Ants Marching Chords & Tabs
T1: clyde williams, pigmonster88@hotmail.com, Dave Matthews, Ants
Marching(vh1 storytellers)
S1: I watched dave play this version of ants marchin on vh1 and I
figured this much out. I’m
pretty sure this is all of it.
Play this part for the verse and intro.
e-----2--------------------------------3----e
b-----3--------------------------------3----b
g-----2--------------------------------0----g
d------------------4---------4---------0----d
a------------4/5-------4/5-------0-----2----a
E---------------------------------------3---E
e-----------------------e
b-----------------------b
g-----------------------g
d-------5--------5/7----d
a--4/5------4/5---------a
E-----------------------E
Chorus>
"Take these chances........."
Bm D G/b D/F# A
e---2------------2-------------------------------------------e
b---3------------3------------------------3---------2--------b
g---4------------2-------4----------------2---------2--------g
d---4--------------------x--------------------------2--------d
a---2--------------------2----------------x------------------a
E------------------------3----------------2------------------E
“Quieter Time” “Lights down you up and die” >and into
the verse agian
D A G/b A D
e--2----------------------------------------------2----------e
b--3------2---------------------------2-----------3----------b
g--2------2-----------------4---------2-----------2----------g
d---------2-----------------x---------2----------------------d
a---------------------------2--------------------------------a
E---------------------------3--------------------------------E
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/ants_marching_tab.html ]
Break>
“And all the little ants are marching....”
G2 G3 E3
e-----------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------b
g--4-------4------4-----------------------------------------g
d--0-------0------0-----------------------------------------d
a--x-------x------2-----------------------------------------a
E--3-------2------------------------------------------------E
Outro= Verse part 4 times > this 4 times strumming G at the end >then
the break 4 times..followed by end
e--2---x-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x------------------e
b--3---x-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x------------------b
g--2---x-x-x-x-x-0-x-x-x-x-x------------------g
d------x-x-x-x-x-0-x-x-x-x-x------------------d
a------x-x-x-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-x------------------a
E------x-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x------------------E
End
E5 G/b D Bm D G/b D A
e------------------------2------2-----2-----------2---------e
b------------------------3------3-----3-----------3---2-----b
g--5--------4------------2------4-----2-----4-----2---2-----g
d--x--------x-------------------4-----------x---------2-----d
a--3--------2-------------------2-----------2---------------a
E--5--------3-------------------------------3---------------E
Then play the verse 4 times
He wakes up in the morning.
Does his teeth, bite to eat and he's rolling.
Never changes a thing.
Goes to visit his mommy
She feeds him well his concerns he forgets them.
And remembers being small.
Playing under the table and dreaming.
Chorus>
Take these chances.
Place them in a box until a quieter time.
Lights down you up and die.
Driving in on this highway.
All these cars and up on the sidewalk.
People in every direction.
No words exchanged no time to exchange.
Break>
And all the little ants are marching.
Red and black antenna waving.
They all do it the same.
They all do it the same wayyyyyyyyy!
Candy man tempting the thoughts of our
Sweet tooth to torture the weightloss
Programm cutting the corners
loose end loose end cut cut
on the fence but not to offend cut cut...cut cut
Chorus>
Take these chances .
Place them in a box until a quieter time.
Lights down you up and die.
