Ants Marching
Tabbed by jhp4c2@mizzou.edu
Scale intro
E--------------------------- ------------
B--3--1--------------------- ------------
G--------4--2--0------------ ---6/7------
D-----------------3--2--0--- ---6/7------
A--------------------------- ---4/5------
E--------------------------- ------------
"He wakes up..."
E--2--x-x-x------------------3----------------------------
B--3--x-x-x------------------3----------------------------
G--2--x-x-x------------------0--x-x-x---------------------
D--0--x-x-x------4------4----0--x-x-x------5------5/7-----
A------------4/5----4/5---5--2--x-x-x--4/5----4/5---------
E----------------------------3--x-x-x---------------------
Transition or sometimes done an octave lower
E----------------------------2- ---------------------------2-
B----------------------------3- ---------------------------3-
G-------------4-2h4--6--4h6--2- ---------------------------2-
D-5-4h5-7-5h7----------------0- ---------------------------0-
A------------------------------ -------------2-0h2--4--2h4---
E------------------------------ -3-2h3-5-3h5-----------------
"Take these chances..."
E--2--2------2--0--------------------
B--3--3--3---3--2--------------------
G--4--2--0---4--2--------------------
D--4--0--0---4--2--------------------
A--2--0--2---2--0--------------------
E-----2--3-----------------------
"All the little old ants are marching...":
E-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G---4---4---4-------------------
D---0---0---2-------------------
A---x---x---2-------------------
E---3---2---0-------------------
Part near the ending:
E-----------------------------------2--3--0-
B--------------------------3--3--3--3--3--2-
G--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--4--2--4--2--0--4--2-
D--0--0--2--0--0--2--x--x--0--4--0--0--4--2-
A--x--x--2--x--x--2--3--2--0--2--0--2--2--0-
E--3--2--0--3--2--0--5--3--2--------3-------
Sometimes this is played on the bass and it's cool to throw in
every once in a while like this on the guitar:
"Place them in a box..."
E-----------------------------------------------2---
B-----------------------------------------------3---
G----------------------------------------x-x-x--2--- etc...
D----------------------------------------x-x-x--0---
A-5---4-4---2-2--------------------------x-x-x------
E-----------------5-5---3-3---2-2---0-0--x-x-x------
Tim's "dueling banjos" part:
E-9-10-12-9-10------------- ------------------------
B--------------12-14-10-12- -7-8-10-7-8-------------
G-------------------------- ------------9-11-7-9----
D-------------------------- ------------------------
A-------------------------- ------------------------
E-------------------------- ------------------------
*jam on this basic idea as you wish
Tim's part at 0:52 on L@LC cd:
E-8-8-8-8-8--8-7-------------7---7---7-----------------
B----------------10-8-10---8---8---8---8--10-8------8--
G--------------------------7---7---7---7-------x-7--7--
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
rapidly
E-10-7-9----9---------------------------------------------------
B--------10---8-10-7--------------------------------------------
G--------------------77-55-44-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------77-55-----------------------------
A-----------------------------------88-77-55-44----------44-55--
E-----------------------------------------------55-33-55--------
*I'm not sure if this last bit is correct - it's some kind of
scale that trails away at the end and I can't make out what he
plays.
Tim's part at 1:54 on L@LC (strumming):
E-5-5--8-8--7-7--10--10-10------5-------5--------5--------7---
B-7-7--8-8--8-8--10--12-12--7-5--5--7-5---5--8-5---5--8-5--5--
G---------------------------7-------7--------7--------7-------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------