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Dirty Little Thing

Velvet Revolver
Tab
4.7(29)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 2

(played with main intro riff)

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|----5-----7-----8-----7--5s=7s=5----|
E|-0--3--0--5--0--6--0--5--3S=5s=3----|
e|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|--------------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|---5---7---8---7-|-5s7s5---5--5--5----|
E|-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)

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-------------|
A|-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7----|
E|----------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:

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
A|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
E|-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:

e|---------------------------------------------2-------2-------2--------|
B|-----------------------------------------------5-2-----5-2-----5-2----|
G|---------------------------------------0-2-5-------4-------4-------4--|
D|-------------------------0-2-3-0-0-2-3--------------------------------|
A|---------0-2-3-5-0-2-3-5----------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2-3-5--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-2---------------------2-----2-------2-------5-------5-------7---------|
B|---5-2---5-3-5---4-2-----5-2---5-2-----5-2-----8-5-----8-5-----10-7----|
G|-------4-------4-----5-------------4-------4-------7-------7--------9--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

e|-9----------12-13b15--11-9---------9------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-9--------------------13-9-13---13-9--------------13-13p-10----13p-13-10-------|
G|--------11--------------------------------11-9-10----------------12-----------12----|
D|--------------------------------------------------12-9------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-15-13-12-13-11-10-10-8-7-8-6-5-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------8-6-5-6-4-3-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------9-7-6-8-6-5-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------8-6-5-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------9-7-6-7-5-4-7-5-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|---4------------|
E|-5---5-4-1-0----|

~~~~~

e|-------12---12---12--15-------15---------------------------------------------|
B|-------12---12---12--15-------15-------12-15----------12-15---------17b18----|
G|-8b9.5----8----8--------16-14----14-12-12-15-12-15-12-12-15-12-15------------|
D|------------------------------------------------15-12-------12-15------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus - just one line before chorus:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-------------|
A|-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7----|
E|----------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:

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
A|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
E|-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:

~~ ~~

e|-------------------------------|
B|-17-----17---19---17-----12----|
G|-20-----20---22---22-----15----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------5----------7--------5---4--------------|
A|-2------3-----2----5----2---3---2-----7-----5--|
E|-0------------0---------0----------0--5--0--3--|

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| b Bend

| x Dead note

| p Pull-off

| ~ Vibrato

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