Funny the way it is (Dave Matthews Band Cover)

[TheMrsGilligan]

awesome!!!!! ur cute too ;) great voice, great guitar player ...! a good future for you!

[ilovetoswish]

Good guitar but your voice isn't good for that song

[MrImprovGuitar]

You're going to sound just like Dave when you're older! Great cover, incredible vocals.

[LexiSweetmLiz]

This video just made this Youtuber subscribe. Great song, great recreation. Considering the fact you learned the song by ear makes it one-million times better, because it sounds like it's it's actual song, very precise, great.

[justaflop]

Perfect

[kbstarrider]

Incredible job!! Big props to you!

[thatsrightimaninja1]

Umm will you do me a favor and marry me? haha :) your so good! :)

[MRFX101]

Awesome man.

[mikethekid1980]

Your voice is fucking pure genius! You're incredible dude!

[saltwaternuts]

Not bad at all bro...I'm gonna subscribe!

[kevinsalat]

This fits your voice perfectly.

[babyax999]

I love it! Please tell me you are posting more of your covers soon! Love love love it! :)

[Versatchee]

how many years have you been playing??? i've only been playing one so far... keep up the good work. oh by the way thats pretty amazing you figured that out by ear!

[EMinster02]

OMG!!! You are frickin amazing! You teach yourself to play? Also thats an ovation guitar right?

[vallejoleal]

MAn congratulations, really nice cover, dave mmathews voice is resally tough, but youa ctually did an amazing cover, congraulations =)

[omgitskmo]

Phenomenal.

[kchoules09]

Marry me..

[tacos46]

why is making an angry face with his eyebrows

[Yoruchisama]

dude thats awesome! your voice is amazing!

[G3bluetiger]

this sucks huge black dick....its the wrong tabs

[VINNN09]

dude just shut up

[therealion2]

did you figure it out for yourself or do you have tabs i could get at?

awesome job by the way

[phmancus]

@therealion2 I actually figured out how to play this by ear on the day they released it as a single. I don't really use tabs, so I couldn't tell you if there is one out there or not, but I'm sure that someone, somewhere has posted one. good luck searching!

[bpcarlson01]

Two things: First, awesome job! Second, it looks like you're playing an Ovation from the looks of the headstock. Could be wrong, but that's what it looks to be. I have an Ovation, and love it!

[phmancus]

thanks! yeah, it's my Ovation CC057. I've had it for ages, it's one of my favorite guitars to play with live. it has a nice, bright tone because of the super shallow bowl back and a wicked fast neck. they actually discontinued this model a while back which is a shame.

[jenna0sftbal]

@phmancus wow! u are very good! especially at singing. how long have u been playing? im thinking about starting the guitar but im worried it will be too hard for me

[phmancus]

don't doubt yourself! of course it can be hard and takes a lot of practice, but learning an instrument is very rewarding. I've been playing for just under 14 years now and I still have a lot to learn myself. you can always learn something new about it, so you're never done. it's great.

[jenna0sftbal]

@phmancus thanks!! i subscribed so hopefully u'll have some new videos! You should try down by jay sean. It would really fit your voice

[JUSTINBIEBERLUVA5]

wow dude your really good maybe one thing you could work on is not always sounding like your in pain(i suck @ singing so you don't have to listen) but it was a really awesome i'm favoriting this come check out my covers once i post them

Peace Out ✌

[AmericanRoyalty1]

Wow. Really Good!

[tuganiga]

awesome job boy!

[TheFrozenDeath]

very nice :) i like it :D

[allday162]

good shit man.

[vincarse123]

wow !! nice voice

its amazing well done

[pmedic690]

Two things, I usually don't watch cover's of songs on youtube, and I usually don't comment.....but....This is really good.. Great Job!!

[ericstoddard36]

This guy is amazing!

[alyakber]

well done mate!!

[fightang3l]

dude,u've got talent! this is a great job

[MELORA524]

amazing job:)

[40recently]

ur voice sounds really good for this song and its awesome that you are able to cover it the day after the MSG show... but you need to quit bein such a dick to all these people tellin u ur playin some of the parts wrong... if you wanna play it different than dave thats fine but dont sit here and say u watched the videos of DMB playing cuz u play it completely different... first off the verse is Am G G F, open chords not dave chords and u def play the bridge part way diff. the chords are A# C G

[dre816]

wow this is really good, did u figure the song out urself or did u look up the tabs? im gonna try to use this vid as a guide to learn the song. 5/5

[phmancus]

Thanks! I learned it by ear the day that they released it as a single.

[dre816]

impressive, so i take it that you've been playin for a while now...ahh i wish i could play like that, ive been playin for 2 years now, im good with the easy stuff but it takes alot of discipline to get really good.

again i enjoyed ur vid alot, good ear for music

[tymedown]

sweet man. u have tabs?

[jdmiles2]

nice man, dont sweat the haters!

[EdwardsKat]

This is awesome...you're gorgeoussss, this is an amazing song and you've got great talen

[lillers43]

good job =]

[screamineagles92]

nice man! perfect!

[Thrice1985]

give me your tabs pls thx !!

[ctyoungson]

I thought it was great! 5 stars!

[kglenn02]

Nice job dude. Fuck those other people for giving you shit.

[Indarican1]

Thats some really good stuff bro! I really enjoyed it and I hope to copy the chords you used to figure it out myself. Thanks Bro.

[phmancus]

glad you liked it! have fun learning it, it's fun to play.

[venkatamunnamgi]

I loved it! You're really talented.

[YouriPodStop]

amazing man

[robebradfie]

My chords are'nt random. They are exactly how dave plays them. I study the videos and watch his hands. Thank you wannabe126 and her392664. And i settled this with phmancus already. That wasn't me saying that stuff. That was my brother without me knowing. I think the cover is good.

[her392664]

It wasn't bad, but no dave

[hbuz]

i reallyyy like this =]

[Troyboy7dmb]

sounds good man. don't listen to 'robebradfie'.

[robebradfie]

completlyyyyyy wronggggg!! not accurate...go see my video of it, along with other dave matthews covers (ALL OF THEM ARE COMPLETLY ACCURATE) and yes im a girl

[hoopsydoopsyboy43]

Your video sucks, all you did was play the song and play random chords. You can't hear the guitar, so I don't even believe they're the right chords.

This video is very good, yours is a waste of time. Which shows why he has about 12,200 more views that you.

Suckaaaaa'!

[laxattack260]

Its called a cover for a reason, you can do what you want with the song to make it yours. He's playing the basic Am, G, F progression but he's using a variation with bar chords. Its the same thing. Get over yourself, you're not God's gift to music.

[voxextremos22]

Awesome Job Dude

[djserrin]

nice job

[redmajicwoman]

Fantastic! Keep it going!  I'm TOTALLY favin this one! :)

[bamagirrl05]

that was good.

you have a good voice, it was pitchy in some parts, but you did very well on the guitar.

[tabita1995]

r u serious his voice is horrible i thought it was a joke

[avdeevayulia]

very nice and clean! very well done! keep it up . .  dont stop!

[Hornadayfan]

Well done!

[Mrsully51693]

im impressed bro!

[juanimall]

nice bro

[xthexrookx]

you have an awesome tone to your voice dude

[coreyshere]

great job! sounds almost as good as DM

[wannabe126]

not at all, but ok

[biglonie]

nice ovation i have one in black

[overlookedheroine]

You kind of have the perfect voice for this song. Great job. :)

[phmancus]

wow, thanks.

[stephie3090]

awesome job :) THE CD IS AMAZING!.. You have a great voice ;)

[hamiltonhochs]

well done phillip !

[sniper6878]

i am happy to say that this is probably the best single player cover i have EVER heard. and of course there are the inevitable mess-ups, but despite the 3 i noticed, it was amazing. keep up the great playing and your voice is very good. look into recording sometime :)

any chance you could send me some chord diagrams of what you play here? i would be really interested.

[phmancus]

you should subscribe to me, i'm gonna' put up a tutorial video soon...

[hcLOVESyou]

love this!

[hankells]

from a total stranger...dude that was really good!

[phmancus]

hey, thanks. hah, comments are always welcome from anyone!

[mikeyc07]

wicked good

[stefanstolk]

Amazing! Well done!

[RGKleid]

Awesome. Please, please, please do a tutorial!

[yocrunchy]

you voice sounds just like his. freakin sweeet man

[c280513]

you did GREAT at this.

[phmancus]

well THANK YOU! hahah

[DTMdude]

Great job- looking forward to hearing Dave play it both nights down here in FL in August- keep up the good work- you got talent

[upinarms93]

unbelievable. amazing. great voice

[bio84]

that's good

[geeksarehottties]

very very good

[DyeDm4PSouds]

nice job man, well done =]

[SupportTroopsVoteGOP]

Well done dude.

[rlyf7]

Nice stuff! :) I'd try this song but the strumming + Singing is hard for me hahaha! I'm subbin :)

[16sloth]

It is grux but is confusing because in french the "x" is typical silent. A good example is Pontiac's car called the Grand Prix ("Pree"). This is not the case like Carter has addressed before tho. "Man, thats "GRUX"!

[phmancus]

yeah hahah. the fact that Carter made up the word automatically cancels out any pronunciation rules in any language.

[johnbDMB]

i am glad that you said "somebody's going hungry and someone's eating NOW" rather than out.

is this song on the mainstream radio?

[thumbolina90]

you have strong voice

[seller1212yi]

you are amazing, I also play guitar and you really are great.

[jordibass21]

wow. you ar esimpliy amazing. you sound very similar. not bad for just learning it.

[sonzichef]

good job dude.  keep up the strumming

[phmancus]

fact

[topyeardog]

its groogroo king

u dont pernounce the x

[phmancus]

false

[dmbmanoli]

you pronounce the x. watch an interview with the band sometime. their nickname for each other is Grux. just sayin

[cepere]

good job!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fkndeezl]

Good job man, I'm from Fayetteville, NC and was just up at the Charlotte show, it was amazing. Keep it up these hoes apparently love it... After all isn't that what it's all about?

[16sloth]

megz1137: id jump through the ocmputer and kiss him. alot

[16sloth]

megz1137: hes actually pretty adorable

[16sloth]

megz1137: oooh i like this

megz1137: hes cute

[othersideothehorizon]

nicely done

[CMBLMB22]

Good job, sounds great

[krausz18]

great song selection..... this is an amazing song!!!!!!!! The message behind the song is something else

[mckenzie361]

love it! great job!

[PowerShotHo24]

okay, im sorry if i sounded harsh, and i might put up a video of me doing this. again im sorry if i sounded like a prick. oh and if anyones wondering the chords that sound the same and are easier to learn are just A G and F i believe for the beginning, and then the other middle is like C G B and F, and the bridge is pretty simple.

[bcop34009]

wow...that is a really good cover. you should make a video on how to play it...good job

[jxshua]

Superb.

[soxfan4123]

That was nice. im givin ya props

[guitay87108]

what happened to the octive part man thats like the best part=[

[phmancus]

what octave part?

[CarterBeaufordisGOD]

right after the first chorus into 2nd verse, those octaves.

[phmancus]

it's not octaves, it's matching notes that both Dave and Tim play. Watch one of the live videos on here, his hand doesn't move up the neck at all.

[CarterBeaufordisGOD]

The first part of the section right after the chorus starts with F and then F an octave up by strumming the E string then the B string, then he moves his hand down the neck, which arent octaves until he gets to the F in 12th position again.... i think

[phmancus]

I always say there's always more than one way to eat a Reese's. if the way you play it works for you, then by all means, play away and enjoy. guitar is about the feeling, not being right or wrong.

[PowerShotHo24]

its a shame that we have to hear some one as sucky as you play such a beautiful song.

[pumpumdr]

and your the prick that watched it and commented on it. prick....lets see your version

[romi61793]

you got the chorus wrong.. the chorus is C major G major e minor f major..

[phmancus]

ummmmm...no?

[romi61793]

bro im telling u you have the chorus wrong to those chords

[phmancus]

it can be played either way. you're thinking of the melody part.

[losr4life]

omg this is awesome I'm such a HUGE dave fan and L0VE this song so much!!! you did awesome I subscribed cant wait to hear more :)

[phmancus]

Listen up DMB fans!

I just got back from the concert tonight in Raleigh...I'm on a Dave fix right now.

keep a close eye on my channel for bunches and bunches of acoustic DMB covers to come over the next week or so!

[ImConfoozled]

I was there, too. It was pretty much amazing.

I think this song live is so much better than the studio version, it has more energy.

[RantingThespian]

Nice, not the way Dave plays it, but a very good version of it. I like how you included Tim's little fills into the verse chords. You kept the rhythm perfectly, and the vocals were spot on. So good job :) *thumbs up*.

[Valenteezy]

rock on bro! very sick job

[MutatedDingo]

one word ... BEAST

[hockeyxsniper]

Wow man...thats a good cover bro..keep it up man this gets to go on my favorites.

[key2destiny13]

That was...amazing. o.o You have a wonderful talent. I love it.

[Jesusfrxnc]

Philip,

That was great. My daughter wants your number! Keep on ROCKIN MAN.

[phmancus]

hahah! wow, thats quite the compliment.

[Jcrush41]

You already learned it! Marry me!

[phmancus]

well, dang!

[Jcrush41]

So, that's a yes?? haha, sorry, I'm just a diehard Dave fan...and a sucker for a guy on the guitar!

[petescool55]

now dats an hardcore DMB fan...

[Evorider07]

Nice.

Anyone have the chords to this song?

[BS42091]

verse is Am, G, G, F

[phmancus]

yeah, thats what i'm playing

[DottieCMcC]

Great job Philip. 58 sent this to his boys...

[phmancus]

Hahahah, he did now, did he?

[DottieCMcC]

Very impressive. He has been telling them all about you... Keep up the good work!

[AmandaTaynai]

suprisingly good. Nice job

[Longhairedrockr]

Awesome job man!

[fobfan11701]

awesome job

[jannar85]

No offence, but you look a little bit like Sylar from Heroes ;) Great cover. 5 stars and subscribed :)

[phmancus]

should I be offended? I don't watch heroes so I wouldn't know. I've been meaning to put season 1 on my netflix.

thanks for the sub!

[jannar85]

Hehe, no you shouldn't be offended, as he's actually good looking :P But he's the villain in the series ;P You'll love it!

[phmancus]

oh, okay. I'll get around to it. it's tough to keep up with like 15 shows already when all I do is play guitar all day and work all night.

[melodic908]

Nice job Phil see you later. We will collab soon.

[phmancus]

you know it J!

[legacyaepi]

that was tight bro

[DMBLA]

Great dude!!

[bmills225]

dave matthews is a tough man to imitate, i was surprised to hear how good this is, sick guitar and vocals man 5/5

[colli108]

Amazing job. i love tabbing DMB too. I'm not good though. but you did an awesome job and hopefully i can learn from your video. I also agree with the guy who posted before me, it sounds good when it's slowed down. I'm sure Dave will play this the next time he and Tim play together.

[phmancus]

tabbing? I don't use tabs.

[WhereMyDuragAt]

listen up. if u check out my comments i do nothing but rip on dmb's new music. however, i will honestly say that if dave would have sang and played the song like you just did instead of the pop recording they did for it, it would actually have been a good song. props to you, your version is better than the bands

[RLouisL2312]

nice job phil

[wurtz1987]

Nice job. I started to try and figure this song for myself, and now I know how to tweak my version to make it sound better. Noice.

[16sloth]

They have tickets on Stub Hub for over $100, I am going to both fenway shows but to listen outside from the street on Yawkey Way and I have tickets for the show in CT

[phmancus]

hahah, my sister and I did that back in '06

[Nissan1973]

i wish i had your skills.. i watched it and realized it wasn't in hd so i had watch it again lol

[16sloth]

I noticed in one of your videos you were wearing a Sox hat, are you from NE and will you be at fenway or CT?

[phmancus]

I live in Raleigh, NC but I'm from Westborough, MA. I'm trying to get up there for Fenway, but tickets are almost impossible to come by.

[ralejandra213]

hahha i knew someone might have covered this already! congrats i think you're the first up on YouTube... and it was awesome!

[phmancus]

I was shocked that mine was the first cover. I had to head to work after I finished figuring it out and I thought someone would beat me before I could post mine.

thanks so much!

[mistadobalina29]

haha jesus man, quick

[caly1121]

you have a great voice! Nice job on the cover!!

[bullybeef74]

great job!!! your cover is making me like this song even more!

[kierancarberry]

great cover!

[jwmiller33]

what are the chords?