litho blitho tab

[filmdude100cms]

anyone got it, i searched and found a dead file on the bridge, nothin more

[sunglassesatnight]

There are a few guitars going on here.

[Rweden36]

All I know is that one of the guitars is his raised B, it says so on the cd, and I too have wanted to see a tab for it

[Rweden36]

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E:------------
B:--/8-8--5-7-
G:------------
That's in standard, not raised b

Well there are the first 4 notes of many in the intro and that's all I got, and all i'll probably get cause I can't tab by ear If you pick them really fast it kinda sounds like it. Anways no need to tell me how wrong it is, I was just messing around. I completely forgot about that and I love it so much. Hopefully a real tabber can figure the whole thing out.

[yknSTONE]

I found this tab. Seems pretty good to me.

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Litho Blitho
by Dave Matthews
Tabbed by Adam Hanley

This song is in 12/8, which is easy to follow at the beginning but gets more confusing as some of the guitars play on off-beats.. Just count "123 123" every measure and you should be alright.. Dave plays it in baritone and raised-baritone tuning, but don't bother to restring - it's just as easy standard.


__________________________________________________   ____________________
Guitar One:

e-/3-3-0-2---0-----0-2---0-|
b----------3---0-3-----3---|
g--------------------------|
d--------------------------|
a--------------------------|
E--------------------------|

This riff repeats throughout the whole song (and FYI, is exactly the same as the "breakdown/outro" of Mother Father.. apparently "Litho Blitho" is Gambian for "Mother Father")
__________________________________________________   ____________________
Guitar Two (Bass-ish line):

e-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
d-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Repeat 5 x

e-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
d-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-3-3---3-3---|-2-2---2-2---|-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0-0-0-|


e-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--->
d-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-3-3---3-3---|-2-2---2-2---|
E-3-3---3-3---|-2-2---2-2---|-------------|-------------|

e-------------|-------------|-------------|
b-------------|-------------|-------------|
g-------------|-------------|-------------|
d-------------|-------------|-------------|
a-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-3-3---2-2---|-3--2--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

This guitar comes in after the first measure.. it just plays these riffs over and over (once or twice the C->B progression is played on the baritone, but it's just as good on the A string)
__________________________________________________   ____________________
Guitar Three (left headphone):

e-------------------------| e-------------------------|
b-----------5-----------5-| b-----------5-----------5-|
g---7-4-6-------7-4-6-----| g---7-4-5-------7-4-5-----|
d-5-------7---5-------7---| d-5-------7---5-------7---|
a-------------------------| a-------------------------|
E-------------------------| E-------------------------|

The first riff is played most of the measures.. the second riff (very slight variation) is played when the bass line goes up to C and B on the A string.. This guitar fades in during the third measure and has a real The Stone feel to it
__________________________________________________   ____________________
Guitar Four (right headphone):

e-------------------------|
b-------------------------|
g---4-----------4---------|
d-------7---5-------7---5-|
a-7-----------7-----------|
E-------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 

This riff is palm muted, and the "1 through 6" below them correspond to each note's respective 8th note.. i.e., there are 12 eighth notes per measure (broken up into two sixes), and the notes are played on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th.. Listen to the recording to get the feel of it
__________________________________________________   ____________________
Guitar Five

e---7---5---8---7---5---8-|
b-------------------------|
g-------------------------|
d-------------------------|
a-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 

This is one of the high riffs that throws the timing of this song off.. it fades in somewhere near the 4th measure.. the easiest way to play it is with upstrokes of your pick, since the notes all hit on upbeats
__________________________________________________   ____________________
Guitar Six

e-12----15----14----12----15----14----|
b----15----------------15-------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

This one fades in during the fifth measure, and also throws off the timing... it's counted like "1+ 2 3 1+ 2 3".. it gets confusing because the "1+" feels more like it should be a "3+", with the high G starting off each half measure, when it's actually the 2nd beat.

Any questions, first refer to the song because it's NOT easy to explain.. but then shoot me an email at AdWolF16@aol.com

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[scottwagen]

When was this song played?

edit>Yes I checked DMB Almanac

edit2> Nevermind, I found it. November 1, 2002 for anyone who wants to know.

[budrow30]

i dont think i have heard of this song. does anyone know where is it from and when was it played.

[Speenis]

i dont think i have heard of this song. does anyone know where is it from and when was it played.

I'm pretty sure its never been played live before. Dave recorded it for some kind of Taylor Guitar CD.

[c_tietze]

i dont think i have heard of this song. does anyone know where is it from and when was it played.

I'm pretty sure its never been played live before. Dave recorded it for some kind of Taylor Guitar CD.

That makes sense to me.

I've got a version of this from the radio if anyone is interested?

[DMBFan63]

can you get a host and post it up?I've never heard it either

[brandtmarc]

Never heard of it either...
please upload to http://www.yousendit.com and post the link here!!

[Rweden36]

It's on "The Sounds of Wood and Steel volume 3" which taylor put out

[jkanter]

It's the breakdown from Mother Father played over and over and over and over and over and over and over and....ummmm...over