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Rapunzel Guitar Tablature
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Author/Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Title: Rapunzel
Album: Before These Crowded Streets
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]

This song is in 5/4 time.  Do not rush the second 1/2 
of the rhythm. Sometime sit helps if you repeat the first ½
in your head then play the second ½.


Intro  (the muting gives it a fuller sound when strumming)
------------------  ----------------------|
------------------  ----------------------|
-------------x----  -------x--9-----x--7--|Play this 4x
-x-x-x-x--x--5----  -------7-(7)----5-(5)-|
-5-5-5-5--8--x----  -------x--x-----x--x--|
-x-x-x-x--x-------  ----------------------|
First ½ of rhythm   Second ½ of rhythm                                                                            


(in at 0:13)
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
-------------------------x--9-----x--7--|Then play this 3x
-x-x-x-x--5--5-----------7-(7)----5-(5)-|
-5-5-5-5--3--2-----------x--x-----x--x--|
-x-x-x-x--x--x--------------------------|
                                                                              
(in at 0:20)
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|On the 4th time
--x-------x---x---x---x---x-----x--x-----x--x-----x--x--|of the last bar play
-(7)-----(7)-(7)-(7)--5---5-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5--|this bar.
--5-------5---5---5---3---2-----3--2-----3--2-----3--2--|
--x-------x---x---x---x---x-----x--x-----x--x-----x--x--|
                                                                              

Verse (in at 0:25)
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
-5---x---5---x---3---x---5---x--|
---------3---------------3------|
-3---x-------x---1---x-------x--|
                                                                              

Going into the intro again - 
------------------------|
------------------------|
------------------------|
-5---x---5---x---3---x--|
---------3--------------|
-3---x-------x---1---x--|

(I do my best for you . . . 0:44)      (2nd time at 1:09)
----------------------------------------|----------------|
----------------------------------------|----------------|
-x--x-------x--x-------x--x-------x--x--|--x-(9)---x-(7)-|
-5--5-------5--5-------5--5-------5--5--|--7--7----5--5--|
-3--2-------3--2-------3--2-------3--2--|--x--x----x--x--|
-x--x-------x--x-------x--x-------x--x--|----------------|                                                                              
 

Then go back into the intro . . . .

Then the verse: 1:35


Chorus (in at 2:33)
--------------------|
--------------------|
-7-------7-------7--|
-0-------0-------0--|
-5------------------|
---------6-------8--|                                                                            


Then the intro: 3:07

Then the verse: 3:20

Then the chorus: 3:42

Then the intro: 4:27

Then the verse: 4:46


Jam (in at 5:02)
Dave uses 3 chord variations here. I have out all 3. Dave sometimes mixes up all the variations for an interesting affect.
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
--5-----5-----3-----5--|
--------3-----------3--|
--3-----------1--------|
                                                             
-----------------------|
--7-----1-----6-----1--|
--0-----0-----0-----0--|
--9-----2-----7-----2--|
-10-----3-----8-----3--|
-----------------------|
                                                                             
--3-----------1--------|
--3-----1-----1-----1--|
--0-----0-----2-----0--|
--0-----2-----3-----2--|
--2-----3-----3-----3--|
--3-----------1--------|

Thats it.
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