So Much to Say

As played by Dave Mattews Band on 'Crash'

Transcribed at 2:45pm by Cody Rahn

(Elaboration is welcome)

=slide down
/=slide up

(that's about it)


The bass line in this song is very expandable and is very easy to adlib on
becayse it is all basically pieces of an A chord. Lots of sliding and changing
between octaves of a note happens, too. None of the notes are held except
those I have marked as being held.

The bass enters the song with the drums. 

This is the main riff during which Dave is singing the verses.



——————————
Verse Riff
——————————


   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|—————————————————|
D|—————————————————|
A|—————————————————|
E|—————————————8——|

..the weather...



     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &       1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|———————————————————————————————0———|———————————————————————————————————|    
D|———————————7———————————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|    
A|———————————————————————————3———————|———5———5———5———5———r———————5———————|    
E|——/5———5———————0———5———1———————————|—————————————————————3—3———————0———|    



     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &       1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|———————————————————————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
D|———————————7———————————————————————|———————————7———————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
E|——/5———5———————0———5———0——/8———————|——/5———————————0———5———————8——————|
                                                          
                                                              


The slide down from 8 at the end leads into the riff and this is played over
and over until the part I assume to be the chorus or bridge. At the end of the
measure before the chorus, they leave out the slide down from 8. Instead, the 
5 is held through to the beginning of the chorus and hit again there.

(I tried my best to get these lyrics in sync with the line)


——————————————————
Chorus (or bridge)
——————————————————


   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
D|—————————————————|—————————————————|—5———————————————|—————————————————|
A|—————————————————|—5———————————————|—————————————————|—5———————————————|
E|—5———————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
     
 
               Sometimes,                   I find it's  easy to be myself.

   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————|—————————————————|—5———————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
A|—————————————————|—5———————————————|—————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
E|—5———————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|———3———3———3———3———3———3———3———3———|

   
               Sometimes,                   I find it's    better  to be   somebody   else.


     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &       1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
G|———————————————————————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
D|———————————7———————————————————————|———————————7———————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————————————|———————————————————————————————————|
E|——/5———5———————0———5———0——/8———————|——/5———————————0———5———————8——————|



After this, they just go back into the verse riff.

Enjoy.

Cody Rahn