Subject: m/matthews_dave_band/proudest_monkey.tab
"Proudest Monkey"
from Crash
by Dave Matthews Band
Song is in 3/4 time - very syncopated throughout
Intro - Slowly
acoustic guitar - Dave Matthews
Figure 1
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| 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| 6 4 6 4 |
| 4 4 4 4 |
Dave plays Figure 1 the entire song
Tim Reynolds - electric guitar
clean tone - w/fingers
Plays this figure in bars 5 and 7 of Intro
bars 6 and 8 are tacit
Verse 1
Swing in this tree......
Tim
| 8 8 |
| 9 6 4 |
| 8 8 5 |
| 10 6 6 6 6 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 3 |
| 6 4 3 3 4 3 6 4 3 6 4 |
| 4 4 |
| 8 8 8 8 4 |
| 9 6 4 9 6 4 9 6 4 |
| 8 8 8 10 |
| 6 6 3 10 6 6 10 6 6 10 10 6 6 |
| 3 6 4 3 |
| 4 |
| 8 8 8 4 |
| 9 9 6 4 9 6 4 |
| 8 5 |
| 10 8 10 6 6 10 6 6 |
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2nd Verse
But then came the day......
And 3rd Verse(slight variations)
Tim (w/pick)
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| 5 5 5 5 |
| 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 3 6 6 3 6 6 3 |
| 6 4 4 4 6 4 6 6 4 3 6 4 |
| 4 4 4 4 |
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| 5 5 5 5 5 |
| 6 3 6 6 3 3 6 6 6 3 |
| 6 6 4 3 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 |
| 4 4 4 4 4 |
These 5 bars during 2nd Verse
I went to the city.......
w/fingers w/pick
| 8 |
| 9 9 6 4 |
| 8 8 5 5 5 |
| 10 6 6 6 6 H 1 H 1 6 3 3 |
| 1 3 4 3 4 6 4 4 |
| 4 4 |
| 8 |
| 4 4 6 6 9 9 6 4 |
| 5 5 6 6 8 |
| 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
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These 5 bars during 3rd Verse
That simple, simple life...............
w/fingers
| 8 |
| 9 6 4 4 repeat last 2 bars |
| ~5 5 8 |
| ~6 6 10 6 6 6 3 |
| 3 3 6 4 |
| 4 4 6 |
play following measures during both
2nd and 3rd(slight variations) verses
proudest monkey....... you've ever seen............
w/pick
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| 5 5 5 5 5 |
| 6 6666 6 3 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 6 6 6 3 |
| 6 4 4 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 3 6 6 6 4 |
| 4 4 4 4 |
Guitar solo
There are 3 guitar parts
1 - Dave(acoustic) - continuing with Figure 1
2 - Tim (electric) - playing figure 2(see below)
3 - Tim (acoustic) - playing solo
Figure 2 - play with variations after first time
w/fingers
| 8 8 8 9 8 |
| 9 6 4 |
| 8 8 8 10 8 |
| 10 6 6 |
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Solo
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| 1 5 4 3 3 1 1 5 3 1 3 8 10 8 10 6 5 6 |
| 1 6 3 1 1 3 1 1 |
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| 6 4 |
| 4 4 6 4 4 6 |
| 6 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 3 3 5 |
| 6 3 3 3 6 6 3 6 6 6 |
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| 4 (3)~4 9 11 |
| 4 4 4~6 4 6 9 9 9 |
| 5 5 3 1 1 1 8 |
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| P |
| 9 9 7 6 P P |
| 10 10 8 6 5 8 8 5 6 8 5 8 |
| (10) 6 6 6 6 ~10 |
| 6 6 |
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| 8 8 8 8 P |
| 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 11 10 8 10 11 10 8 8 8 8 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
w/fingers
| 6 4 8 8 |
| 9 4 4 6 4 6 4 9 9 |
| P 8 5 6 5 |
| 8 10 11 10 8 8 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 6 4 4 |
| 6 4 6 4 4 6 4 |
| 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 |
| 6 6 6 |
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Go back for 3rd Verse
Then comes the day.........
Then skip guitar solo
.........monkey see, monkey do, yeah
Outro - these bars repeat then fade out
Dave continues Figure 1
Tim
w/fingers (variations on repeats)
| 8 8 |
| 4 9 6 4 4 9 6 |
| 5 8 8 |
| 6 10 6 6 6 10 6 |
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