easier way to play Ants IMO

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easier way to play Ants IMO

Unread post by acousticraven » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:35 pm

Here's a way my old guitar teacher & i came up with a long time ago.. thought i would post it.. its the verse to Ants.. i play the rest of the song the same as jkanter heh..
E-2--x-x-x-----------------3--x-x-x-----------------
B-3--x-x-x-----------------0--x-x-x-----------------
G-2--x-x-x-----------------0--x-x-x-----------------
D-0--x-x-x--4h5---5-0------0--x-x-x---\5h7----7-0---
A------------------4----------2-------------------5--------
E--------------------------3------------------------


Forgive me if that doesn't line up lol..Lemme know what you think

First riff i use my index & middle finger, 2nd part i use index & ring finger.. i'm weird like that.. i play warehouse with my 1st & 3rd fingers also lol..and Satellite.. =P
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:11 pm

ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
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Unread post by DustyDave » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:19 pm

Oh burn !!!! :lol:
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Unread post by DreaminBassMunky » Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:21 pm

shane wrote:ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
zing!
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Unread post by DT » Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:29 pm

pow!

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Unread post by acousticraven » Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:30 pm

shane wrote:ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
wish they had a filter for dickheads =(
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Unread post by Duffman » Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:42 pm

hey man, i think thats a good tab. thanks for posting!
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Unread post by DreaminBassMunky » Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:18 pm

The Dreaming Tree wrote:pow!
oh man that reminded me of Kung Pow. I love that movie!
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:20 pm

acousticraven wrote:
shane wrote:ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
wish they had a filter for dickheads =(
aww man im sorry... i was just kidding. i didnt exactly have a great day, so just displacing some anger. man... bad first impressions heh. im really not one of what you just said (i dont cuss so... yeah).. people here will tell ya that ;)
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Unread post by DreaminBassMunky » Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:29 pm

shane wrote:
acousticraven wrote:
shane wrote:ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
wish they had a filter for dickheads =(
aww man im sorry... i was just kidding. i didnt exactly have a great day, so just displacing some anger. man... bad first impressions heh. im really not one of what you just said (i dont cuss so... yeah).. people here will tell ya that ;)
don't believe him, shane's actually one of the meanest people on the board next to Isaac.
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:31 pm

DreaminBassMunky wrote:
shane wrote:
acousticraven wrote:
shane wrote:ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
wish they had a filter for dickheads =(
aww man im sorry... i was just kidding. i didnt exactly have a great day, so just displacing some anger. man... bad first impressions heh. im really not one of what you just said (i dont cuss so... yeah).. people here will tell ya that ;)
don't believe him, shane's actually one of the meanest people on the board next to Isaac.
hey jer.... i mean... hes just kidding ;)
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.

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Unread post by GSR » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:01 am

DreaminBassMunky wrote:
shane wrote:ants isnt easy enough that you have to make it easier?
zing!
touche!
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Unread post by swift360 » Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:20 am

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Unread post by Jc » Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:59 am

Guitar teachers? People use those :) Heh heh

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Unread post by DustyDave » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:09 am

I will backup Shane here , im sure he just had a bad day , Shane is not like that :)
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