
tripping billies
Dave Matthews Band
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Tom : D
[Intro]
Dave's Guitar: D/F# G D/F# G Bm A D/F# G D/F# G A Bm
D/F# G D/F# G Bm A D/F# G D/F# G A Bm
[Acoustic]
E|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-|
B|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-|
G|-|---2-4----|----2-4-7-6-2-4----|--2-4-6-7-----|----2-4----|-2-4-7-6-2-4-----|--2-4-6-7--|-|
D|-|---0-0----|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|--0-0-0-0-----|----0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|--0-0-0-0--|-|
A|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-|
e|-|---2-3----|----2-3-7-5-2-3----|--2-3-5-7-----|----2-3----|-2-3-7-5-2-3-----|--2-3-5-7--|-|
Tim's Guitar:
[Electric]
| G | G | G | G | G |
E|-|-------3--|----------------3--|-----------3--|--------3--|--------------3--|-|
B|-|------3---|---------------3---|----------3---|-------3---|-------------3---|-|
G|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-|
D|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-|
A|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-|
e|-|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-|
[Figure 1]:
A B
E|-|-------|-|
B|-|-------|-|
G|-|--6-7--|-|
D|-|--0-0--|-|
A|-|-------|-|
e|-|--5-7--|-|
[Figure 2]:
|-| D/F# G A Bm |
E|-|-----------|-|
B|-|-----------|-|
G|-|--2-4-6-7--|-|
D|-|--0-0-0-0--|-|
A|-|-----------|-|
e|-|--2-3-5-7--|-|
You got to do it quickly.
Verse:
A D
We were above
G D A
You were standing underneath us
D G
[Figure 1 2x]
We were not yet lovers
A D
Dragons were smoked
G D
Bumblebees were stinging us
A D G [Figure 1]
I was soon to be crazy
Bridge:
[Refrão]
D
A [Figure 2]
Eat drink and be merry
D
A [Figure 2]
For tomorrow we die
Cause of tripping Billies
Boyd Solo: Like Verse
[Próxima Parte]
Verse II:
We're wearing nothing
Nothing but our shadows
Shadows falling down on the beach sand
Remembering once, out on the beaches
We wore pineapple grass bracelets
Chorus:
So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our friends
Such a happy human race
Cause of tripping Billies
[Intro 2x 2x]
Bridge:
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Verse III:
We are all sitting
Legs crossed around a fire
My yellow flame she dances
Tequila drinking, oh, our minds will wander
To wondrous places
Chorus:
So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our friends
Such a happy human race
Bridge:
Eat drink and be merry
For tomorrow we'll die
Eat drink and be merry
For tomorrow we'll die
(Check it out, Boyd)
Boyd Solo. Like Bridge
Bridge:
Eat drink and be merry
For tomorrow we'll die
Eat drink and be merry
For tomorrow we'll die
Outro: Intro.
Chords:
A D/F# G Bm D
E|-|--0--|--2--|--3--|--2--|--2--|-|
B|-|--2--|--3--|--0--|--3--|--3--|-|
G|-|--2--|--2--|--4--|--4--|--2--|-|
D|-|--2--|--0--|--0--|--4--|--0--|-|
A|-|--0--|-----|--2--|--2--|-----|-|
e|-|-----|--2--|--3--|-----|-----|-|
Or other kind of chords:
A D/F# G Bm D
E|-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-|
B|-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-|
G|-|--6--|--2--|--4--|--7--|--2--|-|
D|-|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|-|
A|-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-|
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