Funny The Way It Is by Dave Matthews Band

Funny The Way It Is
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Album: Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

tabbed from Today Show and various 2009 tour performances


Intro/Jam
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|--7---5----5---3--|
A|--x---x----x---x--|
E|--5---3----3---1--|

Verse 1 (“Lying in the park on a beautiful day”)
e|--0---3----3---1--|
B|--1---0----0---1--|
G|--2---0----0---3--|
D|--2---0----0---2--|
A|--0---2----2---2--|
E|------3----3---1--|
   Am   G    G   F

Chorus (“Funny the way it is”)
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----5---5--4---4------|
D|----5---5--5---4---3--|
A|--2-3---x--x---2---3--|
E|--------3--3-------1--|
      C   G     Bm   F

Post-Chorus
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|------3-3-------------3-3-5-5-7--|
A|----------3-3-5-5-7-7------------|
E|--1-1----------------------------|

Between Post-Chorus and Verse 2
e|--0--|
B|--1--|
G|--2--|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|

Verse 2 (“The way your mouth feels”)

Chorus (“Funny the way it is”)

Post-Chorus

Bridge (“Standing on a bridge”)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------5---------|----------------5------|x2
D|------3-3-------x---3--2--|------3-3-------x---5--|
A|--5-5-----1-1---3---3--3--|--5-5-----1-1---3---5--|
E|--------------------1--1--|--------------------3--|

Jam (violin solo)

Verse 3 (“Cross the sky a jet plane”)

Jam (electric guitar solo)

Chorus (“Funny the way it is”)

Post-Chorus

Bridge (“Standing on a bridge”)

Notes:
song ends on Am (-02210)
several tabs of this song already exist but this version is the way Dave himself plays it

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