Dave Matthews Band was formed in Charlottesville, VA in 1991 by South African native singer and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, the late LeRoi Moore, who played a wide variety of instruments from the saxophone to the flute, violin player Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and keyboardist Peter Griesar (who left the band in 1993), all of whom Dave met in Charlottesville. In 1998, the band played shows with keyboardist Butch Taylor, although he was not officially a member of the band.
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Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 17:03:33 -0500 From: Brian Subject: m/matthews_dave_band/rapunzel.tab
"Rapunzel" by the Dave Matthews Band, transcribed by Brian Cieszynski ([email protected]) from the album "Before These Crowded Streets"
I haven't gotten around to figuring out "Pantala Naga Pampa" but when I do, I will send it in to be posted. But, here's "Rapunzel"
Intro Riff (fig I) 8x, last time 2nd ending|Fig. 2 2nd ending |-------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|-------------------| |-------------|-----------|--5---5---5-----|-----5---------|--5----5-----5-----| |-------------|-x----9--7-|--5---5---5-----|-----5---------|--5----5-----5-----| |-----------5-|-x---7--5--|--5---5---5---5-|-5---5---3---5-|--5----5-----5-----| |--5-55-5-8---|-x---------|----5---5---5-5-|-5-------3---5-|----5-----5-------5| |-------------|-x---------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
"Uhn, Ha, open wide." "I do my bestfor you"
Fig. 2 is what I could come up with- there is a lot of interplay between Tim Reynolds and Dave in this part of the song, but play this with the album- it sounds decent. This basic rhythm is used throughout the song, and the only exception is at the "I do my best for you" line, where the second ending is sung in time with the strikes of the strings (The last line of the above tab)
The main body of the song uses Fig. 2 along with the 2nd ending for the "I do my best for you" line. Here's the chorus. Before playing this, see my note at the bottom of the page.
Fig 3
DCD "I think the world of you DCD Oh my heart, I do DCD Blood thru my veins for you DCD You alone have all of me DCD I give my world to you DC To you i will be true" Into Fig I
Repeat Fig 2 for verses, same chord changes for next Chorus.
Outro Jam- Use same chords from Fig 2- listen to album to get exact pattern, I couldn't accurately tab the rhythm on my computer.
Dave avoids using the high strings on his guitar for the most part, so the C and D chords of the chorus are played as such: