Trippin` Billies
As played by Dave Mattews Band on `Crash`
Transcribed between 10:00pm and 11:00pm, October 19, 1997 by Cody Rahn
=slide down
/=slide up
r=rest
(?)=note that was hit, and held until here. In come cases, held
and slid from.
I like this song. It`s lots of fun to play, and has lots of room for
adlibbing, since it`s all built around bar chords. There is a TON of
subtle stuff in this song, so if you like to play it different, be my
guest. That`s where good music comes from!
Ok, the intro.
*****
Intro (After cowbell stuff)
*****
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------2-------3---|------------------(3)--2-------3---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---(3)/7---(7)5-------2-------3---|------------------(3)------2---3---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---5---7---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Repeated twice during intro.
**********
Verse Riff
**********
Note the timing. notes are occationally set one off for a reason, such as
the anticipated note on the 3rd fret of the A string in the first measure.
this note is hit just before the `&`, as you can hear in the song.
I`ve been enlightened as to the proper way to play the verse to this song
Thanks to Steve H. for showing me the right way to play this.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|---------------------------2-------|-----------0-----------------------|
D|---------------2---0---4-------3---|---r---0-------------------0-------|
A|---0---0---4-----------------------|---------------0--/2---2-----------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---|
We were above, you were standing......
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|---------------------------2-------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------2---0---4-------r---|-----------------------------------|
A|---0---0---4-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------2-------3-------------------|
We were not yet lovers..
This is pretty much the same during all the verses, with slides here and
there as usuall.
******
Chorus
******
Well, I think it`s the chorus, that or the Bridge. In any case,
This is as accurate as I can get this without a sequencer. It sounds ok,
so no worries. He`s probably played it like this at some point anyway :)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------7/97---------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------9---------9-7h9p7-------|-----------------------------------|
E|---7---7---------------------97---|(7)2---3---5---7-------5-----------|
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry....
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------7/97---------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------9---------9-7h9p7-------|-----------------------------------|
E|-5-7---7---------------------97---|(7)2---3---5---7-------5-------5---|
For tomorrow we die...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------7/97---------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------9---------9-7h9p7-------|-----------------------------------|
E|---7---7---------------------97---|(7)2---3---5---7-------5-----------|
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry....
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------7/97---------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------9---------9-7h9p7-------|-----------------------------------|
E|-5-7---7---------------------97---|(7)2---3---5---7-------------------|
For tomorrow we die... `cause we`re trippin
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|---------------------------2-------|-----------0-----------------------|
D|---------------2---0---4-------3---|---r---0-------------------0-------|
A|---r---0---4-----------------------|---------------0--/2---2-----------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---|
billies
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|---------------------------2-------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------2---0---4-------r---|-----------------------------------|
A|---0---0---4-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------2-------3-------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|---------------------------2-------|-----------0-----------------------|
D|---------------2---0---4-------3---|---r---0-------------------0-------|
A|---r---0---4-----------------------|---------------0--/2---2-----------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|---------------------------2-------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------2---0---4-------r---|-----------------------------------|
A|---0---0---4-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------2-------3-------------------|
It then returns to the Verse Riff. Those are all the big riffs in the song.
The section during the violin solo is a derivative of the pre-chorus/bridge
riff , but basically the same thing. It works fine to just play that section
over and over with slides here and there. That`s what I do.
Have a good time with this one!
Cody-
*****************************************
Could I have been Anyone Other than Me?
Dave Mattews
*****************************************
