The Song The Jane Likes' Question (Not the ending)

[Rweden36]

Hi, I was just playing along with the gorge version of this song and when I play it, I just do two down strums and a hard mute on each chord for the verse (except the F and slide), and I've got the rythym down fine, but when I try stum it, it doesn't sound right. Dave doesn't play it like that does he? How do you all play it?

[mlb1399]

I brought in the 2-17-96 version Dave & Tim at UCONN to my guitar teacher a year ago to try and perfect the rhythym. Of course Dave being a jam band person with a lose flowing style he probably doesn't play it the exact same way every time, but this is what i figured out plus what my teacher added. What he's doing at that show is play the bass strings twice then hammering the treble strings. Then the last chord in each bar Dmajsus4+9 he plays down, up, down. up.

So he starts the song: dmaj(D) (Downstroke=D, Upstroke=U) pause Cmaj(DUD), Fmaj(DUD) G(DU) pause Am(D) pause repeat.

The next progression play the top 2 strings of the chord twice and accentuate the bottom 4. So play Gmaj, Cmaj, Am, Fmaj
then play dmajsus4+9(DUDU) I believe this is in 4/4 so he is playing each chord(whether it be top 2 or bottom 4or 3) as 1/16th(3 times) notes and then plays the dmajsus4+9(4 1/16th notes)

Next he'll change and play Gmaj(top 2 strings twice accentuate bottom 4=P) then Cmaj(DUDU) then Am(P)
next line Am(DUDU) Fmaj(P) C slide to dmajsus4+9(DUDU) and he pretty much repeat this process throughout that perfromance.
He has one more alteration: when he says "play the days.....Keep scribbling themselves in tidy lines"

Em(P) Em(DUDU) Am(P) Am(DUDU) Fmaj(P) dmajsus4+9(DUDU)

When he does the down up down up he doesn't it pretty fast. I hope this helps you out. Since I am at work, I am working completely from memory, but if you get down the concept of playing bass string that accentuating the treble strings you will be going in the right direction. If you have any more questions about this song you can PM me.

Maybe try and get your hands on a Dave & Tim live version so it's easier to hear exactly what's going on the rhythym and chords versus DMB with all the other instruments being played.

[Rweden36]

thank you very much, I don't have my guitar right now, but that seems very logical, I'll try it as soon as I get home. thanks a bunch

[mlb1399]

Like I said, PM me if you need more help.

[Rweden36]

Like I said, PM me if you need more help.

thanks, I appreciate it