Halloween
As played by Dave Mattews Band, live, on 'Recently.'
Transcribed at 9:48pm, December 3rd, 1997 by Cody Rahn.
\=slide down from
/=slide up to
s=slide between
h=hammer
p=pulloff
This is a trippy song to say the least. Raw power, growl, and awesome drums. The bass line
was a bit beyond me for a long time, but now, for your enjoyment, here it is, in it's
entirety.
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Verse
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This riff is repeated throughout all the verse sections, plain and simple.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-------------------4---5---5-------|
D|-----------0-----------------------|
A|---------------2-------------------|
E|---1-------------------------------|
Next, the chorus(ish) section. It is an Am-G-F-E progression, and really can be
just made up off of that, since it sounds like he's just syncopating the single
note on the E string. I'll write up what I do in this area. Note the syncopation
with the notes around the 3.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------7---------------7-------|-----------5---------------5-------|
E|---5-------------5---5---------5---|---3-------------3---3---------3---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------3---------------3-------|---------------4-------4---2---0---|
E|---1-------------1---1---------1---|---0-------------------------------|
I just cooked this up for those of us who don't like 'follow the chords' bass
tab. I know that stuff stinks. I hope this is satisfactory.
Then comes the little break with all the 'why' lyrics. Really softly.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/halloween_btab.html ]
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7-------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------7-----------7-------7---|-----------5---------------5-------|
E|---5-----------5-------------------|---3-----------3-------3-------3---|
This is just repeated over and over during this part.
I just cooked this up for those of us who don't like 'follow the chords' bass
tab. I know that stuff stinks. I hope this is satisfactory.
ok, the end of this changes towards the end where Dave starts getting nuts about
'Lovey Dove,' etc...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------7---------------7-------|-----------5---------------5-------|
E|---5-------------5---5---------5---|---3-------------3---3---------3---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------0---------------------------|
A|-----------3---------------3-------|---------------2-----2-----3-----2---|
E|---1-------------1---1---------1---|---1---------------------------------|
These 4 bars are repeated during these lyrics, and on the last one, these are played,
and the following bar (the one where the drum solo starts) hits hard on a low F.
1
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|---1---|
This is the note struck every 4 bars during the drum solo. All the members do it.
Now, near the end, this little deal is done.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---0---0---0---0---1---1---2---2---|---3---3---3---3---4---4---5---5---|
1 & 2 &
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|---1-----------1---|
This gets really awesome when the voilin and guitar get in on it, and it starts to
sound like a speeding train :)
Wicked song. I hope you likes.
Cody-
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"Could I have been Anyone Other than Me?"
Dave Mattews
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