Standard (EADGBE)

up and down the puppies' hair

fleas and ticks jump everywhere

'cause of original sin

down the hill fell jack and jill

and you came tumbling after

'cause of original sin

Pre-chorus

rip away the tears

drink a hope to happy years

and you may find a lifetime's passed you by

Chorus

what would you say don't drop the big one

if you a monkey on a string drop don't cut my lifeline

if you a doggie on a chain don't bite the mailman

what would you say

Verse

i was there when the bear ate his head

thought it was a candy everyone goes in the end

knock knock on the door who's it for

there's nobody in here look in the mirror my friend

Pre-chorus

i don't understand at best and cannot speak for all the rest

the morning's rise a lifetime's passed me by

Verse

every dog has its day every day has its way of being forgotten

mom--it's my birthday what would you say

What Would You Say?

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Dave Matthews Band

Tab by David Sweet

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

^ - bend

_ - tie/slur

(#) - ghost note

There are two guitars playing at the beginning of the song. This is the

basic riff from the guitar in the left speaker. The right guitar is the

same, but perhaps with more percussive noise. Also, the second time this

riff is played it is a little different, but then reverts back to the

original form for the rest of the song. Maybe it's just me, but the

second version sounds like it's just a mistake.

Verse

Bridge

Here the meter switches to 3/4. The notation is supposed to resemble

slash ryhthm notation. The chord forms are all standard 6th-string-root

barre chords.

/ / / / / | / / / / / | / / / / / | / / / / /

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

' --- --- | ' --- --- | ' --- --- | ' --- ---

(back to 4/4)

/ / /__/ / / | / / /__/ / /

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

' --- --- ' | ' --- --- '

The ending:

I'll just give the chords since the rhythms are not consistent and the

duration of each can easily heard on the recording: