//Check comments below for even easier way of playing in E.//
Tripping Billies
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
Live At Luther College
[Intro]
D/F# G D/F# G Bm A D/F# G D/F# G A Bm x2
La La La La Hey Ah La La La La La La
[Verse]
A D5 Csus2 B5
We were above you were standing underneath us we
A D5 D/F# G
were not yet lov-ers
A D5 Csus2 B5
Dragons are smoked bumblebees were stinging us I was
A D5 D/F# G
soon to be cra-zy
[Chorus 1]
G Bm A D/F# G A Bm
Eat drink and be merr-y
A Bm A D/F# G A Bm
For to-morrow we die
G Bm A D/F# G A Bm
Eat drink and be merr-y
A Bm A D/F# G A Bm
For to-morrow we die
(Silent)
'Cause we're trippin' billies
[Solo 1]
Verse chords once through.
[Verse 2]
A D5 Csus2 B5
We're wearing nothing, nothing but our shadows,
A D5 D/F# G
shadows falling down on the beach sand.
A D5 Csus2 B5
Remembering once, out on the beaches
A D5 D/F# G
we wore pineapple grass brace-lets.
[Chorus 2]
G Bm A D/F# G A Bm
So why would you care
A Bm A D/F# G A Bm
To get out of this place
G Bm A D/F# G A Bm
You and me and all our friends
A Bm A D/F# G A Bm
Such a happy human race
[Intro]
[Solo 2]
Verse chords once through.
[Verse 3]
A D5 Csus2 B5
We are all sitting legs crossed around a fire
A D5 D/F# G
My yellow flame, she danc-es.
A D5 Csus2 B5
Tequila drinkin, oh our minds will
A D5 D/F# G
wander to wonderous plac-es.
[Chorus 2]
[Chorus 1]
[Solo 3]
Repeat chorus chords 3 times without vocals
[Chorus 1]
[Chorus 1]
[Intro]
| Csus2 | D5 | D/F# | B5 |
| x3001x | xx023x | 200232 or 2x023x | x244xx |
A D5 Csus2 B A D5 D/F# G
e|-------------------------------2--3--|
B|---2----3----1---------2----3--3--3--|
G|---2----2----0----4----2----2--2--0--|
D|------0-----------4-------0----0--0--|
A|-0---------3----2----0---------0--2--|
E|-------------------------------2--3--|
Example of how you can play the verse.
I add a little muted slap between each
chord as I change positions.