So this is my first fledgling attempt at tabbing. Any constructive 

criticism will be

appreciated. The rhythm and bars may be a little hard to decipher, since 

there is some

syncopation in the melody, i.e., lead-ins to the one beat, but bear with 

me.  Again, criticism is

welcome here, too, and if there is a faq or instruction on writing tab, 

I would be interested in

directions to it.



The melody line is mixed in among the chords and the trick is getting 

the melody note to

stand out over the rest of the chord by either hitting that string a 

little harder, or omitting the

notes on the higher strings so they don't drown it out. Play around with 

it, that's what I do. I tried

to approximate the strumming under te melody as best i could --  You 

know the groove, though,

it has a slow shuffle feel, with the bass at 1 and 3 and the chords on 

the 2 beat and right before three if you think of it in terms of 

4/4...the idea is

to get as many of those in as you can without sacrificing the melody 

line.

Anyway, here it is as I play it:

Prost

Matt



Ripple intro, Grateful Dead, American Beauty Album,  

                                                                      

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