The Riff chords by Dave Matthews Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

DmDm G+G


🎸 Verse:

DmDm       G+G
Funny how time slips away
DmDm                    G+G
Looking at the cracks creeping across my face
DmDm            G+G
I remember the little kid living in here
DmDm                   G+G
He'll be living here probably until I'm dead.
FF
Please don't leave me, baby
C majorC             DmDm G+G
Please don't leave me yet.

🎸 Verse 2:

DmDm                    G+G
Sitting in a box away from the world out there
DmDm              G+G
A augmentedA world piled high with boxes just like this
DmDm                   G+G
But please don't ever leave me alone in here
DmDm                       G+G
Take me out, shake off the dust, shake off the fear.
FF
Please don't leave me, baby
C majorC             DmDm G+G
Please don't leave me yet.


🎸 Chorus:

  FF
If you stay with me
                 C majorC
That don't mean we gotta stay the same
  FF
If you stay with me
                    C majorC
Well baby, you and me we'll change the game

🎸 Interlude:

DmDm G+G


🎸 Verse 3:

DmDm       G+G
Well I don't know the man that's livin' in my head
DmDm       G+G
'til you reach down and bring the light back in
DmDm       G+G
No, I don't know the man that's living in my head
DmDm       G+G
If I don't know the woman sleeping in my bed.
FF
Remember how we used to kiss, baby
C majorC             DmDm G+G
Kiss like it was everything?
FF
Remember how we used to love, baby
C majorC
Love like it was everything?


🎸 Bridge:

DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G
DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G


🎸 Chorus 2:

Bb majorBb
You stay with me
                  FF
That don't mean we have to stay the same
  Bb majorBb
If you stay with me
                    FF
Well baby, you and me we'll change the game

You stay with me
                 C majorC
I'll follow you and we can start again, baby


🎸 Interlude:

DmDm G+G


🎸 Verse 4:

DmDm              G+G
I only got a minute or two to spare
DmDm                 G+G
And I gotta whole damn life to fit in there
DmDm                 G+G
So why waste time staring at the T.V. set?
DmDm                  G+G
Like I got dreams to kill and people to forget
FF
Remember how we used to dance, baby
C majorC
Just like it was everything?


🎸 Bridge 2:

DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G
DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G
DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G


🎸 Chorus 2:

Bb majorBb
You stay with me
                  FF
That don't mean we have to stay the same
  Bb majorBb
If you stay with me
               FF
Baby, you and me can make the change

You stay with me

But that don't mean I wanna stay the same


Coda:

C majorC BB G+G F#F# D MajorD  C#C#
A augmentedA G#G# E MajorE D#D# BB  Bb majorBb
F#F# FF C#C# C majorC G#G# G+G
Eb MajorEb D MajorD Bb majorBb A augmentedA FF

You stay with me
                    C majorC
Well baby, you and me we'll change the game


🎸 Solo:

DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G
DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G
DmDm C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm FF G+G

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