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