Tripping Billies



Transcribed by:

Sean Spicer  

(driver8@phy.duke.edu)

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A Few notes -- Yes, that verse riff is as hard as it looks.  the key to it 

 

(and most any dmb song) is to use your pinky for any note you can't quite 

reach.  just practice.  



Opening riff found on most pre r2t tripping billies:



e ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G -6-----6-----4-4--4--4-4-4-4--6-----6-----4-4--/7--7-7-7-7

D -2-----2-----2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2-----2-----2-2---0--0-0-0-0

A -x-----x-----x-x--x--x-x-x-x--x-----x-----x-x---x--x-x-x-x

E -5-----5-----5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-----5-----5-5--/7--7-7-7-7



sometimes repeated once more, other times repeated many times with

vocal jam



next riff/opening riff as found on r2t:

this riff is used throughout the song, and is easiest to master if

you use index finger for all 2s and 5s on the low e-string, your 

ring finger for all 3s and 7s on the low e-string, your middle finger

on all 2s and 6s on the d-string, and your pinky for all 4s and 7s on

the d-string.  and an easier way to master this song is to watch dave

carefully if you ever get the chance.  it may sound like a simplistic

way, but if you can get up closer to him, you'd be amazed at how his

progressions stand out in your mind when you get back to your own axe,

even if you were standing thirty feet away from him.



e -------------------------------------------------------    

B -------------------------------------------------------

G -2--4-------2--4--7--6--2--4-------2-4-6-7-------------

D -0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0-------0-0-0-0-------------

A -x--x-------x--x--x--x--x--x-------x-x-x-x-------------

E -2--3-------2--3--7--5--2--3-------2-3-5-7-------------





verse

e ------------------------------------------------

B ------------------------------------------------

G ---6--4\ 2---7--------------6--4\ 2---7-----2--4

D ---7---------7---x---9------7---------7-----0--0

A ------------/5---x---9---------------/5-----x--x

E -/5--------------8--/7----/5----------------2--3



1)   we were not  yet lovers

2)  i was soon, to be crazy





chorus

e

B

G         7        6        2  4  7  6          7     6      2  4  6  7

D         0        0        0  0  0  0          0     0      0  0  0  0

A         x        x        x  x  x  x          x     x      x  x  x  x

E         7        5        2  3  7  5          7     5      2  3  5  7

 

so eat drink and be merry            for tomorrow we die

   

 cause we're trippin' billies... 



verse again.