Dave Matthews Band - The Idea Of You Chords & Tabs

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"The Idea of You" by Dave Matthews Band
Transcribed by Adam Hanley

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Note: This song is played on a Gryphon 12-string, which is in a raised D tuning. To get this effect 

on your guitar, you'll need to throw a capo on the 10th fret -- or, if you've been playing Stay or 

Leave, You Never Know, or another one of Dave's songs on a raised baritone tuning (B-e-a-d-f#-b), 

the capo goes on fret 3 (and is much easier to play). 


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I) Intro: 

d------------------------|---------------|
a------------------------|--3-0----3-3-3-|
f-(0)-(0)----(0)-(0)-(0)-|--0-0----0-0-0-|
e-(5)--0--2--/4--/5---5--|--4-4----5-5-5-|
g--3---5-----------------|--5-5--3-3-3-3-|
D--0---2--3--/5--/7---7--|---------------|



IIa) Verse:

d---------------|------------------------|
a--3-0----3-3-3-|------------------------|
f--0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-(0)----(0)-(0)-(0)-|
e--4-4----5-5-5-|-(5)--0--2--/4--/5---5--|
g--5-5--3-3-3-3-|--3---5-----------------|
D---------------|--0---2--3--/5--/7---7--|



IIb) Half-measure pre-chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/the_idea_of_you_tab.html ]
d-----------|
a--0-0------|
f--4-2-0----|
e--2-x-0-0--|
g--3-3-3-0--|
D-----------|



IIIa) Chorus:

d--------|--------------|
a-(0)----|--0--0-0------|
f--3--2--|--4--4-2-0----|
e--0--0--|--2--2-x-0-0--|
g--2--0--|--3--3-3-3-0--|
D--3--2--|--------------|



IIIb) Post-chorus measure:

d--------|
a--3--3--|
f--0--0--|
e--4--4--|
g--5--5--|
D--------|



IIIc) Post-chorus (last time):

d--------|--------|
a--3--3--|--5--5--|
f--0--0--|--0--0--|
e--4--4--|--4--4--|
g--5--5--|--3--3--|
D--------|--------|



IV) Bridge:

d--------|--------|
a--3--3--|--3--3--|
f--0--0--|--0--0--|
e--4--4--|--4--4--|
g--5--5--|--5--5--|
D--------|--------|

d--------|--------|
a--3--3--|--3--3--|
f--0--0--|--0--0--|
e--4--4--|--4--4--|
g--3--3--|--3--3--|
D--------|--------|



V) Outro:

d--------------------|
a-----------------3--|
f--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
e--0--0--0--0--0--4--|
g--3--2--0--x--x--5--|
D-----------3--2-----|


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For those of you who may have trouble following along, here's the order of the different sections. 

If a section shows up .5 times, then you should only play the first measure of it. I'm also 

counting this song in a slow 4/4, so the measure in section (IIb) is in 2/4, unless you're counting 

beats faster than I am. 


Order:

I)    x2.5
IIa)  x4
IIb)  x1
IIIa) x3.5
IIIb) x1
IIa)  x4
IIb)  x1
IIIa) x3.5
IIIb) x1
IV)   x2
IIb)  x1
IIIa) x3.5
IIIb) x2
IIb)  x1
IIIa) x3.5
IIIc) x1
IIa)  x4
V)    x1


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