Old Dirt Hill Solo Tab from FarmAid

[MColin28]

Pat and all you other geniouses............can you tab this out for me? Wonderful song IMO solo acoustic and I really wanna do it at me next gig. Thanks a bunch for anyone's help. Check the video on the other forum if you wanna hear it. Thanks again everyone that can help me out:bounce :thumbsup

[AFurth]

this is from the aladdin d&t... i like the progression and the outro better

“Old Dirt Hill”
By Dave Matthews

This song really takes on a new life as an acoustic song. Dave & Tim Reynolds or Dave solo acoustic performances of this song are kind of interesting.

Part 1
e--------------0--0-0---------
B--------------1--3-1---------
G--------4-4---0--0-0-------4--
D--------0-0---2------------0--
A--------x-----3------------x--
E--3-3-3-3--------------3-3-3--

Part 2
----------------------0---
--------------3-------1---
------4-------0-------0---
------0---------4-----2---
------x---3/5-----3-3-3---
3-3-3-3-------------------

for the bridge (i think) strum this ("screamin, shoutin...") then go back to Part 1 (do this twice)

-------------
-------------
--------8----
--------5----
--6-6-6-6----
-------------

for the second bridge ("but you know, when it gets hard...") strum these chords and make them not quite as "choppy" as the verse

C (D#) G Am C (D#) (D#) D


Kind of like this:
----0---------------0---0------------3
----1---------------1---1------------2
----0---8---4---8---2---0---8---8----3
----2---5---0---5---2---2---5---5----0
----3---6---x---6---0---3---6---6-----
------------3-------------------------

acoustic only outro, play this really choppy with almost a #40 feel to it

---0--------0---------------
---1----3---1-------(0)-(0)---
---0----0---2----0---2--0---
---2----0---2----0---3--3---
---3--2-----0----2---3-(3)---
----------------3----1-(1)---

repeat to the end

This is my first tab, so if its not as helpful as I thought it would be, im sorry

(tabbed by Andrew Furth)

[AFurth]

note, though, that the farmaid performance was a little different. he used chords closer to barre chords. and he didn't play it as choppy as at the aladdin.

also, he didn't play the outro he played at aladdin and bridge street benefit last year. hopefully that comes back - i liked it.

[mikedevoss6]

Andrew, just wanted to say thanks for that tab. I absolutely love playing it. Great job.

[bartender_man]

Andrew, just wanted to say thanks for that tab. I absolutely love playing it. Great job.


Really you love playing that song:ugh oh well each to his own I guess

[mikedevoss6]

Really you love playing that song:ugh oh well each to his own I guess
Yeah it's a really fun solo acoustic song.

[bartender_man]

Yeah it's a really fun solo acoustic song.


Yeah have I have not even heard the Dave and Tim version, I guess it could be ok

[Socks]

Dave has definetely turned it into a respectable song.