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Author/Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Title: Two Step
Album: Crash
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]

I tabbed this off the Listener Supported Video. 
I did not add Tim's part this time because this is a live version
and Tim doesnt play on this one. I added
The times of when each part comes in.


Intro This is sort of what the Boyd plays on the violin 
-17-x-17-x-17-x-17-x-17-x-17--|
-15-x-15-x-15-x-15-x-15-x-15--|
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in at (00:15)
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10----9--x-x--9--x-x--9--x-x--9-----3--x-x--3--x--
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10---/8--x-x--8--x-x--8--x-x--8---8/3--x-x--3--x--
                                                                              
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-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3-----10--|Dave just repeats this
------------------------------------------------------|until the band comes in
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-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3--x-x--3---3/10--|
                                                                              
When the band comes in (in at 2:21)
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--------10--10--10--------10--10--10--|
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10----6----6---6---6----/8---8---8---8--|                                                     

Then right before the verse (in at 2:36)
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--|

Verse  (Say my love . . . in at 2:52)
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-10------7-----9-------------7------5------3--|
---------------------3------------------------|
---------------------3------------------------|
-10-----/6----/8-----1------/6-----/5-----/3--|

(drive me to distraction, in at 3:12)
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--|Play this 
--------------------------------------------------------------------|while Boyd
--------------------------------------------------------------------|does his 
-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--|lil thing
                                                                              
Then go back to the verse  
                                                                              

Chorus  (Celebrate ruin . . .)
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-----------9----------3----------7--|(in at 3:40)
-3----------------------------------|
-3----------------------------------|
-1-------1/8--------8/3--------3/6--|
                                     
“Things we cannot change”
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----------------7-7-7-7-----5-5-5-5-----3-3-3-3--| 
----3--3--3-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--| 
----3--3--3--------------------------------------| 
-1--1--1--1--6--6-6-6-6--5--5-5-5-5--3--3-3-3-3--| 
                         

This comes right after Things we can not change (4:00)
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--------------------------------------------------------------------|Boyd does
-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--------10--10--10--------10--10--10--|his little
--------------------------------------------------------------------|thing here
--------------------------------------------------------------------|again . . .
-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10----7----6---6---6----/8---8---8---8--| 

Then go back into the verse (4:24)                                                     

Then the chorus (4:44)
                
Then this riff again (5:25) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|Boyd is
-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--------10--10--10--------10--10--10--|here again
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--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10----6----6---6---6----/8---8---8---8--| 

Then the verse riff (5:41)

Then go into the chorus again (6:01)                      


Then it goes into a Jam for the next like 5 min. which is made up of this riff 
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--------10--10--10--------10--10--10--|(6:43)
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10----6----6---6---6----/8---8---8---8--|

After the piano/keyboard solo Dave plays this little thing a couple times 
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--------------------------------------|Make a small pause between each 
-10--10--10--10----7--7--7---9--9--9--|strum of the chords. (9:49)
--0---0---0---0----0--0--0---0--0--0--|
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When Carter really gets into it on the drums Dave plays this riff  
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--|------10--10--10--------10--10--10--|(10:30)
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--|--6----6---6---6----/8---8---8---8--|
(He plays it intensely though, and its mainly the first ½ )

After he gets done going crazy on the drums he plays this  -
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10--------10--10--10--------10--10--10--|(11:41)
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-10--x-x--10--x-x--10--x-x--10----6----6---6---6----/8---8---8---8--|

 
At the end of Carter doing the double bass doo doo doo doot doo doo doo doot thing Dave does this when the band come sin once again in full 
------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10------10--10--10-------10--10--10--|(12:44)
--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7-----------------------------------|
--8----8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8-----------------------------------|
-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---6---6---6---6---/8---8---8---8--|
                                                                              
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-10--x--10--x--10--x--10----10--10---10---10--|
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-10--x--10--x--10--x--10-----6---6----8----8--|
                                                                       
Dave Plays those two riffs 4 times


Then go onto the next end riffs . . . . 



Then this - (13:16)
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-x--10--x--10--x--10--x--10--x--10--x--10--x--| Play this until the next part
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-x--10--x--10--x--10--x--10--x--10--x--10--x--|
                                                                              
(In at 13:46)
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-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|Strum this over and over
-----------------------------------------|until the end of the song
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-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
                                                                              
(14:19)
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--10--|
---7--|
---8--|
--10--|
                                                                              
That's all baby!!
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