Velvet Revolver - Dirty Little Thing guitar tab
band: velvet revolver
song: dirty little thing
cd: contraband
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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|-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----|
"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 with no singing::
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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----|
::Verse 3 - played again with intro riff, small verse here::
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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----|
::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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|-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----|
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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--|
"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, awesome! it wont be note to note and play some backward run parts
twice to get the long lastiness::
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|-------------------------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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|-5---5-4-1-0----|
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|-------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------------|
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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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|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
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