litho blitho

[davephan420]

anyone have a tab for this song? its some nice quick picking. Pat M, its all you man. thanks.

sean

[unccrombie]

there's a tab around here, let me look for a few minutes

[unccrombie]

just search man, seriously, i typed in litho blitho and in under 4 seconds it came up


Litho Blitho
by Dave Matthews
Tabbed by Adam Hanley

This song is in 12/8, which is easy to follow at the beginning but gets more confusing as some of the guitars play on off-beats.. Just count "123 123" every measure and you should be alright.. Dave plays it in baritone and raised-baritone tuning, but don't bother to restring - it's just as easy standard.


__________________________________________________ ____________________
Guitar One:

e-/3-3-0-2---0-----0-2---0-|
b----------3---0-3-----3---|
g--------------------------|
d--------------------------|
a--------------------------|
E--------------------------|

This riff repeats throughout the whole song (and FYI, is exactly the same as the "breakdown/outro" of Mother Father.. apparently "Litho Blitho" is Gambian for "Mother Father")
__________________________________________________ ____________________
Guitar Two (Bass-ish line):

e-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
d-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Repeat 5 x

e-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
d-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-3-3---3-3---|-2-2---2-2---|-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0-0-0-|


e-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--->
d-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-3-3---3-3---|-2-2---2-2---|
E-3-3---3-3---|-2-2---2-2---|-------------|-------------|

e-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|
d-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-3-3---2-2---|-3--2--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

This guitar comes in after the first measure.. it just plays these riffs over and over (once or twice the C->B progression is played on the baritone, but it's just as good on the A string)
__________________________________________________ ____________________
Guitar Three (left headphone):

e-------------------------| e-------------------------|
b-----------5-----------5-| b-----------5-----------5-|
g---7-4-6-------7-4-6-----| g---7-4-5-------7-4-5-----|
d-5-------7---5-------7---| d-5-------7---5-------7---|
a-------------------------| a-------------------------|
E-------------------------| E-------------------------|

The first riff is played most of the measures.. the second riff (very slight variation) is played when the bass line goes up to C and B on the A string.. This guitar fades in during the third measure and has a real The Stone feel to it
__________________________________________________ ____________________
Guitar Four (right headphone):

e-------------------------|
b-------------------------|
g---4-----------4---------|
d-------7---5-------7---5-|
a-7-----------7-----------|
E-------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

This riff is palm muted, and the "1 through 6" below them correspond to each note's respective 8th note.. i.e., there are 12 eighth notes per measure (broken up into two sixes), and the notes are played on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th.. Listen to the recording to get the feel of it
__________________________________________________ ____________________
Guitar Five

e---7---5---8---7---5---8-|
b-------------------------|
g-------------------------|
d-------------------------|
a-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

This is one of the high riffs that throws the timing of this song off.. it fades in somewhere near the 4th measure.. the easiest way to play it is with upstrokes of your pick, since the notes all hit on upbeats
__________________________________________________ ____________________
Guitar Six

e-12----15----14----12----15----14----|
b----15----------------15-------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

This one fades in during the fifth measure, and also throws off the timing... it's counted like "1+ 2 3 1+ 2 3".. it gets confusing because the "1+" feels more like it should be a "3+", with the high G starting off each half measure, when it's actually the 2nd beat.

Any questions, first refer to the song because it's NOT easy to explain.. but then shoot me an email at AdWolF16@aol.com

[RamDMB65]

Will someone remind me what Litho Blitho is, and where i could find it? thanks!

[davephan420]

[QUOTE=unccrombie]just search man, seriously, i typed in litho blitho and in under 4 seconds it came up

yea, sorry about that, i usaully do search before posting, this time it slipped my mind, thanks alot.

[davephan420]

[QUOTE=unccrombie]just search man, seriously, i typed in litho blitho and in under 4 seconds it came up

yea, sorry about that, i usaully do search before posting, this time it slipped my mind, thanks alot.

[davephan420]

[QUOTE=unccrombie]just search man, seriously, i typed in litho blitho and in under 4 seconds it came up

yea, sorry about that, i usaully do search before posting, this time it slipped my mind, thanks alot.

[davephan420]

wow, sorry about that too.

[som3d3vil34]

Anyone notice how "Guitar Three" sounds pretty much exactly like the opening part of Bayou??

[Stuntcheeks]

Will someone remind me what Litho Blitho is, and where i could find it? thanks!

Taylor guitars releases albums featuring only Taylors on them. The series is called Sounds of Wood & Steel. They are wonderful discs.

Dave contributed Litho Blitho to the 3rd volume. It's basically the guitar riff that dave plays on Mother Father. He layers the tracks. It's a sweet song.

http://www.taylorguitars.com/taylorware/Item.aspx?itemid=1035&categoryid=1005