Tripping Billies Tabs & Lyrics by Dave Matthews Band

Tripping Billies

guitar tabs lyrics

Dave Matthews Band

artist- Dave Matthews Band
song-Tripping Billies
album-
Remember Two Things(1993),
Crash{1996)
Live At Red Rocks(1997)
Live At Luther College(1999)
guitarist-Dave Matthews

words and score by-Dave Matthews,Carter Beauford,Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moor, BoydTinsley,

tabbed by-smellslikefeet1. the song sounds really hard but its actually quite easy. dave
matthews musicans are jazz trained while he's self taught. so the guitar isnt hard its
just different. ya needa get used to it and practice it. dave matthews real talent is
singing and playing hard rythems at the same time. ive been playing his music since i
started playing guitar all ya gotta do is get used to the style. ive seen him play this
live and i have all the. Tripping billies videos so this tab is at least 90% right i can
garentee! The first part of the song... the intro is kinda hard cuz u gotta stretch ur
finger and keep the rythem so i noted the finger positions. the intro is only in some of
the recordings so you can play without it aswell.

/-slide to
h-hammeron
x-mute
() variable note-liable to not be played.

heres the intro.

5fret-third finger,2fret-first finger,6fret-fourth finger,
4fret-second finger,mute-third finger,7th fret 6t string- thrid finger
7th fret 3rd string- foruth finger. this is jsut for the intro the rest of the
fignering for teh song is self explanitory. just keep your fourth finger in the
possition its easier to play.

play this four times | outro |
|--------|--------|------------|------------|--------------|
|--------|--------|------------|------------|--------------|
|-6-6-6-6|4-4-4-4-|4-h-6-6-6-6-|6s-7-7-7-7--|-2-4----------|
|-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-|2---2-2-2-2-|0--0-0-0-0--|-0-0----------|
|-x---x--|x-x-x-x-|x---x-x-x-x-|x--x-x-x-x--|-x-x----------|
|-5---5--|5-5-5-5-|5---5-5-5-5-|5s-7-7-7-7--|-2-3----------|


hers the whole begining line starting wiht the outro^^^^^^

this is the easiest part of the song you just needa practice it up!
the trick to this is to get teh timing right.

|---------|------------|---------|---------------|-------------|
|---------|------------|---------|---------------|-------------|
|-2--4----|-2--4--7--6-|-2--4----|-2--4--6--7----|-------------|
|-0--0----|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0----|-0--0--0--0----|-repeat 2times
|-x--x----|-x--x--x--x-|-x--x----|-x--x--x--x----|-------------|
|-2--3----|-2--3--7--5-|-2--3----|-2--3--5--7----|-------------|


verse1
we were above you were standing underneath us
dragons weresmoked bumble bees were stining us
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|------------7-7-|------------------|
|------------7-7-|-----------9-9-9--|
|2-4/5-4-2/5-5-5-|----5/7----9-9-9--|
|----------------|-7-8-------7-7-7--|

we were not yet lovers
i was sooon to be crazy
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|------------7-7-|---------2--4--|
|------------7-7-|---------0--0--|
|2-4/5-4 2/5-5-5-|---------x--x--|
|----------------|---------2--3--|

chorus.1
eat drink and be merry
for tomorrow we die
eat drink and be merry
for tomorrow We die
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|-7--7--7----6--6-6--|---2-4-6-7-6-|
|-0--0--0-x--0--0-0--|---0-0-0-0-0-|play the last 5only three times
|-x--x--x-x--x--x-x--|---x-x-x-x-x-|through the chorus then on the fourth
|-7--7--7-x--5--5-5--|-0h2-3-5-7-5-|time jsut stop at two. u can listen for it.

Coz Im Tripping Billies


|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|------------7-7-|------------------|
|------------7-7-|-----------9-9-9--|
|2-4/5-4-2/5-5-5-|----5/7----9-9-9--|
|----------------|-7-8-------7-7-7--|

|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|------------7-7-|---------2--4--|x2
|------------7-7-|---------0--0--|
|2-4/5-4 2/5-5-5-|---------x--x--|
|----------------|---------2--3--|


verse2
were wearing nuth. ntuhing but our shadows shadows fall-
remembering once out on the beaches we wore
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|------------7-7-|------------------|
|------------7-7-|-----------9-9-9--|
|2-4/5-4-2/5-5-5-|----5/7----9-9-9--|
|----------------|-7-8-------7-7-7--|

ing down on the beach sand.
pineapple grass bracelettes.

|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|------------7-7-|---------2--4--|
|------------7-7-|---------0--0--|
|2-4/5-4 2/5-5-5-|---------x--x--|
|----------------|---------2--3--|

chorus.2
so why would you care
to get out of this place
you and me and all our freinds
such a happy human race. YEAH!

|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|-7--7--7----6--6-6--|---2-4-6-7-6-|
|-0--0--0-x--0--0-0--|---0-0-0-0-0-|
|-x--x--x-x--x--x-x--|---x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7--7--7-x--5--5-5--|-0h2-3-5-7-5-|


|---------|------------|---------|---------------|-------------|
|---------|------------|---------|---------------|-------------|
|-2--4----|-2--4--7--6-|-2--4----|-2--4--6--7----|-------------|
|-0--0----|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0----|-0--0--0--0----|-repeat 2times
|-x--x----|-x--x--x--x-|-x--x----|-x--x--x--x----|-------------|
|-2--3----|-2--3--7--5-|-2--3----|-2--3--5--7----|-------------|

Cos Im Tripping Billies!


|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|------------7-7-|------------------|
|------------7-7-|-----------9-9-9--|
|2-4/5-4-2/5-5-5-|----5/7----9-9-9--|
|----------------|-7-8-------7-7-7--|


|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|------------7-7-|---------2--4--|
|------------7-7-|---------0--0--|x2
|2-4/5-4 2/5-5-5-|---------x--x--|
|----------------|---------2--3--|

verse3
we are all sitting legs crossed around a fire my
tequila drinking oh our mind will wander too

|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|------------7-7-|------------------|
|------------7-7-|-----------9-9-9--|
|2-4/5-4-2/5-5-5-|----5/7----9-9-9--|
|----------------|-7-8-------7-7-7--|
yellow flame she dances
wonderous places
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|------------7-7-|---------2--4--|
|------------7-7-|---------0--0--|
|2-4/5-4 2/5-5-5-|---------x--x--|
|----------------|---------2--3--|

chorus 1 and 2
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|-7--7--7----6--6-6--|---2-4-6-7-6-|
|-0--0--0-x--0--0-0--|---0-0-0-0-0-|
|-x--x--x-x--x--x-x--|---x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7--7--7-x--5--5-5--|-0h2-3-5-7-5-|

Bridge.

|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-|-2-4-6-7-6-------|repeat as many times as heard.
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-------|
|-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-|-2-3-5-7-5-------|

repeat chorus one 2x

outro

|---------|------------|---------|------------|-------------|
|---------|------------|---------|------------|-------------|
|-2--4----|-2--4--7--6-|-2--4----|-2--4--6--7-|-------------|
|-0--0----|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0----|-0--0--0--0-|-repeat 2times
|-x--x----|-x--x--x--x-|-x--x----|-x--x--x--x-|-------------|
|-2--3----|-2--3--7--5-|-2--3----|-2--3--5--7-|-------------|

and then train wreck on the last chord.

and thats it this tab i can garentee is right. i busted my balls researching
it and lookin at other tabs and DMB videos and all that stuff. have fun with
it and keep working at it. enjoi.