Gravedigger fingerstyle

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Gravedigger fingerstyle

Unread post by SaxMan123 » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:21 pm

Hey guys, so long no posting, things have been busy.

Anyway I am looking for a fingerstyle tab of Gravedigger. I was wondering if anyone knew if Dave ever played the song solo live or whether the acoustic version off the album has been acuratly tabbed. I prefer to learn by Powertab or Guitar Pro, however standard is fine if thats the only method.

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Unread post by MakoMako » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:35 pm

I can't tell you how accurate the tab is, but I can say that Dave has played Gravedigger by himself a bunch of times. If I recall, he does it by himself when he's with DMB instead of D&F. And he also performed it solo at this past Farm Aid.
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Unread post by SaxMan123 » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:40 pm

Oh hey Mako, I forgot you used this site too. Using the same username for two sites aint always a good way to cover your tracks you know :P

Thanks for the info though, I figured it was something like that. I know he does do it on the Dave and Friends shows. I cant seem to find one good tab that isnt crappy chords. I have on Guitar Pro tab of it but its pretty inaccurate, the chords are all wrong and there are a lot of wrong notes and rhythms.
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Unread post by MakoMako » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:00 am

Well, I'm pretty sure the site tab is very accurate. I've only strummed my way through it a couple of times, but I'm pretty sure its accurate. Between the full band version and the solo version, he doesn't seem to play anything drastically different as it is anyway.
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Unread post by TheGameV30 » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:18 pm

the tab on this site is correct and u can also go over to youtube.com and just try typing in dave matthews gravedigger and i know you'll find some videos of him playing it solo. good luck and hope that helped at all
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Unread post by SaxMan123 » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:19 pm

The song is in A minor I do believe, there is no G chord in the song, or a C for that matter. I have listened to the recording a million times and even I can tell there is no G, C maybe its possible but I dont really know.
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Unread post by Coldchillin » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:32 pm

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Unread post by TheGameV30 » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:34 pm

there is a c and a g in the bridge. check out the vid to make sure
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Unread post by Taylor2885 » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:40 pm

Yeh dude the tab on this site is completely accurate. You can even watch any videos of him performing it solo (on youtube as someone had said) and even see that he's playing it just like the site says. I know Kanter's big on accuracy here.

And if you get it right it sounds just like dave ... pretty easy song.
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