• Song:

    Ants Marching

  • Artist:

    Dave Matthews Band

  • Album:

    Best of What's Around

Ants Marching by the dave matthews band
On either "Under the Table and Dreaming" or "Remember Two Things"  -- "RTT" is a great album, check it out-

On to the musique
Verse Strum
           He wakes up in the morning........
        D Am7Bm7x2 D  G   Am7Bm7
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------7--7---------------------------------------
d------7-----5/7--5/7---7-------5/7--7--7--7--7-------------------------------
a------5-----7/9--7/9---5---5---7/9--9--9--9--5------------------------------
e--------------------------------3------------------------------------------------------

He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth bite to eat an he's rolling
He never changes a thing
The week ends the week begins

She thinks
e---------------
b---------------
g---------------
d---------------
a---5--5----------
e---3--3----------

We look at each other
Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
And these crimes between us grow deeper

In concerts (including RTT) , DMB skips this, but it is played on Under the Table..

Continue verse strum, and sing

Take these chances
Place them in a box/Until a
F#        D
quieter time
G                       B    A
Lights down you up and die

Start verse strum on "die"

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
F#              D          G B A
Take these chances
F#      D           G        B  A
Place them in a box/Until a
F#        D     G                    B   A
quieter time lights down you up and die

Start verse strum on "die"

Driving in on this highway
All these cars end up on the sidewalk
People in every direction
e-----------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------7------
d--------------------------------5/7--7---7-
a---5----------------------------7/9--9---5-
e---3------------------------------------------



No words exchanged, no time to exchange
e--------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------
d---7-------------------------------------------------------------
a---5------------------5------------------------
e----------------------3----------------------

F#       D     G           B      A
All the little ants are marching
F#          D          G        B      A
Red and black antennae waving
F#         D         G       B   A
They all do it the same
F#         D         G       B   A
They all do it the same

Do an entire measure of verse strum on "way"
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayeah!

Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
Sweet tooth tortured by weight loss
Program cutting the corners there's a loose end loose end
Cut Cut
On the fence so not to offend
Cut Cut

Chorus
F#              D          G B A
Take these chances
F#      D           G        B  A
Place them in a box/Until a
F#        D     G                    B   A
quieter time lights down you up and die

Start verse strum on "die"

Solos alternate between chorus and verse strums
finish on
                                        G   D
Lights down you up and die
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