Chords for Dave Matthews Band Grey Street Guitar Lesson, Chords, and Tutorial
Tempo:
86.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G]
[F#m] [G]
[F#m] [G]
[F#m] [G]
[A] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[A] [D] [G]
[Bm] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [F#m] [D] [G]
Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band is [C#] going to be played in standard tuning, and the intro
riff and verse riff is based around [B] chords that are pretty common to Dave Matthews' style of playing.
They're based around a [Bm] root and a third.
The first chord, which is actually a B minor, will be made with your ring finger on the
sixth string seventh fret, and your [G] pinky finger on the third string seventh fret.
Your ring finger should be blocking out the fifth string, [D] but the fourth string will be ringing open.
You'll [Bm] strum from the sixth string to the third string.
[D] The second chord, you're going to move with your first finger to the sixth string third
fret, and your second finger will go on the third string fourth fret.
Your first finger will block out the fifth string, but the fourth string again will ring [C#] open.
In fact, the fourth string will ring open throughout all of the intro and [G] verse chords.
[Bm] That's your G chord.
Your next chord is going to be an A chord, and you're going to make it with your ring
and pinky finger.
Ring finger going down to the [A] sixth string fifth fret, and pinky finger going [D#] down to
the third string sixth [D] fret.
[Bm]
So we've got B minor, [D] G, A, and then the fourth chord is going to be an F sharp minor.
The way that you make that chord is your first finger will go to the sixth [F#] string second
fret, and your second finger will go to the [D] third string [E] second fret.
Fifth string [D] still getting blocked out like in every other chord here, and fourth string
being left open.
And then you'll go back to the G chord [E] by moving your first finger up one fret, and
your second finger up two frets, so that your first finger is on the sixth string third
fret, and second finger on the fourth [G] string fourth fret.
[Bm] G chord, back [D] to the A chord, then back to the F sharp minor chord, and then you slide
all the way back up to the B minor chord, and repeat.
B minor, G, A, F sharp, G, A, F [G] sharp, G.
[D] I think I left out the G the last time, so after [G] the F sharp it [D] returns back to the G
by moving [Em] with your ring finger to the sixth string third fret, and pinky finger to the
fourth string, the third [G] string fourth fret.
[D] Then take this shape and pull it all the way up to [D#] the B minor so that your [Bm] ring and pinky
fingers now are on the seventh fret of string six and three respectively, and repeat.
[D] [G]
[D] [Bm]
The strumming pattern to this, you've got down, down up,
[G] and then down, down, [E] down,
down, [D] down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, [N] down, down, down,
And in these chords you can strum across with that [Bm] style feel.
[D] [G]
[D] [C] Whenever we get to the chorus, we've [B] got a change of chords.
It goes to a B minor again, but this time the B minor is being played [Bm] as a bar chord,
or [Em] almost a bar chord.
You put your first [B] finger on the fifth string second fret, your ring finger goes to the
[F#] fourth string fourth fret, your pinky finger [B] goes to the third string fourth fret, and
your second finger lands on the [Bm] second string third fret.
You'll strum from the fifth string to the second fret, second string.
[E] You don't want for the low E to ring out, or really the [Bm] high E.
If the high E rings
out, it doesn't kill the chord, [B] but if the low E rings out, it does add a bit of a tonality
that should not be there.
But the chorus is going to begin on [Bm] a B minor, and you'll just be down, up, down, up, down
strum on your strumming pattern.
[A] To an A chord, [E] the way that you play the A chord is you'll have an open fifth string,
and then your first finger will bar the second fret of [A] strings four, three, and two.
[F#] Your first string will be left out altogether, your sixth string will be left [A] out altogether.
Then you go [D] to a D chord, [Em] standard D chord.
Put your first finger on the second string, I'm sorry, [Am] put your first finger on the third
string second fret, [Dm] ring finger on the second string third fret, [D#] second finger on the first
string [D] second fret, and then sometimes the thumb reaches around and grabs the sixth string
second fret.
And then it goes to a G [G] major chord.
Dave Matthews puts his ring finger on the sixth string third fret, second finger on
the fifth [Bm] string second fret, open [G] four, open three, open two, and then pinky finger on
the first string third fret.
[Em] Before it repeats back to the [B] B minor, to the A, [A] to [D] the D, back to the G, [G] it repeats
that I think maybe three times in the first verse, or in the first course, [B] and then several
times in the [G] last course before then coming back up to the B minor of the original progression.
[D] The G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, E, B minor, [D] G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, G, B minor.
[D]
[B] Those are the chords and movements to Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of how to approach the song.
[N]
[F#m] [G]
[F#m] [G]
[F#m] [G]
[A] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[A] [D] [G]
[Bm] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [F#m] [D] [G]
Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band is [C#] going to be played in standard tuning, and the intro
riff and verse riff is based around [B] chords that are pretty common to Dave Matthews' style of playing.
They're based around a [Bm] root and a third.
The first chord, which is actually a B minor, will be made with your ring finger on the
sixth string seventh fret, and your [G] pinky finger on the third string seventh fret.
Your ring finger should be blocking out the fifth string, [D] but the fourth string will be ringing open.
You'll [Bm] strum from the sixth string to the third string.
[D] The second chord, you're going to move with your first finger to the sixth string third
fret, and your second finger will go on the third string fourth fret.
Your first finger will block out the fifth string, but the fourth string again will ring [C#] open.
In fact, the fourth string will ring open throughout all of the intro and [G] verse chords.
[Bm] That's your G chord.
Your next chord is going to be an A chord, and you're going to make it with your ring
and pinky finger.
Ring finger going down to the [A] sixth string fifth fret, and pinky finger going [D#] down to
the third string sixth [D] fret.
[Bm]
So we've got B minor, [D] G, A, and then the fourth chord is going to be an F sharp minor.
The way that you make that chord is your first finger will go to the sixth [F#] string second
fret, and your second finger will go to the [D] third string [E] second fret.
Fifth string [D] still getting blocked out like in every other chord here, and fourth string
being left open.
And then you'll go back to the G chord [E] by moving your first finger up one fret, and
your second finger up two frets, so that your first finger is on the sixth string third
fret, and second finger on the fourth [G] string fourth fret.
[Bm] G chord, back [D] to the A chord, then back to the F sharp minor chord, and then you slide
all the way back up to the B minor chord, and repeat.
B minor, G, A, F sharp, G, A, F [G] sharp, G.
[D] I think I left out the G the last time, so after [G] the F sharp it [D] returns back to the G
by moving [Em] with your ring finger to the sixth string third fret, and pinky finger to the
fourth string, the third [G] string fourth fret.
[D] Then take this shape and pull it all the way up to [D#] the B minor so that your [Bm] ring and pinky
fingers now are on the seventh fret of string six and three respectively, and repeat.
[D] [G]
[D] [Bm]
The strumming pattern to this, you've got down, down up,
[G] and then down, down, [E] down,
down, [D] down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, [N] down, down, down,
And in these chords you can strum across with that [Bm] style feel.
[D] [G]
[D] [C] Whenever we get to the chorus, we've [B] got a change of chords.
It goes to a B minor again, but this time the B minor is being played [Bm] as a bar chord,
or [Em] almost a bar chord.
You put your first [B] finger on the fifth string second fret, your ring finger goes to the
[F#] fourth string fourth fret, your pinky finger [B] goes to the third string fourth fret, and
your second finger lands on the [Bm] second string third fret.
You'll strum from the fifth string to the second fret, second string.
[E] You don't want for the low E to ring out, or really the [Bm] high E.
If the high E rings
out, it doesn't kill the chord, [B] but if the low E rings out, it does add a bit of a tonality
that should not be there.
But the chorus is going to begin on [Bm] a B minor, and you'll just be down, up, down, up, down
strum on your strumming pattern.
[A] To an A chord, [E] the way that you play the A chord is you'll have an open fifth string,
and then your first finger will bar the second fret of [A] strings four, three, and two.
[F#] Your first string will be left out altogether, your sixth string will be left [A] out altogether.
Then you go [D] to a D chord, [Em] standard D chord.
Put your first finger on the second string, I'm sorry, [Am] put your first finger on the third
string second fret, [Dm] ring finger on the second string third fret, [D#] second finger on the first
string [D] second fret, and then sometimes the thumb reaches around and grabs the sixth string
second fret.
And then it goes to a G [G] major chord.
Dave Matthews puts his ring finger on the sixth string third fret, second finger on
the fifth [Bm] string second fret, open [G] four, open three, open two, and then pinky finger on
the first string third fret.
[Em] Before it repeats back to the [B] B minor, to the A, [A] to [D] the D, back to the G, [G] it repeats
that I think maybe three times in the first verse, or in the first course, [B] and then several
times in the [G] last course before then coming back up to the B minor of the original progression.
[D] The G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, E, B minor, [D] G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, G, B minor.
[D]
[B] Those are the chords and movements to Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of how to approach the song.
[N]
Key:
D
G
Bm
A
B
D
G
Bm
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band is [C#] going to be played in standard tuning, and the intro
riff and verse riff is based around [B] chords that are pretty common to Dave Matthews' style of playing.
They're based around a [Bm] root and a third.
The first chord, which is actually a B minor, will be made with your ring finger on the
sixth string seventh fret, and your [G] pinky finger on the third string seventh fret.
Your ring finger should be blocking out the fifth string, [D] but the fourth string will be ringing open.
You'll [Bm] strum from the sixth string to the third string.
_ [D] The second chord, you're going to move with your first finger to the sixth string third
fret, and your second finger will go on the third string fourth fret.
Your first finger will block out the fifth string, but the fourth string again will ring [C#] open.
In fact, the fourth string will ring open throughout all of the intro and [G] verse chords.
[Bm] That's your G chord.
Your next chord is going to be an A chord, and you're going to make it with your ring
and pinky finger.
Ring finger going down to the [A] sixth string fifth fret, and pinky finger going [D#] down to
the third string sixth [D] fret.
_ _ _ [Bm]
So we've got B minor, [D] G, A, and then the fourth chord is going to be an F sharp minor.
The way that you make that chord is your first finger will go to the sixth [F#] string second
fret, and your second finger will go to the [D] third string [E] second fret.
Fifth string [D] still getting blocked out like in every other chord here, and fourth string
being left open.
_ And then you'll go back to the G chord [E] by moving your first finger up one fret, and
your second finger up two frets, so that your first finger is on the sixth string third
fret, and second finger on the fourth [G] string fourth fret. _
[Bm] G chord, back [D] to the A chord, _ then back to the F sharp minor chord, _ and then you slide
all the way back up to the B minor chord, and repeat.
B minor, G, A, F sharp, G, A, F [G] sharp, G.
[D] I think I left out the G the last time, so after [G] the F sharp it [D] returns back to the G
by moving [Em] with your ring finger to the sixth string third fret, and pinky finger to the
fourth string, the third [G] string fourth fret.
[D] Then take this shape and pull it all the way up to [D#] the B minor so that your [Bm] ring and pinky
fingers now are on the seventh fret of string six and three respectively, and repeat. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
The strumming pattern to this, _ you've got down, down up, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ and then down, down, [E] down,
down, [D] down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, [N] down, down, down,
And in these chords you can strum across with _ that [Bm] style feel.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] Whenever we get to the chorus, we've [B] got a change of chords.
It goes to a B minor again, but this time the B minor is being played [Bm] as a bar chord,
or [Em] almost a bar chord.
You put your first [B] finger on the fifth string second fret, your ring finger goes to the
[F#] fourth string fourth fret, your pinky finger [B] goes to the third string fourth fret, and
your second finger lands on the [Bm] second string third fret.
You'll strum from the fifth string to the second fret, second string.
[E] You don't want for the low E to ring out, or really the [Bm] high E.
If the high E rings
out, it doesn't kill the chord, [B] but if the low E rings out, it does add a bit of a tonality
that should not be there.
But the chorus is going to begin on [Bm] a B minor, and you'll just be _ down, up, down, up, down
strum on your strumming pattern.
_ _ [A] To an A chord, _ _ [E] the way that you play the A chord is you'll have an open fifth string,
and then your first finger will bar the second fret of [A] strings four, three, and two.
[F#] Your first string will be left out altogether, your sixth string will be left [A] out altogether.
_ Then you go [D] to a D chord, [Em] standard D chord.
Put your first finger on the second string, I'm sorry, [Am] put your first finger on the third
string second fret, [Dm] ring finger on the second string third fret, [D#] second finger on the first
string [D] second fret, and then sometimes the thumb reaches around and grabs the sixth string
second fret. _
And then it goes to a G [G] major chord.
Dave Matthews puts his ring finger on the sixth string third fret, second finger on
the fifth [Bm] string second fret, open [G] four, open three, open two, and then pinky finger on
the first string third fret.
[Em] Before it repeats back to the [B] B minor, to the A, [A] to [D] the D, _ back to the G, [G] it repeats
that I think maybe three times in the first verse, or in the first course, [B] and then several
times in the [G] last course before then coming back up to the B minor of the original progression.
[D] The G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, E, B minor, [D] G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, G, B minor.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ Those are the chords and movements to Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of how to approach the song.
[N] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band is [C#] going to be played in standard tuning, and the intro
riff and verse riff is based around [B] chords that are pretty common to Dave Matthews' style of playing.
They're based around a [Bm] root and a third.
The first chord, which is actually a B minor, will be made with your ring finger on the
sixth string seventh fret, and your [G] pinky finger on the third string seventh fret.
Your ring finger should be blocking out the fifth string, [D] but the fourth string will be ringing open.
You'll [Bm] strum from the sixth string to the third string.
_ [D] The second chord, you're going to move with your first finger to the sixth string third
fret, and your second finger will go on the third string fourth fret.
Your first finger will block out the fifth string, but the fourth string again will ring [C#] open.
In fact, the fourth string will ring open throughout all of the intro and [G] verse chords.
[Bm] That's your G chord.
Your next chord is going to be an A chord, and you're going to make it with your ring
and pinky finger.
Ring finger going down to the [A] sixth string fifth fret, and pinky finger going [D#] down to
the third string sixth [D] fret.
_ _ _ [Bm]
So we've got B minor, [D] G, A, and then the fourth chord is going to be an F sharp minor.
The way that you make that chord is your first finger will go to the sixth [F#] string second
fret, and your second finger will go to the [D] third string [E] second fret.
Fifth string [D] still getting blocked out like in every other chord here, and fourth string
being left open.
_ And then you'll go back to the G chord [E] by moving your first finger up one fret, and
your second finger up two frets, so that your first finger is on the sixth string third
fret, and second finger on the fourth [G] string fourth fret. _
[Bm] G chord, back [D] to the A chord, _ then back to the F sharp minor chord, _ and then you slide
all the way back up to the B minor chord, and repeat.
B minor, G, A, F sharp, G, A, F [G] sharp, G.
[D] I think I left out the G the last time, so after [G] the F sharp it [D] returns back to the G
by moving [Em] with your ring finger to the sixth string third fret, and pinky finger to the
fourth string, the third [G] string fourth fret.
[D] Then take this shape and pull it all the way up to [D#] the B minor so that your [Bm] ring and pinky
fingers now are on the seventh fret of string six and three respectively, and repeat. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
The strumming pattern to this, _ you've got down, down up, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ and then down, down, [E] down,
down, [D] down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, [N] down, down, down,
And in these chords you can strum across with _ that [Bm] style feel.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] Whenever we get to the chorus, we've [B] got a change of chords.
It goes to a B minor again, but this time the B minor is being played [Bm] as a bar chord,
or [Em] almost a bar chord.
You put your first [B] finger on the fifth string second fret, your ring finger goes to the
[F#] fourth string fourth fret, your pinky finger [B] goes to the third string fourth fret, and
your second finger lands on the [Bm] second string third fret.
You'll strum from the fifth string to the second fret, second string.
[E] You don't want for the low E to ring out, or really the [Bm] high E.
If the high E rings
out, it doesn't kill the chord, [B] but if the low E rings out, it does add a bit of a tonality
that should not be there.
But the chorus is going to begin on [Bm] a B minor, and you'll just be _ down, up, down, up, down
strum on your strumming pattern.
_ _ [A] To an A chord, _ _ [E] the way that you play the A chord is you'll have an open fifth string,
and then your first finger will bar the second fret of [A] strings four, three, and two.
[F#] Your first string will be left out altogether, your sixth string will be left [A] out altogether.
_ Then you go [D] to a D chord, [Em] standard D chord.
Put your first finger on the second string, I'm sorry, [Am] put your first finger on the third
string second fret, [Dm] ring finger on the second string third fret, [D#] second finger on the first
string [D] second fret, and then sometimes the thumb reaches around and grabs the sixth string
second fret. _
And then it goes to a G [G] major chord.
Dave Matthews puts his ring finger on the sixth string third fret, second finger on
the fifth [Bm] string second fret, open [G] four, open three, open two, and then pinky finger on
the first string third fret.
[Em] Before it repeats back to the [B] B minor, to the A, [A] to [D] the D, _ back to the G, [G] it repeats
that I think maybe three times in the first verse, or in the first course, [B] and then several
times in the [G] last course before then coming back up to the B minor of the original progression.
[D] The G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, E, B minor, [D] G, A, F sharp, G, A, [G] F sharp, G, B minor.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ Those are the chords and movements to Gray Street by the Dave Matthews Band.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of how to approach the song.
[N] _