Status Quo - Little White Lies guitar tab
tabbed by macrcus lubbock status quo
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* Little White Lies *
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Parfitt
Great song with beatiful harmonies. There is a guitar playing
small intervals palm muted throughout the song. There is an acoustic
guitar strumming all the chords (yes, all the chords, not just
three!). And a few overdubs. It might be that the acoustic guitar
is played with a capo on the fifth fret. I will give you a version
without a capo but the chords can be difficult to place. You can
use the easier to play alternatives. I can give you some if you need
'em.
When you see Bb/D it means you have to play a Bflat major triad with
a D in the bass. For the harmonic feel it's important that you play
the chord that way. That harmony is too beautiful to ignore. Not when
you're playing it with your band ofcourse cause your bassplayer can
play it then.
1. Chords and rythm
Intro: F Fsus4 C7sus4(no root) C7(no root)
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
XX3565 XX3563 XX536X XX535X
Verse: F(I) F(II) Bb Gm7 Gm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X87565 133211 688766 353363 355333
C11 C7 Cm Eb Bb/D
EA DG BE EA DGBE EA D GBE EADGBE EADGBE
81081088 8108988 81010888 XX1343 XX0331
Chorus: F(I) C Bb C11 C7
EADGBE EA D GBE EADGBE EA DG BE EA DGBE
X87565 81010988 688766 81081088 8108988
Bridge: Bbm F(I) Gdim7 C11 C7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EA DG BE EA DGBE
688666 X87565 XX5666 81081088 8108988
I will not go to deep into the part for the acoustic guitar.
You can find the intro in the Tab-part. I will give you an
example how you can play it throughout the song:
Example: C-chord (alternate up and downstrokes)
E|------8--8--------8--8--|
B|------8--8--------8--8--|
G|9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|10-10-------10-10-------|
E|8--8--------8--8--------|
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2. Song structure and lyrics:
Intro: | F | Fsus4 |3x
| C7sus4 | C7 |
Verse:
[F(I)]You were not [Bb]home last night
when [Gm7]I called from the [F(I)]hotel
I tried to [Bb]get you on the [C11]line [C7]
[Cm]or were you there with someone
[Gm]and you couldn't [F(II)]tell me
[Eb]Just say it's [Bb/D]true and I'll be [F(II)]fine [F] [Fsus4]
Chorus:
[F(I)]Why [C]why [Bb]why
are you [F(I)]telling me those [C]little white [Bb]lies?
[F(I)]I [C]won't [Bb]buy
any- [C11]more [C7]
[F(I)]Why [C]why [Bb]why
If you [F(I)]keep telling [C]little white [Bb]lies
[F(I)]I [C]won't [Bb]try
any- [C11]more [C7]
verse 2:
[F(I)]It's been a [Bb]long time now
since [Gm7]we were close to- [F(I)]gether
I see the [Bb]distance in your [C11]eyes [C7]
[Cm]There's something wrong
and all you [Gm]gotta do is [F(II)]tell me
[Eb]Just shout it [Bb/D]out and I'll sur-[F(II)]vive [F] [Fsus4]
Chorus
Bridge:
[Bbm]Now you must think that I be- [F(I)]lieve
[Bbm]Every little lie you [F(I)]weave
[Bbm]So let me make it clear
[Gdim7]'cos I don't wanna hear no [C11]more [C7]
[Bbm]Ooooooh [C]ooooooh [Bbm]ooooooh [C]ooooooh
'Intro'
|F |Fsus4 |F |Fsus4 |
solo:
|F(I) C |Bb |3x
|C11 |C7 |
Chorus
[Bbm]Ooooooh [C]ooooooh [Bbm]ooooooh [C]ooooooh
You're telling little white [F(I)]lies [C] [Bb]
Little white [F(I)]lies
[C] [Bb] [F(I)] [C] [Bb] [C11] [C7]
You're telling little white [F(I)]lies [C] [Bb]
Little white [F(I)]lies
repeat and fade out
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3. Tab
Acoustic guitar
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Intro:
Place a small bar just before the third fret
3x
E||---5-----3-------|--3-----3--------||
B||*----6-----6---6-|----6-------6---*||
G||-------5-----5---|------5----------||
D||-3---------------|-----------------||
A||*----------------|----------------*||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
E|----------------|----------------|
B|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Just after verse 1:
E|--5-----3-------|--3-----3-------|
B|----6-----6---6-|----6-----6---6-|
G|------5-----5---|------5-----5---|
D|3---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Chorus:
here all downstrokes to emphasize
E||-----5-5-------8--8--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
B||*----6-6-------8--8--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-*||
G||-5-5-5-5-9--9--9--9--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
D||-7-7-----10-10-10-10-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|| Skip the first
A||*8-8-----10-10-------|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*|| eight note of the
E||---------8--8--------|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|| last bar.
That's what I want to tell about the acoustic guitar. The rest I've
told you above (under chords and rythm).
Rythm guitar
============
Here follows the part for the palm muted guitar playing all the
small intervals throughout the song. Just hold the side of your
hand-palm against the strings (near the bridge) to mute the strings
while using only downstrokes. Most of the notes are straight eights.
Intro:
3x
E||------------------------|-----------------||
B||*-----------------------|----------------*||
G||------------------------|-----------------||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|--8-8-8-8---8----||
A||*8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-8-8-8---8---*||
E||------------------------|-----------------||
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
Verse:
E|------------------------|----------------|
B|------------------------|----------------|
G|------------------------|----------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------10-| Last two intervals
D|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| are sixteenth notes.
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------|
B|------------------------|----------------|
G|------------------------|----------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| Last two intervals
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| are sixteenth notes.
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|8--------------------------|8--------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| Last two intervals of
A|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| the left bar are
E|---------------------------|---------------------------| sixteenth notes.
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| skip the first eight
A|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| note of the last bar
E|-----------------------|----------------|
Chorus:
3x
E||---------------------|-----------------||
B||*--------------------|----------------*||
G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||*8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
E||---------------------|-----------------||
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|------------------------|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|------------------------|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
Repeat the whole thing to complete the chorus
Bridge:
2x
E||------6--------|--6------------|----5---------|--5-------------||
B||*----6---------|------6--------|---6----------|------6--------*||
G||----6----------|----------6----|--5-----------|----------5-----||
D||---8-----------|---------------|-7------------|----------------||
A||*-8------------|---------------|8-------------|---------------*||
E||-6-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
E|-----6----------|--6-------------|---6------------|--6-------------|
B|----6-----------|------6---------|--6-------------|------6---------|
G|---6------------|----------6-----|-6--------------|----------6-----|
D|--8-------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
A|-8--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|6---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----6-------6---|----5-------5---|
G|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
2x
E||-----------------|-----------------||
B||*----6-------6---|----5-------5---*||
G||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
D||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
A||*----------------|----------------*||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
"Intro" part right after the bridge
2x
E||---------------------|------------------||
B||*--------------------|-----------------*||
G||---------------------|------------------||
D||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||*8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
E||---------------------|------------------||
Rythm part for solo:
3x
E||------------------------|------------------||
B||*-----------------------|-----------------*||
G||------------------------|------------------||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||*8--8--8--8--10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
E||------------------------|------------------||
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
Right after the last chorus:
2x
E||-----------------|-------------------------||
B||*----------------|------------------------*||
G||-----------------|-------------------------||
D||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------------------||
A||*8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-*||
E||-----------------|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---||
Repeat and fade out:
E||------------------------|------------------||
B||*-----------------------|-----------------*||
G||------------------------|------------------||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||*8--8--8--8--10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
E||------------------------|------------------||
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
Solo(also used for outro):
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3x
E||-----------------|-----------------------||
B||*--------6-5---6-|--6-6---6p3----6p3----*||
G||-----5-----------|-----------5p3----5p3--||
D||-3---------------|-----------------------||
A||*----------------|----------------------*||
E||-----------------|-----------------------||
E|----------------|----------------|------------|
B|----------------|----------------|------------|
G|5---------------|5/7-----7/9-----|10----------|
D|----------------|----------------|------------|
A|----------------|----------------|------------|
E|----------------|----------------|------------|
Overdub for the last three bars of the solo:
E|----------------|--------------------|--------|
B|1---1/3-3/5-5/6-|6/8-8/10-10/11-11\10|10------|
G|----------------|--------------------|--------|
D|----------------|--------------------|--------|
A|----------------|--------------------|--------|
E|----------------|--------------------|--------|
