billies

So you're amazed as to how Dave's rhythm guitar slaps and strums so "perfectly"...but you can't. Ask all things about Dave and his guitars here.

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amazinz5
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billies

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first of all, is the tab on the main page accurate? cause there are some songs i play differently from the tabs posted there. also, how the fuck do you do that? can someone please tell me a secret to playing billies?
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Post by amazinz5 »

nevermind....i pretty much got it, just need to work on it a little to clean it up. i dont know why i've always been so intimidated by this song.
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i slide a lot now. i used to play it with a stretch depends on the sound you want. i now prefer the slide.
Please help me...there are worshipers on my ass and chest.
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It took me a while to get the speed of the verse down.

take a look at it played in videos, like here:
http://www.guitarvideotabs.com/tabs/dave_matthews_band/
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Another thing that helped me is playing the C on the A string instead of the E: 8~~~~~~
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