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Ants Marching

Dave Matthews Band
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
He wakes up in the morning........
Am7Bm7x2 Am7Bm7
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------7--7---------------------------------------
d------7-----5/7--5/7---7-------5/7--7--7--7--7-------------------------------
a------5-----7/9--7/9---5---5---7/9--9--9--9--5------------------------------
e--------------------------------3------------------------------------------------------
 He wakes up in the morning
 Does his teeth bite to eat an he's rolling
 He never changes a thing
 The week ends the week begins
She thinks
e---------------
b---------------
g---------------
d---------------
a---5--5----------
e---3--3----------
 We look at each other
 Wondering what the other is thinking
 But we never say a thing
 And these crimes between us grow deeper
 In concerts (including RTT) , DMB skips this, but it is played on Under the Table..
 Continue verse strum, and sing
 Take these chances
 Place them in a box/Until a
quieter  time
Lights  down you up and die
 Start verse strum on "die"
 Goes to visit his mommy
 She feeds him well
 His concerns he forgets them
 And remembers being small
 Playing under the table and dreaming
Take  these chances
Place  them  in a box/Until  a
quieter  time  lights  down you up and die
 Start verse strum on "die"
 Driving in on this highway
All these cars end up on the sidewalk
People in every direction
e-----------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------7------
d--------------------------------5/7--7---7-
a---5----------------------------7/9--9---5-
e---3------------------------------------------
No words exchanged, no time to exchange
e--------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------
d---7-------------------------------------------------------------
a---5------------------5------------------------
e----------------------3----------------------
All  the little ants  are marching
Red  and black  antennae waving
They  all do  it the same
They  all do  it the same
 Do an entire measure of verse strum on "way"
 waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayeah!
 Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
 Sweet tooth tortured by weight loss
 Program cutting the corners there's a loose end loose end
 Cut Cut
 On the fence so not to offend
 Cut Cut
Take  these chances
Place  them  in a box/Until  a
quieter  time  lights  down you up and die
 Start verse strum on "die"
 Solos alternate between chorus and verse strums
 finish on
 Lights down you up and die
 Ants Marching
 Dave Mathews Band
 Under The Table And Dreaming and Remember Two Things
 After watching the HOUSE OF BLUES performance many times on tape and in
 slo-mo
 here is what I have come up with
 He wakes up in the morning
 Does his teeth bite to eat and hes rolling
 etc...
 You can cheat and play DDG / GGD
 Those areactually the chords Boyd plays along with dave on the fiddle
Take  these chances
 Etc.
 Back to the DDG/GGD for the verse
 Follow the DDG/GGD until...
All the little ants are marching
4D------0------------0--------------2
5A------2------------0--------------2
6E------3------------2--------------0
 (top three only!)
 Repeat for
 Red annd black antenna...
 they all do it....
 Back to DDG/GGD for candyman....
 I can not for the life of me figure out the little shuffle that Dave plays in
 the verse in between the D and the G
 I think it goes a little something like this.
4D--------4---4 D-------0---0
D and then 5A--------5 --5 then a G then A ------5 --5
6E--------0---0 E------5---5
 I have tried for a long time and that's all i can get
 Any corrections are appreciated as well as any other DMB songs especially
 Tripping Billies. Someone figure that one out.... please!?!

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Readable chord sheet for Ants Marching by Dave Matthews Band

He wakes up in the morning........
        [D] Am7Bm7x2 [D]  [G]   Am7Bm7
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------7--7---------------------------------------
d------7-----5/7--5/7---7-------5/7--7--7--7--7-------------------------------
a------5-----7/9--7/9---5---5---7/9--9--9--9--5------------------------------
e--------------------------------3------------------------------------------------------

He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth bite to eat an he's rolling
He never changes a thing
The week ends the week begins

She thinks
e---------------
b---------------
g---------------
d---------------
a---5--5----------
e---3--3----------

We look at each other
Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
And these crimes between us grow deeper

In concerts (including RTT) , DMB skips this, but it is played on Under the Table..

Continue verse strum, and sing

Take these chances
Place them in a box/Until a
[F#]quieter ti[D]me
[G]Lights down you up and d[B]ie   [A]

Start verse strum on "die"

Goes to visit his mommy
She feeds him well
His concerns he forgets them
And remembers being small
Playing under the table and dreaming

[F#]Take these chanc[D]es         [G]           [B]             [A]
[F#]Place th[D]em in a box/[G]Until a  [B]     [A]
[F#]quieter ti[D]me lig[G]hts down you up and d[B]ie  [A]

Start verse strum on "die"

Driving in on this highway
All these cars end up on the sidewalk
People in every direction
e-----------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------7------
d--------------------------------5/7--7---7-
a---5----------------------------7/9--9---5-
e---3------------------------------------------

No words exchanged, no time to exchange
e--------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------
d---7-------------------------------------------------------------
a---5------------------5------------------------
e----------------------3----------------------

[F#]All the l[D]ittle [G]ants are mar[B]ching  [A]
[F#]Red and blac[D]k antennae [G]waving   [B]          [A]
[F#]They all do[D] it the sa[G]me      [B]          [A]
[F#]They all do[D] it the sa[G]me      [B]          [A]

Do an entire measure of verse strum on "way"
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayeah!

Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
Sweet tooth tortured by weight loss
Program cutting the corners there's a loose end loose end
Cut Cut
On the fence so not to offend
Cut Cut

[F#]Take these chanc[D]es         [G]           [B]             [A]
[F#]Place th[D]em in a box/[G]Until a  [B]     [A]
[F#]quieter ti[D]me lig[G]hts down you up and d[B]ie  [A]

Start verse strum on "die"

Solos alternate between chorus and verse strums
finish on
Lights down you up and die              [G]                  [D]

Ants Marching
Dave Mathews Band
Under The Table And Dreaming and Remember Two Things

After watching the HOUSE OF BLUES performance many times on tape and in
slo-mo
here is what I have come up with

He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth bite to eat and hes rolling
etc...

You can cheat and play DDG / GGD
Those areactually the chords Boyd plays along with dave on the fiddle

[Bm]Take these [D]chances  [G]     [Bm]        [A]
Etc.

Back to the DDG/GGD for the verse

Follow the DDG/GGD until...

        All the little ants are marching
4D------0------------0--------------2
5A------2------------0--------------2
6E------3------------2--------------0
(top three only!)

Repeat for
Red annd black antenna...
they all do it....

Back to DDG/GGD for candyman....

I can not for the life of me figure out the little shuffle that Dave plays in
the verse in between the D and the G
I think it goes a little something like this.

                  4D--------4---4                            D-------0---0
D and then  5A--------5 --5    then a G  then   A ------5 --5
                  6E--------0---0                            E------5---5

I have tried for a long time and that's all i can get

Any corrections are appreciated as well as any other DMB songs especially
Tripping Billies. Someone figure that one out.... please!?!

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