Digging a Ditch 
Dave Matthews Band 
 
Tabbed by littlemisslover17@hotmail.com 
 
I have most of whats in the song but as usual w/ dmb its not easy to get every note,  
so listen to the song to get a solid idea of order, im just giving a basic idea, I  
do know that the intro is about as right as it gets but the rest could use some work  
i think, also this sounds better played with fingers as opposed to a pick, so thats  
it, enjoy this awesome song!!  
 
 
 
 
Intro: 
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for the verses i've come close but its not right.. he doesn't really play a set pattern  
its basically like this, listen to the song to hear the right timing on this too 
"run to your dreaming, when your alone" 
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"Unplug the tv, turn off your phone" 
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"get heavy on with digging your ditch" 
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Chorus: this is just the main riff 
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Something like this is played through the chorus, its hard to tell, but basically pluck 
what sounds good. playing along w/ the music helps. 
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Bridge: 
"will die..  
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