The Riff chords by Dave Matthews Band

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

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