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American Baby by Dave Matthews Band
American Baby
Violin part Repeat throughout song
e|---7---7---10--10-9-7-----------7---|
B|---------------------10----10-------|
G|-(7)-7--7---------------7-7---7-----|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Verse and chorus (for the most part - same fingerings, listen to the song)
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------7-----6--4-4--|
D|----------------x-x--|
A|----5------4----2-2--|
E|--7------5------3-3--|
"I, I hold, hold on to you, " repeat
E|-|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-|-----------7---9----11\12/11|---------7---9----11\12/11\12--14--|
A|-|---------9---9----9---------|-------9---9----9------------------|
E|-|----7-10--------7-----------|--7-10--------7--------------------|
Listen to song for rhythm
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version 2
Tuning:EADGBE
Boyd's intro/fill:
This is played throughout the song except from during the brigde (I, I hold on)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|------12---12----15-15-14-12-10---------------10-------12--|
G|-------------------------¤---------------------------------|
D|--+12---12+--12+-------------------12+-12+----12+-12+-+12--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Intro/Verse:
The guitar comes in on "15-14" (I've marked it off with a ¤)
after Boyd has played the riff once.
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------7-----6--4-4--|
D|----------------x-x--|
A|----5------4----2-2--|
E|--7------5------3-3--|
Chorus:
The Chorus is basicly the same as the verse only with full downstrokes.
Just count the first chord twice and the last once.
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--4--7--6--|
D|--x--x--x--|
A|--2--5--4--|
E|--3--7--5--|
"I, I hold, hold on to you, "
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------2h3-2----------------------2h3-3/5--------------------|
G|-------2-4---4--------------------2-4----4---------------------------------|
D|--2-4------2------4----------2-4-------2----2------------------------------|
A|----------------2-------------------------2--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 3
e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------|
d----0----------------0-------------| repeat a few times
a--2-------------0--2---------------|
e------2--3-------------2--3--------|
then switch to this while the song starts to speed up
e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------| repeat this a few times too.
a--2-5-------0-2-5------------------|
e------2-3----------2-3----5--------|
while the song continues to speed up a minute or two before dave starts to sing "she
he adds chords behind the picked notes and strumms them super fast( sorta like in his song
or leave") and it looks like this:
e--------------------------------------|
b---4444----3333-----------------------|
g---3333----0000----2222----4444-------| this gets repeated until dave starts
d---3333----4444----0000----0000-------|
a-2-2222--5-5555----xxxx----xxxx-------|
e-----------------2-2222--3-3333---5---|
Once dave starts to sing "she says... a hundred times" the songs slows down a bit and he
back to playing the first part only 3 or four times
e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------|
d----0----------------0-------------|
a--2-------------0--2---------------|
e------2--3-------------2--3--------|
Then it gets really fast again right when Dave starts going crazy a starts to scream
and he goes back to the pick to chords but basically just strums the chords and palm mutes
each set of chords.
e--------------------------------------|
b---4444----3333-----------------------|
g---3333----0000----2222----4444-------|
d---3333----4444----0000----0000-------|
a-2-2222--5-5555----xxxx----xxxx-------|
e-----------------2-2222--3-3333---5---|
Then the song dies back down to a slow pace and the intro is played over again.
e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------|
d----0----------------0-------------|
a--2-------------0--2---------------|
e------2--3-------------2--3--------|
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version 4
Bm 5x finger picked
G Bm
If these walls came crumbling down,
G Bm
Fell so hard to make us lose our faith,
G Bm
From what s left you d figure it out,
G Bm
Still make lemonade taste like a sunny day,
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, beautiful baby
A
I hope you
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
A Bm
American baby
G Bm
Nobody s laughing now,
G Bm
Gods grace lost and the devil is proud,
G Bm
But I ve been walking for a thousand miles,
G Bm
One last time I could see you smile,
G Bm
I, I, hold, hold on to you,
G Bm
You bring me hope, I ll see you soon,
G Bm
And if I don t see you,
G Bm
I m afraid we ve lost the way
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, beautiful baby
A
I hope you
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
A Bm
American baby
A Bm
American baby
G Bm G
I hold on, to you, you lift me up
Bm
And always will,
G Bm
I see you in life,
G Bm
Hope I dont get left behind,
G Bm
I, I, hold, hold on to you,
G Bm
You bring me hope, I ll see you soon,
G Bm
And if I don t see you,
G Bm
I m afraid we ve lost the way
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, beautiful baby
A
I hope you
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
A
I hope you
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, beautiful baby
A
I hope you
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
A Bm
American baby
A Bm
American baby
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
Beautiful, beautiful
Nobody s laughing now,
Cause you could always make me laugh out loud,
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
A Bm
American baby
Bm G A Bm A Bm
Stay, American baby
A Bm
American baby
* Alternate:
Capo II
Bm = Am
G = F
A = G
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intro:
(3 bars tabbed)
Bm Dmaj7/A G Bm D/A
G Bm D/A
Verse 1:
G Bm D/A
If these walls came crumbling down,
Fell so hard to make us lose our faith,
From what’s left you’d figure it out,
Still make lemonade taste like a sunny day,
Gmaj9 Bm
Stay,
A Gmaj9 Bm
beautiful baby,
A
I hope you
Gmaj9 Bm A Gmaj9
stay American, baby
Bm A G
American baby,
Bm Dmaj7/A
Nobody’s laughing now,
G Bm Dmaj7/A
Gods grace lost and the devil is proud,
G Bm Dmaj7/A
But I’ve been walking for a thousand miles,
G Bm Dmaj7/A
One last time I could see you smile,
G Bm Dmaj7/A
I, I, hold, hold on to you,
G Bm Dmaj7/A
You bring me hope, I’ll see you soon,
And if I don’t see you,
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way
Stay, beautiful baby,
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby (2x)
I hold on, to you, you lift me up
And always will,
I see you in life,
Hope I don’t get left behind,
I, I, hold, hold on to you,
You bring me hope,
I’ll see you soon,
And if I don’t see you,
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way
Stay, beautiful baby,
I hope you stay American, baby,
I hope you stay, beautiful baby,
I hope you stay American, baby,
American baby (2x)
Stay American, baby
Beautiful,
Nobody’s laughing now,
Cause you could always make me laugh out loud,
Stay American, baby
American baby,
Stay American, baby
American baby
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