Native Son chords by Dave Matthews Band

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
B Abm B Abm B Abm B Abm B Abm   (x3)

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
B Abm B E B E B E
B Abm B Abm B Abm B Abm B Abm

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
Db  Bbm E B E B E B E B E B E

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

Bridge:
E             Dbm               B
And who will kill this native son?
B        E               Dbm            B
Who will learn from everything we have done?
E               B      Db           B
And who will we get to stand up for tomorrow?
E               B      Db       B    E
And who will we get to stand up for tomorrow?

Outro:
B Dbm B E Dbm B
E Ab E Ab E Ab E Abm E Ab E Ab
E            B
Native son
B             E
Native son
(Repeat and fade)
E B E B E B E B E B E