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Dirty Little Thing
Velvet Revolver
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Song: Dirty Little Thing
Band: Velvet Revolver
Album: Contraband
Tabbed by: chris
Hippi-chris@hotmail.co.uk
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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Slash'
Gtr 2 (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Kushner'
4/4
Gtr I
::Intro, played on bass but can be played on guitar::
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
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::main guitar intro riff/Verse 1 - played with these two riffs, the second riff just has
G at the end, listen to song where that goes::
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|----5-----7-----8-----7--5s=7s=5----|
|-0--3--0--5--0--6--0--5--3S=5s=3----|
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|-----------------|--------------------|
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|---5---7---8---7-|-5s7s5---5--5--5----|
|-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-5-|-3S5s3---3--3--3----|
"Can't stop thinkin musta been trippin this evening
My mind is racing demons and all of my feelings are numb"
::Pre - Chorus - Slash plays the lead riff and Dave plays the chord A5::
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|-5b6.5===4S==2----7b8.5======7----5b6.5=====|
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-7-|-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5----|
"Yeah and when I roll with my head in the wind
And I feel like the king of the"
::Verse 2 - played with main intro riff::
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|----5-----7-----8-----7--5s=7s=5----|
|-0--3--0--5--0--6--0--5--3S=5s=3----|
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|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---5---7---8---7-|-5s7s5---5--5--5----|
|-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-5-|-3S5s3---3--3--3----|
"Dead men wishin they had gotten together with you girl
But you're a dirty little liar with a message of obsession to come"
::Pre-Chorus - just one line before chorus::
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|-5-5-5-5-------------|
|-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7----|
|----------5-5-5-5----|
"You got your head in the clouds and your world's upside down"
::Chorus - played with the below chords,listen to song for timing::
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|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
|-0------------0---------0----------0--5--0--3--|
"You got your head in the clouds and your world's upside down
Get away from the life you're living
Get away from the man that's stealing your life
Get away from the drugs you're taking
Get away from the film of sex in your life"
::Intro riff again without singing
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|----5-----7-----8-----7--5s=7s=5----|
|-0--3--0--5--0--6--0--5--3S=5s=3----|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---5---7---8---7-|-5s7s5---5--5--5----|
|-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-5-|-3S5s3---3--3--3----|
::Verse 3 - played again with intro riff, now there is a smaller verse
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|----5-----7-----8-----7--5s=7s=5----|
|-0--3--0--5--0--6--0--5--3S=5s=3----|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---5---7---8---7-|-5s7s5---5--5--5----|
|-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-5-|-3S5s3---3--3--3----|
::Bridge - Slash plays the lead riff and Dave plays the chord A5::
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|-5b6.5===4S==2----7b8.5======7----5b6.5=====|
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|-----------------|--------------|
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-7-|-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5----|
"Yeah and when I roll with my head in the wind
And I feel like the king of the"
::Verse 2 again - played with main intro riff::
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|----5-----7-----8-----7--5s=7s=5----|
|-0--3--0--5--0--6--0--5--3S=5s=3----|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---5---7---8---7-|-5s7s5---5--5--5----|
|-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-5-|-3S5s3---3--3--3----|
"Dead men wishin they had gotten together with you girl
But you're a dirty little liar with a message of obsession to come"
::Pre-Chorus - one line before chorus::
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|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-------------|
|-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7----|
|----------5-5-5-5----|
"You got your head in the clouds and your world's upside down"
::Chorus - The chorus is playes with the chords below, however you will have to listen
the song for timing
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|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
|-0------------0---------0----------0--5--0--3--|
"Get away from the life you're living
Get away from the man that's stealing your life
Get away from the drugs you're taking
Get away from the film of sex in your life"
::SOLO - played by Slash,This solo is great, the actually solo is cleaner than the rest
the song. Just practice some of the trickier parts so yu can really builder up the speed
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|-----------------------------------------------5-2-----5-2-----5-2----|
|---------------------------------------0-2-5-------4-------4-------4--|
|-------------------------0-2-3-0-0-2-3--------------------------------|
|---------0-2-3-5-0-2-3-5----------------------------------------------|
|-0-2-3-5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------2-----2-------2-------5-------5-------7---------|
|---5-2---5-3-5---4-2-----5-2---5-2-----5-2-----8-5-----8-5-----10-7----|
|-------4-------4-----5-------------4-------4-------7-------7--------9--|
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|-9----------12-13b15--11-9---------9------------------------------------------------|
|---12-9--------------------13-9-13---13-9--------------13-13p-10----13p-13-10-------|
|--------11--------------------------------11-9-10----------------12-----------12----|
|--------------------------------------------------12-9------------------------------|
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|-15-13-12-13-11-10-10-8-7-8-6-5-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------8-6-5-6-4-3-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------9-7-6-8-6-5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------8-6-5-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9-7-6-7-5-4-7-5-|
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|---4------------|
|-5---5-4-1-0----|
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|-------12---12---12--15-------15---------------------------------------------|
|-------12---12---12--15-------15-------12-15----------12-15---------17b18----|
|-8b9.5----8----8--------16-14----14-12-12-15-12-15-12-12-15-12-15------------|
|------------------------------------------------15-12-------12-15------------|
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::Pre-Chorus - just one line before chorus::
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|-5-5-5-5-------------|
|-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7----|
|----------5-5-5-5----|
"You got your head in the clouds and your world's upside down"
::Chorus - played with the below chords,listen to song for timing::
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|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
|-0------------0---------0----------0--5--0--3--|
"Get away from the life you're living
Get away from the man that's stealing your life
Get away from the drugs you're taking
Get away from the film of sex in your life"
::Outro - play the below riff with the chorus chords...scott just keeps on singing "get
till the end::
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|-17-----17---19---17-----12----|
|-20-----20---22---22-----15----|
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|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
|-0------------0---------0----------0--5--0--3--|
::finis!::
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing