Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching Chords & Tabs

 

Ants Marching Chords & Tabs

Dave Matthews Band Chords & Tabs

Version: 6 Type: Tab

Ants Marching Tab

   
Dave Mathews Band - Ants Marching

Notes*
 -Tacet = a musical term simply meaning MUTE
 -The outro is only how my band leaves the song
  and how i leave it when im playing alone in 
  front of others. The Rythem is hard to 
  explain for it E-mail me at MusicEAD@aol.com
  if you would like me to explain it more elaboratley
 -Phrase 2 is played through all verses and interludes
 -The Chorus is a bit messed up (i felt lazy this took
  long enough) but i put which beats each chords should
  be on.
 -If anyone has ANY recomendations for the bridge 
  please E-mail me MusicEAD@aol.com and i will
  edit it thank you.
 -For the intro the D and Dsus4 chords may also
  be played like so (again this is how i play them)
  ________________________________________
 | D = X X 0 7 7 5  | Dsus4 = X X 0 7 8 5 |
  ----------------------------------------


Chords - E A D G B E
D      - X X 0 2 3 2 
Dsus4  - X X 0 2 3 3 
G      - 3 2 0 0 3 3 
Bm     - X 2 4 4 3 2 
Gsus4  - 3 3 0 0 3 3

Intro:

Phrase 1
 | 1(3)+ + | 1(3)+ + | 1(3)+ + | 1(3)+ + |
 | D       | Dsus4   | D       | Dsus4   |
E|-2---2-2-|-3---3-3-|-2---2-2-|-3---3-3-|
B|-3---3-3-|-3---3-3-|-3---3-3-|-3---3-3-|
G|-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-|
D|-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|

Phrase 2 (for verses too)  
 | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + |
 | D                       | G                       |
E|-2--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
B|-3--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
G|-2--X-X-X----------------|-0--X-X-X------0-----0---|
D|-0--X-X-X------4-----4---|-0--X-X-X----------------|
A|----X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|-2--X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|
E|----X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|

Verse 1:
D                  G
He wakes up in the morning
D                       G
Does his teeth, bite to eat and he's rolling.
D                G
He never changes a thing
D                  G
The week ends, the week begins. She thinks,
D               G
We look at each other
D                  G
Wondering what the other is thinking
D                G
But we never say a thing
D                  G
And these crimes between us grow deeper.

Solo 1:

 | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + |
 | D                       | G                       |
E|-2--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
B|-3--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
G|-2--X-X-X----------------|-0--X-X-X------0-----0---|
D|-0--X-X-X------4-----4---|-0--X-X-X----------------| X2
A|----X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|-2--X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|
E|----X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|




Chorus 1:
D                 G
Take these chances
D                G    
Place them in me that sounds like a
Bm      D
quieter time
G               Bm     A
Lights down you up and die

Interlude:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/ants_marching_tab_ver_6.html ]
 | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + |
 | D                       | G                       |
E|-2--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
B|-3--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
G|-2--X-X-X----------------|-0--X-X-X------0-----0---|
D|-0--X-X-X------4-----4---|-0--X-X-X----------------| X2
A|----X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|-2--X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|
E|----X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|


Verse 2:
D             G
Goes to visit his mommy
    D                       G
She feeds him well, has con-cerns he forgets them
D             G
And remembers be-ing small
D                 G
Playing under the table and dreaming

Chorus:
1          2 |  1    3    4
Bm         D |  G    Bm - A
Take these chan-ces
Bm         D    G   Bm    A
Place them in me that sounds like a
Bm      D
quieter time
G              Bm     A
Lights down you up and die
  
Interlude/Solo (Verse Progression) X4


Verse 3:
D                  G
Driving in on this highway
D                  G
All these cars end up on the sidewalk
D         (tacet)     G
People in every direc-tion
D        (tacet)       G     (tacet)
No words exchanged, no time to exchange them


Bridge:
     G       G/F#   Em
When all the little ants are marching
G       G/F#    Em
Red and black antennas waving
G        G/F#     Em
They all do it the same
G        G/F#     Em     
They all do it the same way


Interlude:
 | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + | 1  + a 2  + a 3 + a 4 + |
 | D                       | G                       |
E|-2--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
B|-3--X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|
G|-2--X-X-X----------------|-0--X-X-X------0-----0---|
D|-0--X-X-X------4-----4---|-0--X-X-X----------------| 
A|----X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|-2--X-X-X--4h5---4h5---5-|
E|----X-X-X----------------|-3--X-X-X----------------|


Verse 4:
D
Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
G
Sweet tooth, torturing the weight loss
D
Program cutting the corners 
     G
of a loose end, loose end, cut cut
D                            G
On the fence, not to of-fend cut cut, cut cut

Chorus:
1          2 |  1    3    4
Bm         D |  G    Bm - A
Take these chan-ces
Bm         D    G   Bm    A
Place them in me that sounds like a
Bm      D
quieter time
G              Bm     A
Lights down you up and die


Outro (self-made): (Switch Chord Progression Order On Purpose)
  D                                   G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------11----11----11----|
D|----------------11----11----11----|-11h12-12-12-12----12----12----12-| X4
A|-11h12-12-12-12----12----12----12-|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G              Bm     A
Lights down you up and die