Dave Matthews | Gravedigger Live

[Richard Peikoff]

Dave Matthews | Gravedigger (Live)

Charlie Rose Show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd1BPEJ32D4

AOL Sessions Studio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYnmAiH6BLo


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Notes:
'--': 1 bar of 4/4
'|': finesse
bpm: 88/90
RT: 3:57

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E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Chords

X...0...2...2.1|0...0: Am9
3...X...2...2.1|0...0: Am9/G
0...2...2...1...0...0: E
2...0...0...2...1...0: D9/F# or
2...0...0...2...1...X: D/F#
1...3...3...2...1...1: F
X...X...0...2...3...1: Dm
3...3...2...0...1...0: C/G
3...2...0...0...1...3: Gsus4
3...2...0...0...0...X: G
X...1...3...3...X...X: Bb5

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Intro: [0:00]
Am9-- Am9/G-- E-- Am Am9/G-- D9/F#-- Am9-- Am9--

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Verse: [0:24]
Am--____________Am9/G--
_Cyrus Jones, 1810 to 1913.

F--____________________________________
_Made his, great grandchildren believe

__________Am--
you could live to a hundred & three.

Am--________________________________
_Well, a hundred & three is forever

____________Am9/G--
when you're just a little kid

F--_______________________Am--
_So, Cyrus Jones lived forever.

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Chorus: [0:46]

Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain?

_____Am-- Am--
Gravedigger.

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Verse: [1:06]

Am--_________________Am9/G--
_Muriel Stonewall, 1903 to 1954

F--______________________________
_Lost both of her babies, in the

_____Am--______
second great war.
________________Am--_______________
_Now you should never have to watch

_____________Am9/G—
as your only children are lowered in the ground.

F--________________________
_You should, never have to

______________Am—
bury your own babies.

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Chorus: [1:28]

Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain?

_____Am-- Am--
Gravedigger.

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Bridge [1:48]

Dm______________F--___C/G Gsus4_G_Bb5--
Ring around the rosie

Dm______________F--___C/G Gsus4_G_Bb5--
Pocket full of posey

Dm______________F--___C/G Gsus4_G_Bb5--
Ashes to ashes

Dm______________F--___C/G G--
___________We all fall down.

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Chorus: [2:10]

Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain?

_____Am-- Am--
Gravedigger.

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Verse: [2:30]

Am--____________Am9/G--
_Little Mikey Carson, `67 to `75

F--____________________________
_Rode his, bike like the devil

__________Am--
until the day he died.

Am--________________________________________
_When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo

_______Am9/G--
on the flying trapeze, oh

F--___________Am--
_1940 to 1992.

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Chorus: [2:51]

Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain?

____________
Chorus: [3:05]

Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain? I can feel the rain?

_____Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain?

____________
Chorus: [3:21]

Am--
Gravedigger

________________Am9/G--
When you dig my grave

__________________E--
Could you make it shallow

________Am____Am9/G--__D9/F#
So that I can feel the rain?

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Tag: [3:34]

_____Am Am9/G F E--
Gravedigger

_____Am Am9/G F E--

_____Am Am9/G F E--
Gravedigger

_____Am Am9/G F--

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End: [3:57]

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rPeikoff

[Jhengsman]

What makes the Am9s ninth chords and not just an Am?

[Long813]

Originally Posted by Jhengsman

What makes the Am9s ninth chords and not just an Am?

A major :A B C# D E F# G#

Am (1 b3 5) = A C D
Am9 (1 b3 5 b7 9) A C D G B

But it's Am9/G, so it's an Am9 with a G root.

EDIT:
I understand your question. It's not Am9 and Am9/G, but Am & Am/G.

[Richard Peikoff]

Originally Posted by Jhengsman

What makes the Am9s ninth chords and not just an Am?

Hello Jhensman

There's a little finesse that Matthews uses throughout where he is hammering on to the 2nd string at the 1st fret: Open B to C (from the 9th or 2nd to the minor 3rd). The overall harmony makes for a Minor 9th. The first shape implies the 9th even though the G (Minor 7th or b7th) is not in the chord. The second example has the G (Minor 7th or b7th) in the bass making it an inversion. In this case the 3rd inversion (b7th in the bass).


I respectively beg to differ with Long813 though I've seen inversions written both ways. However when naming a chord extension, it is acceptable to use the full name. For example:

_____ _____ _____
E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Some 3rd inversion Chord Examples

X...1...2...0...1...0: C7/Bb
X...X...0...0...0...0: Em7/D
2...X...0...0...0...3: GM7/F#
X...3...0...2...3...1: Dm7/C
3...X...2...0...1...0: Am7/G
1...2...0...0...0...3: G7/F
3...0...2...0...2...0: A7/G
4...X...2...2...2...0: AM7/G#
X...4...X...2...3...2: DM7/C#
X...3...X...2...3...2: D7/C
X...X...1...2...1...1: F7/Eb
X...0...3...3...3...1: BbM7/A
0...3...3...2...1...1: FM7/E
X...0...4...4...3...2: Bm7/A
0...4...4...3...0...0: F#7|11/E


and so on... That is my understanding. rP


_____
Notes:
'|': finesse

_____ _____ _____
E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Chords

X...0...2...2.1|0...0: Am9 = X A E A B|C E = X 1 5 1 2|b3 5 = Am2, Amadd9, or Am9 as the 7th G is implied though omitted.

3...X...2...2.1|0...0: Am9/G = G X E A B|C E = b7 X 5 1 2|b3 5 = Am9/G (3rd inversion voicing)

[t1m]

Originally Posted by Richard Peikoff

Charlie Rose Show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd1BPEJ32D4

Is it sad that I had trouble focusing during the song because I was worried that Dave would hit his martin on the side of the table...

[Long813]

Originally Posted by Richard Peikoff

Hello Jhensman

There's a little finesse that Matthews uses throughout where he is hammering on to the 2nd string at the 1st fret: Open B to C (from the 9th or 2nd to the minor 3rd). The overall harmony makes for a Minor 9th. The first shape implies the 9th even though the G (Minor 7th or b7th) is not in the chord. The second example has the G (Minor 7th or b7th) in the bass making it an inversion. In this case the 3rd inversion (b7th in the bass).


I respectively beg to differ with Long813 though I've seen inversions written both ways. However when naming a chord extension, it is acceptable to use the full name. For example:

_____ _____ _____
E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Some 3rd inversion Chord Examples

X...1...2...0...1...0: C7/Bb
X...X...0...0...0...0: Em7/D
2...X...0...0...0...3: GM7/F#
X...3...0...2...3...1: Dm7/C
3...X...2...0...1...0: Am7/G
1...2...0...0...0...3: G7/F
3...0...2...0...2...0: A7/G
4...X...2...2...2...0: AM7/G#
X...4...X...2...3...2: DM7/C#
X...3...X...2...3...2: D7/C
X...X...1...2...1...1: F7/Eb
X...0...3...3...3...1: BbM7/A
0...3...3...2...1...1: FM7/E
X...0...4...4...3...2: Bm7/A
0...4...4...3...0...0: F#7|11/E


and so on... That is my understanding. rP


_____
Notes:
'|': finesse

_____ _____ _____
E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Chords

X...0...2...2.1|0...0: Am9 = X A E A B|C E = X 1 5 1 2|b3 5 = Am2, Amadd9, or Am9 as the 7th G is implied though omitted.

3...X...2...2.1|0...0: Am9/G = G X E A B|C E = b7 X 5 1 2|b3 5 = Am9/G (3rd inversion voicing)

I think I've just gotten my add and extension chords mixed up I keep forgetting which one can have the 7 omitted

[Guyute]

I've got to say, for all the Dave haters out there...

You know you're doing okay when Willie covers one of your songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzz8jG2SO1Y&feature=fvw

[Long813]

Originally Posted by Guyute

I've got to say, for all the Dave haters out there...

You know you're doing okay when Willie covers one of your songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzz8jG2SO1Y&feature=fvw

Don't like.

Also I think the D9/F# should be D/F#, it sounds less dissonant and flows better in the song.

[Richard Peikoff]

Originally Posted by Long813

:

I think the D9/F# should be D/F#, it sounds less dissonant and flows better in the song.

I Like them both...Dave really isn't fingering the high F# on the 2nd fret of the 1st string. I have added the option. rP:-)