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                            *********************
                            * Little White Lies *
                            *********************

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 Chord diagramBb/DBb/D it means you have to play a Bflat major triad with
a Chord diagramD MajorD 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:     Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4    C7sus4(no root)  C7(no root)
         EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE           EADGBE
         XX3565   XX3563   XX536X           XX535X

Verse:   F(I)     F(II)      Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramGm7Gm7      Chord diagramG minorGm
         EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
         X87565   133211   688766   353363   355333

          Chord diagramC11C11        Chord diagramC7C7        Chord diagramC minorCm         Chord diagramEb MajorEb      Chord diagramBb/DBb/D
         EA DG BE   EA DGBE   EA Chord diagramD MajorD GBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
         81081088   8108988   81010888   XX1343   XX0331

Chorus:  F(I)     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramC11C11        Chord diagramC7C7
         EADGBE   EA Chord diagramD MajorD GBE   EADGBE   EA DG BE   EA DGBE
         X87565   81010988   688766   81081088   8108988

Bridge:  Chord diagramBbmBbm      F(I)     Chord diagramGdim7Gdim7    Chord diagramC11C11        Chord diagramC7C7
         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)

Chord diagramE MajorE|------8--8--------8--8--|
Chord diagramBB|------8--8--------8--8--|
Chord diagramG+G|9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-------10-10-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|8--8--------8--8--------|

_______________________________________________________________

2. Song structure and lyrics:

Intro: | Chord diagramFF       | Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4   |3x
       | Chord diagramC7sus4C7sus4  | Chord diagramC7C7      |

Verse:
[F(I)]You were not [Chord diagramBb majorBb]home last night
when [Chord diagramGm7Gm7]I called from the [F(I)]hotel
I tried to [Chord diagramBb majorBb]get you on the [Chord diagramC11C11]line [Chord diagramC7C7]
[Chord diagramC minorCm]or were you there with someone
[Chord diagramG minorGm]and you couldn't [F(II)]tell me
[Chord diagramEb MajorEb]Just say it's [Chord diagramBb/DBb/D]true and I'll be [F(II)]fine    [Chord diagramFF] [Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4]

Chorus:
[F(I)]Why [Chord diagramC majorC]why [Chord diagramBb majorBb]why
are you [F(I)]telling me those [Chord diagramC majorC]little white [Chord diagramBb majorBb]lies?
[F(I)]I [Chord diagramC majorC]won't [Chord diagramBb majorBb]buy
any- [Chord diagramC11C11]more [Chord diagramC7C7]
[F(I)]Why [Chord diagramC majorC]why [Chord diagramBb majorBb]why
If you [F(I)]keep telling [Chord diagramC majorC]little white [Chord diagramBb majorBb]lies
[F(I)]I [Chord diagramC majorC]won't [Chord diagramBb majorBb]try
any- [Chord diagramC11C11]more [Chord diagramC7C7]

verse 2:
[F(I)]It's been a [Chord diagramBb majorBb]long time now
since [Chord diagramGm7Gm7]we were close to- [F(I)]gether
I see the [Chord diagramBb majorBb]distance in your [Chord diagramC11C11]eyes [Chord diagramC7C7]
[Chord diagramC minorCm]There's something wrong
and all you [Chord diagramG minorGm]gotta do is [F(II)]tell me
[Chord diagramEb MajorEb]Just shout it [Chord diagramBb/DBb/D]out and I'll sur-[F(II)]vive [Chord diagramFF] [Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4]

Chorus

Bridge:
[Chord diagramBbmBbm]Now you must think that I be- [F(I)]lieve
[Chord diagramBbmBbm]Every little lie you [F(I)]weave
[Chord diagramBbmBbm]So let me make it clear
[Chord diagramGdim7Gdim7]'cos I don't wanna hear no [Chord diagramC11C11]more [Chord diagramC7C7]
[Chord diagramBbmBbm]Ooooooh [Chord diagramC majorC]ooooooh [Chord diagramBbmBbm]ooooooh [Chord diagramC majorC]ooooooh

'Intro'
|Chord diagramFF        |Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4     |Chord diagramFF        |Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4     |

solo:
|F(I) Chord diagramC majorC   |Chord diagramBb majorBb        |3x
|Chord diagramC11C11      |Chord diagramC7C7        |

Chorus

[Chord diagramBbmBbm]Ooooooh [Chord diagramC majorC]ooooooh [Chord diagramBbmBbm]ooooooh [Chord diagramC majorC]ooooooh
You're telling little white [F(I)]lies [Chord diagramC majorC] [Chord diagramBb majorBb]
Little white [F(I)]lies
[Chord diagramC majorC]   [Chord diagramBb majorBb]   [F(I)]   [Chord diagramC majorC]   [Chord diagramBb majorBb]   [Chord diagramC11C11]   [Chord diagramC7C7]
You're telling little white [F(I)]lies [Chord diagramC majorC] [Chord diagramBb majorBb]
Little white [F(I)]lies

repeat and fade out

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3. Tab

Acoustic guitar

Intro:
   Place a small bar just before the third fret
   3x
Chord diagramE MajorE||---5-----3-------|--3-----3--------||
Chord diagramBB||*----6-----6---6-|----6-------6---*||
Chord diagramG+G||-------5-----5---|------5----------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-3---------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*----------------|----------------*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||

Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|

Just after verse 1:

Chord diagramE MajorE|--5-----3-------|--3-----3-------|
Chord diagramBB|----6-----6---6-|----6-----6---6-|
Chord diagramG+G|------5-----5---|------5-----5---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|3---------------|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|
Chorus:
                           here all downstrokes to emphasize
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----5-5-------8--8--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
Chord diagramBB||*----6-6-------8--8--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-*||
Chord diagramG+G||-5-5-5-5-9--9--9--9--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-7-7-----10-10-10-10-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||  Skip the first
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8-8-----10-10-------|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||  eight note of the
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------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
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramBB||*-----------------------|----------------*||
Chord diagramG+G||------------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|--8-8-8-8---8----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-8-8-8---8---*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------|-----------------||

Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|


Verse:

Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|----------------|


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|------------------------10-| Last two intervals
Chord diagramD MajorD|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| are sixteenth notes.
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|---------------------------|


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|----------------|


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| Last two intervals
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| are sixteenth notes.
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|---------------------------|


Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|8--------------------------|8--------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| Last two intervals of
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| the left bar are
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------| sixteenth notes.


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|


Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|  skip the first eight
Chord diagramA augmentedA|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|  note of the last bar
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|----------------|


   Chorus:
   3x
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramBB||*--------------------|----------------*||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------------|-----------------||


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|

Repeat the whole thing to complete the chorus


Bridge:
   2x
Chord diagramE MajorE||------6--------|--6------------|----5---------|--5-------------||
Chord diagramBB||*----6---------|------6--------|---6----------|------6--------*||
Chord diagramG+G||----6----------|----------6----|--5-----------|----------5-----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||---8-----------|---------------|-7------------|----------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*-8------------|---------------|8-------------|---------------*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-6-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||


Chord diagramE MajorE|-----6----------|--6-------------|---6------------|--6-------------|
Chord diagramBB|----6-----------|------6---------|--6-------------|------6---------|
Chord diagramG+G|---6------------|----------6-----|-6--------------|----------6-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--8-------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-8--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|6---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----6-------6---|----5-------5---|
Chord diagramG+G|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|

   2x
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramBB||*----6-------6---|----5-------5---*||
Chord diagramG+G||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*----------------|----------------*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||

   "Intro" part right after the bridge
   2x
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramBB||*--------------------|-----------------*||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------------|------------------||

Rythm part for solo:
   3x
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramBB||*-----------------------|-----------------*||
Chord diagramG+G||------------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8--8--8--8--10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------|------------------||


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|

Right after the last chorus:
   2x
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||*----------------|------------------------*||
Chord diagramG+G||-----------------|-------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---||


 Repeat and fade out:

Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramBB||*-----------------------|-----------------*||
Chord diagramG+G||------------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*8--8--8--8--10-10-10-8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------|------------------||


Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|


Solo(also used for outro):

   3x
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-----------------------||
Chord diagramBB||*--------6-5---6-|--6-6---6p3----6p3----*||
Chord diagramG+G||-----5-----------|-----------5p3----5p3--||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-3---------------|-----------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||*----------------|----------------------*||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-----------------------||


Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------|----------------|------------|
Chord diagramG+G|5---------------|5/7-----7/9-----|10----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------|----------------|------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|------------|

  Overdub for the last three bars of the solo:
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|--------------------|--------|
Chord diagramBB|1---1/3-3/5-5/6-|6/8-8/10-10/11-1110|10------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------|--------------------|--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------|--------------------|--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|--------------------|--------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|--------------------|--------|

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