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The Riff Chords by Dave Matthews Band

The Riff chords by Dave Matthews Band

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Dm G


🎸 Verse:

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


🎸 Verse 2:

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


🎸 Chorus:

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


🎸 Interlude:

Dm G


🎸 Verse 3:

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


🎸 Bridge:

Dm C G/B Am F G
Dm C G/B Am F G


🎸 Chorus 2:

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

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


🎸 Interlude:

Dm G


🎸 Verse 4:

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


🎸 Bridge 2:

Dm C G/B Am F G
Dm C G/B Am F G
Dm C G/B Am F G


🎸 Chorus 2:

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

You stay with me

But that don't mean I wanna stay the same


Coda:

C B G F# D    C#
A G# E D# B   Bb
F# F C# C G#  G
Eb D Bb A F

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


🎸 Solo:

Dm C G/B Am F G
Dm C G/B Am F G
Dm C G/B Am F G

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