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  • when this song ends i realize that i haven't breathed for 8 minutes and 45 seconds

  • @ johnc1280 how'd you convert to MP3?  Fiyung@me.com

  • I like it, and like many of the bands songs it's open to interpretation just as any form of art. Not sure if it's about his sis or not & I don't really care, it doesn't take away from the beauty of this simple song. Sugar will, black jack, pay for what you get; they are all musically, simple songs but lyrically they are complex, and open to interpretation; my 2 cents.

  • I tried to decypher the lyrics, and found them posted at DMBalmanac the answer's gonna be "stay quiet" you got your time to speak stay quiet, time to speak What has become of us? chasing the storms away, we do following the bombs down to see what they busted up what has become of us? turn your head for the blood couldn't we just go dancing? hotgun is pointed at your head, dear so I wonder, why worry about the spider on your leg, babe? why worry? so know all the way, yeah
  • I wish he kept the "Is pointed at your head" part

  • fuck every one who doesnt like this song its about his sister geting murderd by her husband than he killed himself so if you dont like it keep it to your self

  • This is no question my favorite DMB song, I feel like if I ever had the priviledge to hear this live I may cry cause I know what this song actually means to Dave and you can tell he is remembering his sister during this song getting choked up at times. DMB fan for life, proud to be in this "cult"

  • I'm definately a member of their cult :)~

  • Shotgun! BOOM!

  • @EllieGx thats a classy comment, considering the song is titled shotgun because thats what dave matthews' sisters husband used to kill her.

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  • @EllieGx fuck you sir

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  • @bleedingxhearts2 Nah, im alright. Plus im a Girl? Do you not like being proved wrong Sir?

  • @bleedingxhearts2 Oi! Fucking Chill Out Yeah? If you actually listen to the music and stop critisizing other people you might actually notice what she is on about. Shotgun.. BOOM! Got It Yet? :L

  • @bleedingxhearts2 Yeah, I know that, im 14, and been listening to him scince I was 8? Atleast I dont listen to shit music like Lady Gaga. And when I wrote Boom! I was reffering to the Drums after him Singing Shotgun. So thanks for your "Classy" Comment, I do Know History about Dave! Ive even been to his Concerts here in the Uk, hes Kick ass! So I would never say anything to disrespect him. So thank- you! :)

  • This was amazing while I was standing there live! 2nd to last time I saw DMB too :(

  • noooooo, not PROB, this is the BEST version of this song!!!! converted this shit to mp3 and listen to it at least 3-4 times a week......BEST

  • @johnc1280 Do you mind please telling me how to do that? If I could listen to my playlists from here on my ipod, I'd be in heaven! Thanks

  • @IBYUSunshine check your inbox!

  • This song is on the 2007 Summer tour sampler disc. It was a special pre-order warehouse members only CD for Piedmont Park, you can find it online, only live recording of shotgun available.

  • @sheldini2002 Ummm...I'm pretty sure that's not correct since I have that summer sampler and I'm not a Warehouse member.

  • Epic!

  • This is awesome. I wish they were touring next year. This kid is gonna have to hold me over - mpersin15

  • @RonBurgandyistheman Gotta get to the Caravan, I'm so thankful they're at least doin that,  I was soooo bummed 2K11 would be dmbless, how could there be summer without them?! The 8 shows I've seen aren't enough, I need more!

  • Absolutely Beautiful1 seems to be the best version on youtube. THANK YOU!

  • Music doesn't make me cry. However, Shotgun changed things. This is by far the most beautiful DMB song I've ever heard. Let alone the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Period.

    I will cave if I ever hear this song live. I can't stop listening to this damn song, and I just discovered it.

  • @jamesbuddy63 DMB Caravan in Chicago. played this last night. Never heard it before then so had to look it up this morning. great song, as was their cover of sweet emotion.

  • @jamesbuddy63 I GOT TO HEAR IT LIVE!!!!!

  • Can I like this again?

  • <3 <3 <3 <3 

  • this is an amazing video of this... I want it on my ipoddddddd so my ears can LOVE it more :)

  • @screamsoloud Download the free program "YouTube Downloader", and you can download any video (then strip the audio from it if that's all you want).

  • was at this show and it was bad ass, dmb at its finest!

  • This song is so awesome! I wish they would record it in the studio along with "Break Free." If anyone knows of a studio version of either one, please let me know.

  • @nautilus728 DMB Trax, Vol. 6 has Break Free

  • @nysdj Thanks!

  • One of the few rare songs that I've had the pleasure to see live...since I was there!!! And this is still the best version I've heard of it. Last time I saw DMB was this night too :(

  • I can't hear a fucking thing.

  • anybody knows what kind of guitar that is that Mr Matthews is playing? love it

  • @crashedcan Veillette soprano 12-string

  • 6:46 is sick

  • The answer has got to be stay. So why worry about the spider on your leg, dear?

  • On my top 10 of Dave songs, and a great performance. I've seen this song four times live!!

  • i wonder who listens to dave more...guys or girls?

  • @MusicIhave

    Guys deffinately listen to dave more, most girls that "like" dave are just party sluts and are caught up with the scene that dmb is unfortunately seen as, a big drunk fest. Dont get me wrong, theres a bunch of bros that are like that too, but when it comes down to the true fans who really can relate to his songs and can really appreciate them, guys take the cake.

  • @football1836 completely agree, i feel like his music is the only music i can relate to these days as a single white male lol

  • @wwrjd1523 single black male and it's the only music i can relate to as well. :-)

  • 6:45 is fucking tits

  • guys its all good. don't even worry if some douches want to call it a cult. I don't give a shit what they think. All i know is dave shows are the best nights of my life. We know its awesome. Thats all that matters

  • it's the one day of the year that is x-mas to me. they have never disappointed me since my first show in 05. keep making great music guys.

  • @13skinsfan69 - I could not have said this any better! You can have your X-Mas/Easter/Halloween/etc. My holidays are DMB shows!!!

  • @saasoccer2009 right on! can't wait til july 23rd at nats stadium!!!!!!!

  • @saasoccer2009 AMEN! Thanks for sticking up for our fellow fire dancers, red and black antennas waving, we all do it the same, wish more people realized that and shined the light on love.

    If kindness is your kind then heaven will be yours before you meet your end... Squirm

  • @saasoccer2009 Amen

  • hmmm... a thoughtless band with a bunch of mindless fans? i see a band thats been playing successfully for 20 years, and despite the past decade containing the EPITOME of crappy music, DMB ANTS continue to enjoy the most THOUGHTFUL, talent reckoning music of our time. Despite what you think, they are the greatest touring act of our time. Numbers don't lie.

  • i dont know what kind of bands you listen to, but $75 a ticket isnt bad. every show is so far beyond worth it.

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  • Respond to this video... @DMB41TwoStep I'd like to vote up over and over, I'd pay anything to see them! Thankfully DMB isn't about that and if it was a lot of money, it would be for going towards some kind of benefit charity or something...

  • look. if you dont like what you read or dont like dave matthews band, or the community, then watch something else. and teh dave matthews fans are most certainly not a cult, its a family.

  • @DMB41TwoStep Damn right we're a family. Each show no matter who is there I feel a connection with them all.

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  • @muzikman1793 Me too! I always leave with a new friend. I've had a herniated disk for my last four shows and walked with a cane, I was never shoved or hurt and everyone was very considerate.

    If kindness is your king, then heaven will be yours before you meet your end. ~Squirm

    Especially when everyones singing together, you will never feel an energy like that between people who don't know eachother personally but can all connect on a shining the light on love mentality.

  • how does omeone come on here, and disrespect a song with the meaning of this one. and a band with such a history deserves respect

  • 6:45 gets me hard

  • do you now? how about i put my dick in your mouth you stupid fuck

  • obviously sarcasm....go fuck yourself dont watch dmb videos then megacamaro..real cool name by the way you fuckin tool

  • make sure not to use birdshot.

  • 6.6.06 is better :)

  • because hes playing it on a 12 string baritone. which is a higher key than normal twelve or six strings

  • why do the tabs for this song have a campo ...........hard to figure out for me any help?

  • because that guitar is tuned much differently than standard, and its more than a 6-string

  • God damn this is good. How much of a better album would this have made than that silly You and Me song? God damn this is good.

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  • i agree this version is amazing!!

  • does anyone know if this song was ever released on a cd or download or anything?

  • it's unreleased. dmb allows taping at their shows, though, so you can find it online to download.

  • its on one of the summer tour samplers, i could send you it if you like.

  • sure, how do you do that.

  • message me your email, and ill send it to you

  • No it wasn't ever on a CD just a couple of Live Trax

  • which live trax?

  • This is their best song since You Never Know. Emotional. Amazing. Climactic.

  • played this at the 8/1 show in indy...was awesome...ended first night with watchtower then into stairway to heaven and back to watchtower....it was amazing

  • SPAC 6-21-08's version has him yelling for his sister to come back. Very emotional and passionate song.

  • oh my goodness how sad. this song gets me. i really really feel it and his pain.

  • dude after the 7/31/09 fiasco, night 2 at indian deserved Shotgun. 351 days later he plays it again. The first show on 7/31, Dave broke a string on Bartender, forgot the words to Shake Me, and Carter broke his pedals on You Never Know. Night 2's crowd got the first Shotgun in almost a year, Burning Down the House, and the first Say Goodbye since last fall.

  • Actually he played Burning' in toronto way back on june 7th

  • How did this song not get cut in the studio and put on Big Whiskey?

  • in an interview Dave said this song wasnt playing out well in the studio and that they needed new direction... then got a new producer and all new songs

  • Should have made Big Whiskey that's for sure!!!

  • I love shotgun but im so pissed that they have been teasing shotgun into squirm. Thats just not right

  • Gorge is gonna get it :) I hope I hope I hope

  • yeah.. He just played it at 8/1/09 in indi.. i was there and got it on video it was sick

  • My show is coming up on 8/8 so I figured I'd check it out in case he plays it. Know where one could download it? Hope you had fun at the show!

  • Carter's drums = Domination.

  • how did they leave this beast off of big whiskey??? my god what a great song.

  • there was a video from the gorge floating around on here where he went off a lil harder in the 2nd verse and it was sick.. but thats the gorge, if ya get a chance, go there, he gets wayyy more motivated there red rocks and new york... phenominal

  • can you send me the audio file of this please?!

  • Does he say turn your head for the Blood at 1:33? if so ..i like that like..couldn't we just go dancing...great version!

  • effin' incredible.

  • Is this version on any live trax or listener supported or anything?

  • nope.

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  • whats this song about anyway!

  • Suicide... Still an awesome song tho

  • Its about his sister being murdered and their husband turning the gun on himself.

  • thats crazy!

  • I think there will be a bonus cd if you buy it with live songs including shotgun.

  • Nope.

  • This song is just a beast. I was there for this show and I just sat there in amazement when they played this. Sucks it didn't make Big Whiskey.

  • amazing version of this song... one of my all time fave tunes.. soooo good..

  • isn't he? this was from a show in '06.

  • Beautiful....

    I hear Joni Mitchell even...

  • the best, if not one of the best versions of shotgun.

    fuck 9 days till C-Ville!!!!!!!!

    cannot wait.

    gotta love the Warehouse givin great seats [=

  • Which show? 17th or 18th? We may be goin to the same one.

  • I'll be at both shows. Section 102 Row B for N1, and N2 114 Row A

  • Cool man, we should continue this conversation after the show.

  • 6:46-6:55 is freaking amazing. I Love this band and I Love how they can reach emotional heights in every song. Beautiful song.

  • Is this supposed to be on Dave's new album?

  • I've been thinking so too! Surely hope so, this and #40.

  • #40 would be nice, but I don't see how it would come out on cd 15yrs later.

    The Idea of You, Break Free, and all the others would be awesome, but I agree with dobyblue...probably all new material.

    June 2nd!!!!

  • It's pretty much guaranteed, same for The Idea of you, but they might be on a bonus disc instead of the regular album.

  • The new album is going to be all-new material, never played before in concert.

    There may be an EP released, it may contain some of these tunes, but nothing's guaranteed and I wouldn't hold my breath for it.

  • Roi

  • carter is on fire on this

  • Yeah but this version blows the Summer Tour Sampler version out of the water

  • yes there is a released version on the summer sample from 2007

  • yeah send me your email and ill send you almost any bootleg you want. that goes for anyone, ive got about 200 bootlegged dave shows. im also in the process of putting up all the videos i got on the dave and friends cruise from 06, cause all the shit from that on youtube sucks, so inquire if anyone wants any specific shows

  • mistadobalina29

    i will take u up on that deal

    oh and i have the cruise bootleg, some pretty good shit on it

    especially dodo

  • I can't believe that Dave hasn't run out of ideas yet, I love his every damn song (except captain and sleep to dream her, sorry...)

    And he just keeps the good songs coming, almost 20 years since he wrote his first songs... Unbelievable, DMB are the greatest.

  • how the hell do you not like captain

  • i cant see how you can not like sleep to dream her...and captain is amazing...

  • Sleep to Dream Her is absolutely horrendous.

  • well everyone has their own opinions...

  • love the lyrics to sleep to dream her, but i hate the melody

  • i think this is the best version of this song. I love the way the violin sounds. I listened to the newer versions and they don't do it for me. I love the way this one sounds. Anyway, great band and great music.

  • APRIL 14TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • what a gorgeous song. epic as well. show this video to someone who doesn't really listen to DMB and they will instantly become hooked for life!!

  • HELLLZZZ YESSS!!!

  • my favorite version

  • Forgot to mention "Trouble With You"....love em

  • Shotgun and Break Free! AMAZING please make the new album.......R.I.P. LeRoi the band will never be the same

  • this song is so amazing...i can't even handle it.

  • Such a great song, amazing quality. One of my favorite vids. Roi with some great sax work, Boyd strutting on the violin, and Dave with some great lyrics. Stefan also pounds this one while Carter lays down the law. My favorite newer dmb song for sure

  • the passion in which dave sings this with is unreal. carter absolutely rips, as carter always does.

  • Great auido and video, you are so cool for posting, thanks a lot, I love dave's intro's to this song...."couldn't we just go dancing"...gonna be the next dmb catch phrase...

  • I'm honestly speechless right now, all you have to say is carter

  • i LOVE playing this

  • One word to describe this.

    EPIC.

  • Great audio and video quality. Thanks for sharing!!!!

  • RIP Leroi!

    Leroi Moore on the saxophone forever!

  • What are the lyrics between :53 and 1:50?

  • "What has become of us?

    chasing the storms away, we do

    following the bombs down

    to see what they busted up

    what has become of us?

    turn your head for the blood

    couldn't we just go dancing"

  • We'll miss you Leroi!!!

  • THIS version is truly the best, best lyrics and best performance by the entire band on this track. I dont care for the newer lyrics but this was when he was experimenting with the lyrics as usual playing the new summer tunes. And with Leroi being injured, dont count on an album anytime soon folks.

  • you know what tho man imho i think the new version just showed what the song was based upon you know...about his sister and he finally let us know...thats what i think

  • yea but in this version SPECIFICALLY there is clearly much more energy shown, shadowing pretty much every other performance of this song. Im sure you can relate to what Im saying.

  • spac 08 was a great verison too

  • Great performance!

    I supposed I should be grateful for the posting of this video and I am. But 'twostepn2dave' moves the camera way too much. It's like you just got the thing and you've got 'ants in your pants'. It can be quite irritating. But thanks just the same. I hope you got it out of you already. Next time just stick to the screen, it covers a variety of shots and with clear extreme close-ups.

  • WOW this song has changed so much ever since he first wrote it and the last time he played it at SPAC 6/21/08 I like the newer versions better though

  • god

    his new stuff is so promissing, its like he'll never run out trully great music

  • God damn this song is so fucking good it's just stupid.

  • Is that some king of Ovation 12 string? Or what? I have never seen a guitar like that in my life. He plays it on some of these newer songs.

  • Its not a round back, so its not an Ovation. Its a Veillette Gryphon.

  • i never thought my favorite DMB song would come from a post "Before These Crowded Streets" record, but i think this one did it.

  • Dave Season is here!!! Yipppeeeeeeeeee

  • when the hell is this gonna be on an album!

  • this version is THE version

  • tour starts in two weeks! shotgun will open too!