Ants Marching Chords & Tabs
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)
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| D = X X 0 7 7 5 | Dsus4 = X X 0 7 8 5 |
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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
