/19------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------7--------------(7)--|-----------------------------------|
E|---5----------(5)------------------|---7------(7)--3-------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---5-----3-------2-----(1)/19-----|---5-----3-------2-----(1)/19------|
And back to the verse again. These comprise all the riffs in the song. Just
Listen along, and you`ll get it in no time. The placement is easy to hear, so
you should have no problem.
Have fun!
Cody Rahn
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Could I have been Anyone Other than Me?
Dave Mattews
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