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Little Dolls

Ozzy Osbourne
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SONG: Little Dolls

ARTIST: Ozzy Osbourne

WRITTEN BY: Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake

TRANSCRIBED BY: The HitMan, Krist Smith

I use the idea of different guitars just to provide a way of telling

when to turn on and off the effects.

Guitar 1 - heavily distorted (perfectly, in fact)

Guitar 2 - clean tone

Guitar 3 - heavily distorted and possibly with a flanger or similar effect

Guitar 4 - clean tone with flanger or similar effect

*All guitars are tuned down 1/2 step (1=eb, 2=Bb, 3=Gb, 4=Db, 5=Ab, 6=Eb)

Basically, when you see "guitar 1", just hit the distortion. It may seem

a lot for nothing, but I want to get as much as possible right. Randy Rhoads

rules!!!!!!!!

LITTLE DOLLS

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Guitar Riffs:

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(just a fill)

RIFF A: |-------------|

(guitar 1) H H p.h.

eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|o--4-------4---7---------6---7---6---9--------------2--o|
Db|o--4-------4---7---------6---7---6---9----------0^2----o|
Ab|---2---0---2---5---------4---5---4---7------0^2---------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF B:

(guitar 1)

P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|o--4-------4-------4-------4----7-------7-------7-------7----o|
Db|o--4-------4-------4-------4----7-------7-------7-------7----o|
Ab|---2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2----5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-----|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF C:

(guitar 1)

P.M.--| P.M.--| P.M. P.M. P.M.

eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|o----------------9-------9-0---7-------7-------7-------7-0--o|
Db|o--7-------7-0---9-------9-0---7-------7-------7-------7-0--o|
Ab|---7-------7-0---7--7-7--7-0---5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-0---|
Eb|---5--5-5--5-0-----------------------------------------------|

RIFF D:

(guitar 2)

A G D/F# F(type II)

eb|---0---------3---------2---------1--------|
Bb|---2---------3---------3---------1--------|
Gb|o--2---------4---------2---------2-------o|
Db|o--2---------5---------0---------3-------o|
Ab|---0---------5-------------------3--------|
Eb|-------------3---------2---------1--------|

SOLO:

(guitar 3)

1---------1 H ~~~~~~~

eb|-----/-----------\--------------------------------------------------
Bb|----/-------------\-------------------------------------------------
Gb|---/---------------\------------------------sl.----9^11--9----------
Db|--9-------------9--(9)----7-6--------6--7--9/(11)-------------------
Ab|-------------------------------7--9---------------------------------
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------

1---1 ~~~ 1------1 ~~~~~ ~~~~~

eb|----/-----\-------/--12----\-------------12/(14)-16-21-19-----19-16-
Bb|---/--10---\-----12-----12-(12)---12/(14)---------------------------
Gb|--9------9-(9)------------------------------------------------------
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------

RIFF E:

(guitar 4)

eb|-------------------5------4--|------------------------5------4------
Bb|--5---------7----------------|---7------5------7--------------------
Gb|-----------------------------|o-------------------------------------
Db|-----------------------------|o-------------------------------------
Ab|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------
Eb|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------

sl. sl. sl.(off neck)

eb|-----------------5------4----|--(4)--\-----------|
Bb|--7-\-5-/-7------------------|-------------------|
Gb|----------------------------o|-------------------|
Db|----------------------------o|-------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|-------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|-------------------|

Riff Placement and Lyrics:

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Intro (Riff A twice)

Verse 1 (Riff A four times)

Wrything and screaming, the pain just won't go

he'll show you no mercy.

Your image in his hands, it's useless to try

escaping his cusres.

Bridge 1 (Riff B once)

The pins and needles prick the skin of little dolls

(Riff A twice)

Verse 2 (Riff A four times)

Tortured and flaming, you'll give birth to hell

living a nightmare.

It's a pity, you'll pray for your death

but he's in no hurry.

Bridge 2 (Riff B once)

The pins and needles prick the skin of little dolls

Chorus (Riff C four times)

Nowhere to run - your fate is in his hands

Your time has come - you'll live to his command

I'm warning you - the worst is yet to come

The killer who remains a mystery

Verse 3 (Riff A four times)

I that believe in the stories of old

would never fight it.

Demons and curses that play on your soul

like something ignited.

Interlude (Riff D five times)

You never imagined such a thing would follow you

(you never thought it was true)

And when it's your time I wonder how you'll do.

Your kind of trouble's running deeper than you see

You broke the rules, you've been a fool

The little dool is you, yeah.

Chorus (Riff C four times)

Nowhere to run - your fate is in his hands

Your time has come - you'll live to his command

I'm warning you - the worst is yet to come

The killer who remains a mystery

Solo

Bridge 3 (Riff E)

(Riff A twice)

(Repeat Verse 1 and the corus, but keep playing Riff C from the beginning of

the chorus until the end of the song)

I know somebody's gotta know the REAL way to play this, so please notify

me if there are any mistakes. I know the end of the solo is wrong and I

didn't really try to learn the outro. Randy Rhoads was the greatest guitar

player of ALL TIME!!! I also know most of Tribute (Ozzy's tribute to Randy)

and a few songs from Diary of a Madman and some Zakk Wylde songs from No

More Tears. If there's a big demand, I'll post them.

My compliments and thanks to Roger Meech for tabbing Diary of a Madman for us.

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Krist Smith | "What fun is being 'cool' if you can't

Norman's Cove, Newfoundland | wear a sombrero?" - Hobbes

Canada | "Heck, that was more fun than exploding a

Randy Rhoads fan and proud of it!| potato in the microwave!" - Calvin

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