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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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Unread post by amazinz5 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:11 pm

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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Unread post by amazinz5 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:34 pm

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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Unread post by JonTheSpaceMan » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:50 pm

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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Unread post by jared » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:11 pm

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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Unread post by mlb1399 » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:20 am

Another thing that helped me is playing the C on the A string instead of the E: 8~~~~~~
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