Old Dirt Hill Question

clarkbar_07 · Unread post by **clarkbar_07** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:15 pm

Hey...i'm new here and just started playin guitar ab 3 months ago.so i apologize if this has been asked somewhere else but i looked all over the stand up discussion for anything ab the strumming in old dirt hill...in the beginning violin part tabbed for guitar...are they all down strokes?
thanks for any help

squish · Unread post by **squish** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:11 pm

do what you want, whatever feels natural for you..i think i do all down, but i dont really pay that much attention...

clarkbar_07 · Unread post by **clarkbar_07** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:38 pm

thanks for the advice...i just haven't been able to get it to sound like it does when he's playing it solo at farm aid..

squish · Unread post by **squish** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:15 pm

the farm aid is very different than the one posted in the AB songs thread...
it has a funky strum to it, jus listen youll figure it out...

jus do a search for it:
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... =dirt+hill

but cause im a nice guy here's the code:
Intro/Verses:

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E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-----------------------------
D---5---5---5------5----4--5--
A---x---3---x------x----5--5--
E---3-------3------3----------

Screamin' Shoutin' Loud Oh Innocence:

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E-----------------------------
B----4---------------4--------
G----x---------------x--------
D----5----5--5--5----5--------
A----6----x--3--x----6--------
E---------3-----3-------------

Chorus:

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E-----------3----1-----0---------------------
B--1---3---------3-----1----1----4---3-------
G--0---0---------3-----2----0----x---x-------
D--2---1---------3-----2----2----5---4-------
A--3---3----2----1----------3----6---5-------
E-----------3--------------------------------

clarkbar_07 · Unread post by **clarkbar_07** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:01 am

thank you very much!!!

it's a lot of help

paulaitchison · Unread post by **paulaitchison** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:49 am

i really enjoy playing this song, it was unreal in birmingham solo , in the dave speak he said he "didnt think he ever got it write exept when he wrote it, but its didnt work on the record or on tour"

squish · Unread post by **squish** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:05 pm

yeah the farmaid version is by far the most fun to play for me..i also like to play it the way he did at farmaid along with other copies of it full band..its fun to mix them

DrumsFoDaSoul · Unread post by **DrumsFoDaSoul** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:55 pm

Theres a version that I have where he plays this sweet outro and it sounds amazing when he sings over top of it. At the end he does a davespeak about him noticing new and old faces from the crowd.

Anybody have the tab for the outro?

lakerhoc1121 · Unread post by **lakerhoc1121** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:59 am

squish wrote:yeah the farmaid version is by far the most fun to play for me..i also like to play it the way he did at farmaid along with other copies of it full band..its fun to mix them

your from syracuse??... thats like the 8th person here from central ny... small ass world

squish · Unread post by **squish** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:21 pm

lakerhoc1121 wrote:
squish wrote:yeah the farmaid version is by far the most fun to play for me..i also like to play it the way he did at farmaid along with other copies of it full band..its fun to mix them
your from syracuse??... thats like the 8th person here from central ny... small ass world

not too surprising though, check this out:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=dave+mathews+band

lakerhoc1121 · Unread post by **lakerhoc1121** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:51 pm

weird

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