Matthews Dave Band - Tripping Billies guitar tab

Tripping Billies by Dave Matthews off the Crash

(track #11) or Remember Two Things (track # 2: live version) albums.

Transcribed by Terry Landry (tlandry@acad.udallas.edu, or landdug@why.net)

~~~~~~= vibrato N.C.= no chord

INTRO (octaves) (rhy. fig. 1)

A B A B D C# A B A B C# D A B

E|--------------------10--9--------------------9--10---------|

B|-10--12----10--12----------10--12----10--12---------10--12-|

G|---------------------7--6--------------------6---7---------|

D|--7---9-----7---9-----------7---9-----7---9----------7---9-|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A B D C# A B A B C# D

E|-----------10--9--------------------9--10--|

B|--10--12----------10--12----10--12---------|

G|------------7--6--------------------6---7--|

D|---7---9-----------7---9-----7---9---------|

A|-------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------|

FIRST VERSE (chords) (rhy. fig. 2)

A D G D A D G (A B octaves)

We were above, you were standing underneath us. We were not yet lovers.

A D G D A D G (A B octaves)

Dragons were smoked, bumblebees were stinging us. I was soon to be crazy.

FIRST CHORUS (chords and riff) (rhy. fig. 3)

D A ~~~~

Eat, drink, and be merry. E|---------------|

D A B|---------------|

For tomorrow we die. G|---------------|

D A D|---------------|

Eat, drink, and be merry. A|--------0--2---|