Native Son chords by Dave Matthews Band

Chords with lyrics

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


Intro:
BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm  (x3)

Verse:
BB    AbmAbm     E MajorE      BB
Can you spare me a quarter?
AbmAbm      E MajorE     BB   AbmAbm
Though I have no one to call
BB            E MajorE        BB
I just thought it might save my ass one day
AbmAbm                 E MajorE      BB
If the sky or the free world were to fall
AbmAbm             E MajorE     BB
This is the only thing that I can do
AbmAbm     BB
This is the only thing I know how to say
AbmAbm
And when everything is gone

Verse:
E MajorE             BB
And the night it seems to grow long
AbmAbm            BB    E MajorE BB
Will you play this record anyway?
AbmAbm    BB        AbmAbm
There are a million ways to say it
AbmAbm         E MajorE    BB    AbmAbm   E MajorE
There are a million lies to choose from
BB       E MajorE
So don't look up

Verse:
E MajorE  BB   E MajorE     BB      AbmAbm
You might find that your head is stuck
BB             E MajorE      BB
No one's going to bail us out of this one

Chorus:
E MajorE      DbmDbm    BB
Every time I call your name
E MajorE     DbmDbm       BB
Somehow I wish it was the same
E MajorE     BB        DbmDbm  E MajorE   BB
For me and you and all the things we do
E MajorE   DbmDbm
Not in vain

Instrumental:
BB AbmAbm BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE
BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm BB AbmAbm

Verse:
AbAb            E MajorE
Maybe I could give you a ride
E MajorE   BB E MajorE         BB
Though I don't really own a car
AbmAbm            E MajorE
Well it isn't anything so different
E MajorE  AbmAbm     BB     E MajorE  BB
Than living underneath a dying star
AbmAbm           E MajorE   BB
Well this is what we all get up for
AbmAbm   BB            AbmAbm
When the clocks go out of time

Verse:
BB          E MajorE
Cause nothing short of
E MajorE    BB
War and death and money
AbmAbm    BB         E MajorE   BB
Will ever fucking change your mind
AbmAbm     BB    E MajorE    BB  AbmAbm
There are a million ways to die son
BB            E MajorE     BB    AbmAbm
And there are a million places to choose from
AbmAbm
So don't look up

Verse:
E MajorE             BB   AbmAbm
You might find that your head is stuck
AbmAbm   BB
No one's going to bail us out of this one

Chorus:
DbmDbm           E MajorE
Every time I call your name
E MajorE     DbmDbm       BB
Somehow I wish it was the same
BB  E MajorE       DbmDbm      BB
For me and you and all the things we do
E MajorE     DbmDbm
Not in vain

Instrumental:
DbDb BbmBbm E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE

Chorus:
DbmDbm           E MajorE
Every time I call your name
E MajorE     BB   DbmDbm   BB
Somehow I wish it were the same
BB  E MajorE       DbmDbm      E MajorE
For me and you and all the things we do
E MajorE     DbmDbm E MajorE DbmDbm
Not in vain

Bridge:
E MajorE       DbmDbm        BB
And who will kill this native son?
BB    E MajorE        DbmDbm      BB
Who will learn from everything we have done?
E MajorE        BB   DbDb      BB
And who will we get to stand up for tomorrow?
E MajorE        BB   DbDb    BB  E MajorE
And who will we get to stand up for tomorrow?

Outro:
BB DbmDbm BB E MajorE DbmDbm BB
E MajorE AbAb E MajorE AbAb E MajorE AbAb E MajorE AbmAbm E MajorE AbAb E MajorE AbAb
E MajorE      BB
Native son
BB       E MajorE
Native son
(Repeat and fade)
E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE