MATTHEWS DAVE BAND - "Tripping Billies" Tablature

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 16:45:59 -0700
From: Doug Landry
Subject: TAB: "Tripping Billies" by The Dave Matthews Band

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---|