What you are

[mj2185]

The song "what you are" is on Everyday and Folsum Field. I need some help figuring it out.... This song is simliar to "the stone" as far as structure goes. the verse is Riff then chord then riff then chord. The chorus is all chords. Well the problem is with the verse I have the riff but not the chord he hits between, i think its an F# but i'm not sure. And i don't have any of the chorus chords figured out. The riff is fairly simple here it is.

Note the Baritone tuning. However I just want the chords because i'm making an acoustic version of this. If you want to give the exact chords he plays tab them out or figure out what they really are instead of just the shape. Thanks




B:-----------------------------
F#:--------12-------------------
D:----11------9----------------
A:-9-------------12--11--------
E:-----------------------(12)--
B:-----------------------------

[mj2185]

by the way, the verse chords between riffs, i believe are descending octaves on the A string. good luck and thanks

[mj2185]

can't anyone help me out? this is the musicians discussion right?

[jkanter]

Originally posted by mj2185
can't anyone help me out? this is the musicians discussion right?

Hope this helps

Baritone Tuning: ttp://www.dmbtabs.com/song.php?sid=5

Standard Tuning: http://www.dmbtabs.com/song.php?sid=58&tid=83

Lata

[mj2185]

thanks, this is a good starting point. I should be able to mold the song into simple chords and one tabbed riff for everyone now. there have been like 4 people that have asked me for simple versions of this song. but i would say this tab you sent me is about 90% accurate. a little easier to play than the actual version. Dave likes making it hard on himself eh? but once you get used to his style all his songs come easily.

[jkanter]

Originally posted by mj2185
thanks, this is a good starting point. I should be able to mold the song into simple chords and one tabbed riff for everyone now. there have been like 4 people that have asked me for simple versions of this song. but i would say this tab you sent me is about 90% accurate. a little easier to play than the actual version. Dave likes making it hard on himself eh? but once you get used to his style all his songs come easily. Which one is 90% accurate??? The tab on my page is 100% accurate to how Dave plays it(Baritone at least). The song is basic simple power chords except for a couple and the riff. Maybe I didn't understand you...oh well....at least it gave you a starting point....later man

[mj2185]

What You Are - Dave Matthews Band
Tabbed by mj2185 - youcanfindmike@mac.com
Standard Tuned

Riff 1
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------6--4----------------------------------------------
----4------7-6-4----------------------------------------
-----------------7--------------------------------------
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F#
I walk into this room, all eyes on me now
D C# B A G#
But I do not know the people inside
F#
Look straight through me these eyes
D C# B A G#
Seeking more wisdom than I have to give away
F#
Realize what you are

A G
What you've become just as I have
D C
Are you and I so unalike
A G
Huddled here you just as I am
D C
Afraid if we dance we will die
A G D C
Mock the world live safe say why
A G
Don't you know when you give life
D C riff 1 F#
Then you become what you are
F#
The sea is unsparing
We're all drifting away
D C# B A G#
Away from you, but I pray for you now
F#
Hoping to god on high
D C# B A G#
Is like clinging to straws while drowning realize realize what you are

F# E F#
What you are is a best in a lover's arms
F# E F#
What you are is the devil in a sweet sweet kiss
F# E F#
What you are is a puzzle to me

*Note
Play the riff before the F# everytime in the verse
Chords - Play the barre chords of every chord except the bridge, you want a lower sound. have fun.
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Try that

[PilotC150]

Your riff 1 is incorrect.

And don't worry about tabbing DMB songs yourself. JKanter has 100% accurate tabs on his website. No doubt about it they are exactly as Dave plays the songs, even the fingers he has notated under the tab is the exact finger Dave uses to play each song.

Also, Dave doesn't use full chords in WYA as you have in the tab you posted.

[mj2185]

There is an acoustic version of this song that i found on the internet, thats what i tabbed out. Jkanter does have the best dave tabs on the web. But i wouldn't go as far to say that they are all 100% true to the way dave plays them.

[jkanter]

Originally posted by mj2185
There is an acoustic version of this song that i found on the internet, thats what i tabbed out. Jkanter does have the best dave tabs on the web. But i wouldn't go as far to say that they are all 100% true to the way dave plays them. Well, the acoustic version of Dave playing at that radio show is on a baritone guitar so either way you still have to transcribe the song to stanard tuning. In case you didn't know how, in order to convert a baritone tab to a standard tab....you either subtract 5 from each note(hence the bari 9onA becomes standard 5onD). You can also move each note up 1 string completly...BUT, if you are moving from the F#(2nd string) on a Bari to G on a Standard...you move it up that one string and DOWN 1 note. It's the same as moving that note down 5 frets....then moving it up a string(and therefore you move up 4 notes from B->G). So you may want to take that into account in order to redo that intro you have posted. Just giving ya a suggestion.....and you are right, not all of my tabs are 100% true to how Dave plays them. I do my best to get the 100% mark but it is hard as some video's aren't great and other reasons.....anyway, have a good one, peace

[ZaqDiesel]

Originally posted by PilotC150
Your riff 1 is incorrect.

No, it's correct for standard tuning

[jkanter]

Originally posted by ZaqDiesel
No, it's correct for standard tuning Nope....if your gonna play it down there....try out this tab...it is perfect...

E:------------------------
B:-------7----------------
G:----6-----4-------------
D:-4-----------7--6-------
A:-------------------(7)--
E:------------------------
1 3 4 1 4 3 4


or higher up on the neck like Dave plays it

E:-----------------------------
B:-----------------------------
G:--------11-------------------
D:----11------9----------------
A:-9-------------12--11--------
E:-----------------------(12)--
1 3 4 1 4 3 4


THAT is correct....peace

[ZaqDiesel]

Originally posted by jkanter
Nope....if your gonna play it down there....try out this tab...it is perfect...

E:------------------------
B:-------7----------------
G:----6-----4-------------
D:-4-----------7--6-------
A:-------------------(7)--
E:------------------------
1 3 4 1 4 3 4


In the recording I have of Dave playing it alone he mutes out half the notes in the riff anyway and the high note on the b string is never heard and the riff is more like this

E:------------------------
B:------------------------
G:----6--4-------------
D:-4----------7--6-------
A:--------------------------
E:------------------------

the whole thing sounds to be palm muted with some notes actually being muted out altogether

[mj2185]

I assure you that those chords are congruent with the acoustic version he plays. Play along with them, when i posted it in here it destroyed my spacing on the chords but you should still be able to play it. don't play open chords

[jkanter]

Originally posted by mj2185
I assure you that those chords are congruent with the acoustic version he plays. Play along with them, when i posted it in here it destroyed my spacing on the chords but you should still be able to play it. don't play open chords

I wasn't saying your chords were wrong...I was stating that the intro you had was wrong. The chords are correct but Dave only plays the chords 5-x-7-x-x-x....that is just an example....it's not full barre chords that's all. Your tab is correct in the matter of the notes and chords to play. What I had said was that the intro riff you had was off.

All good man....not trying to start a fight here or anything, I'm just trying to help you out(in the riff)....have a good one and keep on tabbing....peace

[jkanter]

Originally posted by ZaqDiesel
In the recording I have of Dave playing it alone he mutes out half the notes in the riff anyway and the high note on the b string is never heard and the riff is more like this

E:------------------------
B:------------------------
G:----6--4-------------
D:-4----------7--6-------
A:--------------------------
E:------------------------

the whole thing sounds to be palm muted with some notes actually being muted out altogether Yeah...basically that you have there is the last note that I have not there(which is why mine is in parentheses...it's only played sometimes). I haven't heard that acoustic version in a while but I do believe he usually plays the 7 on the B string because the intro is usually 6(or 7 if he plays that last note) notes long. Anyway...have a good one man....peace

[DAVESbartender9]

sorry i cant help, but this place has been dead!