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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)
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
XX3565 XX3563 XX536X XX535X
Verse: F(I) F(II) Bb Gm7 Gm
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
X87565 133211 688766 353363 355333
CCCBb/DEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
81081088 8108988 81010888 XX1343 XX0331
Chorus: F(I) C Bb C11 C7
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
X87565 81010988 688766 81081088 8108988
Bridge: Bbm F(I) Gdim7 C11 C7
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
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) Bb
You were not home last night
Gm7F(I)
when I called from the hotel
BbC11C7
I tried to get you on the line
Cm
or were you there with someone
GmF(II)
and you couldn't tell me
EbBb/DF(II)FFsus4
Just say it's true and I'll be fine
Chorus:
F(I)CBb
Why why why
F(I) CBb
are you telling me those little white lies?
F(C) Bb
I won't buy
C11C7
any- more
F(I)CBb
Why why why
F(I) CBb
If you keep telling little white lies
F(C) Bb
I won't try
C11C7
any- more
verse 2:
F(I) Bb
It's been a long time now
Gm7F(I)
since we were close to- gether
BbC11C7
I see the distance in your eyes
Cm
There's something wrong
GmF(II)
and all you gotta do is tell me
EbBb/DF(II)FFsus4
Just shout it out and I'll sur-vive
Chorus
Bridge:
BbmF(I)
Now you must think that I be- lieve
BbmF(I)
Every little lie you weave
Bbm
So let me make it clear
Gdim7C11C7
'cos I don't wanna hear no more
BbmCBbmC
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
'Intro'
|F |Fsus4 |F |Fsus4 |
solo:
|F(I) C |Bb |3x
|C11 |C7 |
Chorus
BbmCBbmC
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
F(I) CBb
You're telling little white lies
F(I)
Little white lies
CBFCBCC7F(I) CBb
You're telling little white lies
F(I)
Little white lies
repeat and fade out
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3. Tab
Acoustic guitar
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):
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|----------------|--------------------|--------|