Ants Marching Acoustic Chords

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Ants Marching (live/acoustic)
Dave Matthews w/Tim Reynolds
 
Questions?  Comments?  markbunt@shaw.ca
 
This is main riff, a D-G thing that replaces violin and sax from the
original.  It's played rather fast, but once you get the hang of it,
it sounds great.  He has Tim Reynolds playing lead on this, and well,
we won't worry about what he's doing.  All I can say is the guy makes
Dave look like an amateur...and that's saying alot!!
 
e|---2--------------3----------------------|
B|---3--------------3----------------------|
G|---2--------------0----------------------|
D|---0----4---4-----0----5---5-------------|
A|---x-4h5-4h5-5----2-4h5-4h5-5------------|
E|---x--------------3----------------------|
 
(Play this riff throughout the verses, and anywhere else not otherwise noted)
 
Gsus:
e|--3-|
B|--3-|
G|--0-|
D|--0-|
A|--0-|
E|--2-|
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[Intro]
D  G  D  G
D  G  D  G
 
[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 eachother
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
 
[Pre-Chorus]
D  G  D  G
 
[Chorus]
D                     G
Take these chances
D               G
Place them in a box until a
Bm      D      G              Bm     Asus
Quieter time, lights down you up and die
 
[Post-Chorus]
D  G  D  G
 
[Verse 2]
D                    G
    Goes to visit his mommy, she
D                          G
   feeds him well, has concerns he forgets them
D                     G
   And remembers being small
D                    G
   Playing under the table and dreaming
 
[Chorus]
Bm        D      G   Bm  Asus
Take these chances
Bm         D    G   Bm    Asus
Place them in a box until a
Bm      D      G              Bm     Asus
Quieter time, lights down you up and die
 
[Post-Chorus]
D  G  D  G
D  G  D  G
 
[Verse 3]
D                      G
   Driving in on this highway
D                     G
   All these cars end up on the sidewalk
N.C.                  G
   People in every direction
N.C.
    No words exchanged, no time to exchange them
 
[Refrain]
     G       Gsus   Em
When all the little ants are marching
G       Gsus    Em
Red and black antennas waving
G        Gsus     Em
They all do it the same
G        Gsus     Em
They all do it the same way
 
[Post-Chorus]
D  G
 
[Bridge]
D
   Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
G
   Sweet tooth, torturing the weight loss
D
   Program cutting the corners of a, 
G
  Loose end, loose end, cut__cut
D
  On the fence, not to offend 
G
cut__cut, cut__cut
 
[Chorus]
Bm        D      G   Bm  Asus
Take these chances
Bm         D    G   Bm    Asus
Place them in a box until a
Bm      D      G              Bm     Asus
Quieter time, lights down you up and die
 
[Solo]
D  G  D  G
D  G  D  G
D  G  D  G
D  G
G Gsus Em
G Gsus Em
G Gsus Em
G Gsus Em
 
[Outro]
D  G  D  G
D  G  D
G                           D
  Lights down you up and die
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