Seek up
As played by Dave Matthews Band on 'Remember Two Things'
Transcribed over the week of March 8th-March 15th, 1998 by Cody Rahn
X= muted note (strike last played note on that string, muted)
X
X= Rest measure
%
%= Repeat last measure
A couple people have requested this song since I began posting my tabs,
but me being the slacker that I am, I put it off. Here it is now, in it's
entirety. I do hope y'all enjoy it.
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Intro #1
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Repeat 4 times.
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---0-----------------------|---------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------3-------|
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Intro #2
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This is played during the indian-sounding part:
1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|
A|---5-----------5-------5---|
D|---------------------------|
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Intro #3
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1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|---------5---X-----5-------|
A|---1-----------1-------1---|---3-----------3-------3---|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
"Fall Back
1 & a 2 e & 3 & 1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|---------3---X-----3-------|
A|---5-----------5-------5---|---5-----------5-------5---|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Again.."
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Verse
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1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|-------------%-------------|
A|---5-----------5-------5---|-------------%-------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------%--------------|-------------%-------------|
A|------------%--------------|-------------%-------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------5---X-----5-------|-------------%-------------|
A|---3-----------3-------3---|-------------%-------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|-------------%-------------|
A|---5-----------5-------5---|-------------%-------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
During the section in which Dave sings
"Forget about the reasons, the treasons we are seeking...,"
they play the Intro riff #3. On the first instance of this part,
it is ended like this:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/seek_up_btab_ver_2.html ]
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|---------5---X-----5-------|
A|---1-----------1-------1---|---3-----------3-------3---|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
"..all find our lives swept a-
1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---5-----------------------|
D|---0-----------------------|
-way."
All the other times, they just return straight to the verse riff.
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Chorus
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1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------7-----------|---------------9-----------|
D|---7-------7-------7-------|---9-------9-------9-------|
"You seek up an e- -motion..."
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------5-----------|---------------7-----------|
D|---5-------5-------5-------|---7-------7-------7-------|
At the end of the chorus, hold the last note during the 'ha ha' part.
Directly after that, they play this along with the horn and violin:
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------X-------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------X-------------|-----------1-------3-------|
D|---------------------------|---5-----------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---5-----------------------|---------------------------|
D|---0-----------------------|---------------------------|
The last note is held and faded out so that it's gone just
as you go back into the verse riff.
That basically covers the whole song. At the end of the song,
Dave sings 'Fall back again' a few more times. Stefan plays
this at the very end right after the last time Dave says that
line. This is repeated as the song fades out.
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---0-----3---0-0---3---0---|---0-----3---0-0---3---5---|
That's all there is to it. Enjoy.
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RedRocks addendum
Verse riff at the beginning is a little different:
1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------3---X-----3-------|---------3---X-----3-------|
A|---5-----------5-------5---|---5-----------5-------5---|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
1 & a 2 e & 3 &
G|---------------------------|---------5---X-----7-------|
D|---------3---X-----3---5---|---7-----------7-------7---|
A|---5-----------5-----------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Cody-
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"Could I have been Anyone Other than Me?"
Dave Matthews
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