billies that are tripping

nugsta25 · Post by **nugsta25** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:11 pm

I never attemted to learn this song(the verse) because i thought it was way too hard. I had a spare hour this evening and i have it down pat!! I'm excited!! I know this is probably no big to you guitar gods but it is to me!! what a fun song to play! now...on to singing with it.

HCHaikuWarrior · Post by **HCHaikuWarrior** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:33 pm

nice man, it is a challenging song but it is a lot of fun to play!

get singin!

whip3512 · Post by **whip3512** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:34 pm

nugsta25 wrote:I never attemted to learn this song(the verse) because i thought it was way too hard. I had a spare hour this evening and i have it down pat!! I'm excited!! I know this is probably no big to you guitar gods but it is to me!! what a fun song to play! now...on to singing with it.

Dude, that is a big deal. Be proud. I attempted it a while back and put it down for a bit. I'll get it eventually.

DT · Post by DT » Sat May 01, 2004 9:01 pm

if you can easily play the nature intro then you will be able to play the verse in no time

nugsta25 · Post by **nugsta25** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:07 pm

the nature intro was the first dave i learned. I just now got the verse! weird huh?!

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:09 pm

yea, billies is hard, the way this site tells u is the exact way dave plays it, but thers a much muuuuuuuch easier way that sounds the same ill post it in a min.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:16 pm

I cannot stress how this enough, its allot easier and sounds the same, u wont lose anything by playing it this way.

I--------------------------------------------------I
I-----2--------------3------3---------------------I
I-----2--------------2------0------0-------------I
I-----2------2--0--------0------0----------------I
I--0------4------------3------2--------0---------I
I--------------------------------------------------I

I----------------0---------------------------------I 2x then into chorus
I------------3-------------------------------------I
I------------2--------2--4-------------------------I
I----2---0-----------0---0-------------------------I
I-4------------------------------------------------I
I---------------------2---3------------------------I

the intro, and chorus are the same, but as u can see and hear this is easier, the other version is just too easy to mess up on for begining guitarists, and even intermediats like myself, this is easier but u still get the sound.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:27 pm

I never had a problem with TB. I picked it up easily. Rhyme and Reason was the first hard one I stumbled on, that one took a week.

nugsta25 · Post by **nugsta25** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:40 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:I cannot stress how this enough, its allot easier and sounds the same, u wont lose anything by playing it this way.

I--------------------------------------------------I
I-----2--------------3------3---------------------I
I-----2--------------2------0------0-------------I
I-----2------2--0--------0------0----------------I
I--0------4------------3------2--------0---------I
I--------------------------------------------------I

I----------------0---------------------------------I 2x then into chorus
I------------3-------------------------------------I
I------------2--------2--4-------------------------I
I----2---0-----------0---0-------------------------I
I-4------------------------------------------------I
I---------------------2---3------------------------I

the intro, and chorus are the same, but as u can see and hear this is easier, the other version is just too easy to mess up on for begining guitarists, and even intermediats like myself, this is easier but u still get the sound.

wow, i think the real way is a lot easier,! thnakns though!

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:43 pm

yea the real way has less movment but more stretching, u get used to the way i play it. But u gotta be good at streching im not like tryin to get anyone out of skill.

nugsta25 · Post by **nugsta25** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:46 pm

stretching is my thang. I have massive hands and real long fingers. I guess that is what kinda makes it a little easier for me to play stuff. i mean...I've only been playing since Christmas so I'm not really that skilled.

lyrics101 · Post by **lyrics101** » Sun May 02, 2004 3:12 pm

Most of Dave's stuff is pretty easy because the hand just sort of cycles through motions. Start out slow and slowly pick up speed.

Tripping Billies is definitely the funnest Dave song to play.

charliemike · Post by **charliemike** » Sun May 02, 2004 9:26 pm

Somebody needs to put a video of the verse up in this motha ...

dmfollower · Post by **dmfollower** » Mon May 03, 2004 1:47 am

there was a version going around that was slowed down a while back that pretty much had it right on. the verse is centered more on the lyrics, guitar wise. all dave does is play what the words sound like only on the guitar as well as singing which is why this song rocks when you get the verse down cause singing just goes along with it.

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