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The Dreaming Tree tab by Dave Matthews Band

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Song: The Dreaming Tree
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Album: Before These Crowded Streets
Transcribed by: Ken Dunnington
Notes: This is from the new DMB album 'Before These Crowded Streets'.
 If you haven't heard it yet, it's worth a listen, though very different
 from their other stuff.  This is my first tab, so be gentle :)
 All comments/corrections/complaints are welcome at gish@poboxes.com.

  intro/verse
Revised By: Chris Bristol (ccbristo@unity.ncsu.edu)

e |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |--7---5h7-------7---5h7-------7----|--5h7-----7-----5h7------7--------|
G |-----------4--------------4--------|-------4-------------4------------|
D |--7---------------7--------------7-|-------------7--------------7-----|
A |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Chords used:
 I put both versions of the chords (where applicable) because I'm not
 sure which one is correct, but they both sound good.

 Verse chords:
  Dm: x00231 (or 577555)
  Am: x02210 (or 557765)

  These two are played during the main verses while Dave sings.
  The pattern is Dm/Dm/Am/Am for the whole verse.

 Bridge chords:
  D : x0023x
  A : x02220 (or 557775)
  G : 320033 (or 355733)
  F : 133211

  Again, I put the alternative fingerings in parentheses because I'm not
  exactly sure which is right, though either way sounds fine to me.
  The pattern is A/G/F/D.

Now for the

    Intro                                 Bridge [Repeat this part]

e
|--2--0h2-----2---------0h2-----2-----|--0h2-----2---------0h2-----2-----|
B
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G
|--2-------4-------2---------4-----2--|-------4-------2---------4-----2--|
D
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


[Verse 1]:
 These are all equal measures.  The chords are strummed on the last
 word of each measure.

        Dm   |                     Dm |                            Am
Staning..
                       Am    |                   Dm  |                Dm
Here ..
                   Am   |                      Am   |                  Dm
Now ..
                     Dm   |                 Am |                      Am
He ...
                  Dm    |                   Dm   |
   Am
Conquered ...
                      Am  |                     Dm    |
Dm
Promised..
                    Am    |                     Am    |            Dm
"No ..
                      Dm   |                    Am    |
Am
The ..

                      Dm
The ..

 The song then goes into a part I don't dare try to tab - just strum the
 Am/Dm chords along with it and occasionally pick a note here and there
 along with what you hear.

[Chorus]: Start off with an A
A              G    |              F  |           D
Oh have ..
                 A     |               G      |          F
All ..
          D       |                   A   |              G

I know ..
                  F  |             D       |              A
I would ..
             G    |             F    |               D      A
Can ..


[Bridge]

[Verse 2]:
         Dm    |                     Dm   |              Am
>From ..
                        Am    |                 Dm     |
 Dm
For ...
                    Am  |                      Am   |                   Dm
She ..
                      Dm   |                   Am    |
  Am
She ..
                     Dm     |                Dm    |
Am
A smile ..
                    Am    |                         Dm    |
       Dm
That ..
                    Am  |                      Am    |             Dm
How he ..
                      Dm   |                     Am   |
  Am
The dreaming ..
                      Dm
The ..

 Back to the picking/strumming like before.

[Chorus]: Again, start with an A
A               G
Oh if I ...

[Bridge]

[Out]: This follows the same pattern as the verse [Dm/Dm/Am/Am]
        Dm   ... |         Dm
Take me back ... | Save me please

Well, that's the song.  Like I said, this is my first tab, so it's not
perfect, and I welcome any feedback at gish@poboxes.com!

 - Ken

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