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Jimi Thing Guitar Tablature
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Author/Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Title: Jimmi Thing
Album: Under the Table and Dreaming
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]

This is the Live at Luther College Version, Good Solo by Tim.
I also put the solo Dave does from the listener supported cd
at the end of Jimi Thing.


Intro/Verse -
-----------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------2--x-x---6h7--|
------------------x--9---9-------9-9---------2--x-x---7-7--|
------------9-----x--9---9h11----------------2--x-x--------|
------7-----9h11--x--0---0------------11/----0-------------|
-7h9-----9--0-------(0)-(0)--------------------------------|

Tim plays this in the intro -
(in at 00:11)  (in at 00:15) 
------7-7h9----|-------------|
-7h9-----------|-------------|
---------------|-------------|
---------------|-------------|
---------------|-------7--7--|
---------------|--7h9--------|


Not got . . 
-----------|
-(2)---(2)-|
--2-----2--|
--2-----2--|
--0-----0--|
-----------|        
                                                                      
Right before Chorus -
----------------------------------------|--2--|
----------------------------------------|--3--|
------------------(9)---9--9--9--9--9---|--2--|
------------9------9----9--9--9--9--9---|--0--|
------7-----9h11------------------------|-----|
-7h9-----9--0---------------------------|-----|
                                              
  
Chorus (if you could keep me floating . . .)
-2---1---2-----------2---1---2----------------|
-3---1---3---1-1-1---3---1---3----------------|
-2---2---2---0-0-0---2---2---2----9----7---4--|
-0---3---0---2-2-3---0---3---0----10-------5--|
-----3-------3-3-3-------3--------------------|
-----1-------------------1--------8----7---3--|


Tim plays something like this during the chorus -
-----------------------------------------------------|
-7---7-----7---7----------10----10------10----10-----|Switch notes when
---7---------7---------------10------------10--------|Dave switches chords
-------7---------7-----------------10------------10--|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------1/----------------------------|


Post Chorus (sometimes I take a jimmi thing . . .)
---------------------------------------|---------|
---------------------------------------|--0---0--|
----(0)------------------(0)-----------|--1---1--|
-2-------4--2--4------2-------4--2--4--|--2---2--|
-0----------0--2------0----------0--2--|--2---2--|
-----3---2-----0----------3---2-----0--|--0---4--|

(shouldnt care I shouldnt care . . .)
---------------------|
-0--0----2--2--2--2--|
-1--1----2--2--2--2--|
-2--2----2--2--2--2--|
-2--2----0--0--0--0--|
-0--4----------------|


Tim plays this in the second verse 
(in at 1:56)                    (in at 2:04)  (in at 2:23)
------7--7h9---12-12-12-15b-12--|---10--------|--15b----12---------------|
-7h9----------------------------|------8--5b--|------12-------12---------|
--------------------------------|-------------|------------------12--12--|
--------------------------------|-------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------------|-------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------------|-------------|--------------------------|

(in at 2:32)
----15b----12-----|
-12-----12----12--|
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
                                                                              

Jam 
---------------------------------|
----------------2---2------------|Dave plays this when
-1---1----------2---2------------|Tim does his solo.
-2---2----------2---2----2-------|Play this palm muted
-2---2----------0---0----0-------|every now and then too.
-0---0----0h3----------------3b--|


Tims Solo  
-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--|-------
-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12-|--12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-14-14-14-14--|-12----
---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------
---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------
---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------
---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------
                                                      tremolo . . . . . . . . .                        
-------14----------15----------15----------15--------12-15-15b-15-15b-15-15b--
-13-14----12-13-14----12-13-14----12-13-14-----12-15--------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-15-15b-15-15b-15-15b-15--14b-14-12----12-12--15-15b-15-15b-15-15b-15---15b---
------------------------------------15----------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                               
-15---15-15b-15-15b-15-15-15-12-12-12-------------------15-15-15-12-12-12-----
--------------------------------------15-12-------------------------------15--
--------------------------------------------14-12-----------------------------
--------------------------------------------------14-12-----------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 . . . . . . .     . . . . . . .        . . . . .                                                             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12--------------15-15-15-14-12----15-15-15-14-12-------12-13-14--14-14-------
----14-12-----------------------14----------------14--------------12-12-------
----------14-12---------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-14---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12h14--12-------------------------------------------14------14------14-------
--------14--14-12----12---12-13-14--11b------------0-------0-------0-------0--
------------------14--------------------14-12--16b------15------14------13----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-14---9--11--9-11--9--11---9--12--13--7--9--7---9-7--9--7---9--7--11---9--11--
-----11--12-11-12-11--12--11--13--14--9-11--9--11-9-11--9--11--9--13--11--13--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                      
---------------------------------------------------------15b---12b------------
--------15-15-15-15-15---------------------------------------------15b---14b--
-----------------------16-16-16--16/12-----17--17-17-17-----------------------
-12-----------------------------------14---16--16-16-16-----------------------
-14---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-13b---12b--------------------------------------------------------------|
------------11b---11b---10b--10h11---11b---11b--9-------10h11--11b---9--|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Keep playing the jam which is below softly
---------------------------------|
----------------2---2------------|Listen to the song
-1---1----------2---2------------|for when and how to
-2---2----------2---2----2-------|play.
-2---2----------0---0----0-------|
-0---0----0h3----------------3b--|

Tim again right before the chorus again - 
(in at 5:12)           (in at 5:22)              
--9---9--7--7--2-2-2/--|----5/13----|
-10--10--8--8--2-2-2/--|------------|On the second bar
-----------------------|------------|tremolo the slide
-----------------------|------------|
-----------------------|------------|
-----------------------|------------|                                                                              


Play the chorus then go into the ending


Ending (what will become of me . . . )
-3-----3----0-----2--|--3----3---------3--|
-3-----0----7-----3--|--3----2----3----3--|Just play this till
-0-----2----0-----0--|--0----0----2----0--|the end of the song
-2-----2----4-----0--|--2----2----0----0--|and thats it!!!
-2-----0----5--------|--2----0---------2--|
-0----------------3--|--0---------2----3--|
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