MATTHEWS DAVE BAND

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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 23:36:30 -0500
From: John Minor 
Subject: TAB: The Maker by Dave Matthews Band


Transcription by John Minor  minor@alltelga.net                   
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Words probably are not correct-had to listen for them.  Sorry.

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The Maker by Daniel Lanois as preformed by the Dave Matthews Band
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INTRODUCTION RIFF/VERSE RIFF

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SONG CHORDS AND WORDS

Abm F#   E
Oh dear darling
Abm            F#       E
Like the cold, like the rain

A                     B
A star shining in the open
E           B       A
around in a twisted mind
    A
I was a stranger
       B
in the eyes
       E
of the maker

Abm     F#  E
I could not see
        Abm F#    E
for the fog in my eyes
Abm     F#  E
I could not feel
        Abm  F#    E
for the fear in my eyes

A                        B
>From across the great divide
       E        B         A
In the distance I saw the light
   A
Sombody 
        B
walking to me
         E
with the maker

   Abm     F#       E                  /
My body is bent and broken            /_____________   The bridge - higher
Abm       F#       E                  \                version of the chorus
Alone and worn you see                 \

      A                  B
I can walk the fields of Abraham
    E       B    A
And turn my head away
     A
Im not a stranger
       B
in the eyes
       E
of the maker
        
        Abm
Brother John
                 F#       E
Have you seen my hopeless daughter
         Abm
standing hear
     F#     E
with broken dreams

       A                B
I have seen the flaming sword
E              B       A
There over the eastern sky
A
burning
       B           E 
in the eyes of the maker
A
burning
       B           E
in the eyes of the maker
A
burning
       B           E
in the eyes of the maker...