Why I Am Dave Matthews Band
WHY I AM
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Such a rockin' song
Standard Tuning
Chords Used
(FROM e TO E)
G| 330023
C| 01023-
Am/B ?(sort of)| 000-2-
F| 112331
Em| 000220
D| (DURING THE CHORUS ONLY-->) 2320-- (FOR INTRO ETC.--->) -320--
Am| 01220-
INTRO
[F] [Em] [D] [C] [Am/B]
MAIN RIFF
[G] [C] [Am/B]
[G]I grew from monkey into man,[C] [Am/B]
[G] [C] [Am/B]Then I[G] crushed 15 million with a wave of my h[C]and.[Am/B]
[G] [C] [Am/B]I grew [G]drunk on water turned into [C]wine[Am/B],
[G] [C] 'T[Am/B]ill I was [G]slave and master at the same damn t[C]ime.[Am/B]
[G] It's w[C]hy I[Am/B] am.
[G] It's w[C]hy I[Am/B] am.
[G] [C]Why [Am/B]I am,[G] still here dancing with the GrooGrux Kin[C]g.[Am/B]
Em D (BACK TO VERSE) G C Am/B
REPLAY THE INTRO (F Em D C Am/B Am)
Out of my head and into the room hello.
BACK TO MAIN RIFF
W/Funky lil' fill I had to add:
e|12~----10-------------12-10----7-------8-7--| B|---------12-12-12-12-12-----8~------------8-|
VERSE and CHORUS are pretty much the same...
F Em D C Am/B Am for this...
So when my ghost takes me from you.
You can remember the fool that I am.
[F]Don't cry [C]baby,
[Am/B]Don't c[G]ry.
BRIDGE
[F] It's the lose and the [Am]win of the world.
[C] Wrong and right,
Us and [G]them of the world.
[F] It's the you and the [Am]me of the world.[C]
But, Only one way [Em]out of the world.
[F] It's the lose and the [Am]win of the world.[C]
Wrong and right,
Us and [G]them of the world.
[F] It's the you and the[Am] me of the world.[C]
Only one way [G]out of the world.
Then MAIN RIFF for the solo (last go around of it has the F Em D C Am/B Am)
THEN CHORUS
THEN PLAY THE F Am C BIT ONCE
THEN BACK to the F Em D C Am/B Am 3x
[F]Don't cry [C]baby,
[Am/B]Don't cry.[F]
To end it all off...
[G] [G] [G] [G]
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