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LITTLE THINGS
As recorded by Bush
(From the 1996 Album SIXTEEN STONE)
Words and Music by Gavin Rossdale
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gavin'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel'
Intro 1st Verse
Moderately Q=110
N.C. A5 F5 C5 D5 N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W Q Q E E E E +E E E. S S S E E E 4x +Q Q H
|----------||----------------|------------------------||--------------|
|----------||o---------------|-----------------------o||--------------|
|----------||--------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7--||-(7)----------|
|----------||--7--7S=3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7--||-(7)----------|
|----------||o-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-o||-(5)----------|
|----------||--5--5S=1-1-1---|------------------------||--------------|
C D C
Gtr II
Wx7 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------3---|-----1-------1---|
|------------|---0-------0---0-|---------------0-|---0-------0---0-|
|------------|-2-----2-3-------|---2-------4-----|-2-----2-3-------|
|------------|-----------------|-3-----3s5-------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D
~
E E E E E E E E H H W W
|---------------5-|-5---------|----------|------|
|-----1-------3---|-----------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|---2-------4-----|-----------|----------|------|
|-3-----3s5-------|-----------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------|----------|------|
N.C. C D C
Gtr II
Wx5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------3---|-----1-------1---|
|------------|---0-------0---0-|-----------------|---0-------0---0-|
|------------|-2-----2-3-------|---2-------4---4-|-2-----2-3-------|
|------------|-----------------|-3-----3s5-------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
D C D A5 F5 C5
Gtr I
~
H Q E E W W Q Q E E E E
|-------------5-7-|-5---------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5--5S=1-1-1---|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----1-------3---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------3---||---------------|
|-----------------|---0-------0---0-|---------------0-||-------------5-|
|---2-------4---5-|-2-----2-3-------|---2-------4-----||-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|
|-3-----3s5-------|-----------------|-3-----3s5-------||-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5--5S=1-1-1---|
D5 A5 F5 C5
Gtrs I, II
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-------------5-|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------|-5--5S=1-1-1---|
D5 A5 F5 C5
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-------------5---|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7--7S=3-3-3-5---|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|-7--7S=3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------|-5--5S=1-1-1-----|
2nd Verse
C D
+E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------||-----1-------1---|-----1-------3---|-------8---10-8---|
|-(5)-----------||---0-------0---0-|---------------0-|-7h9-7---7------9-|
|-(5)-----------||-2-----2-3-------|---2-------4-----|------------------|
|-(3)-----------||-----------------|-3-----3s5-------|------------------|
|---------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Gtr II
~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H W W
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------|
|---8-------------|----------------|----------|------|
|-7---7-9-7-5-7-5-|-4-5-4----------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-------7-(7)----|----------|------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------|
N.C. C D C
Gtr II
Wx5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------3---|-----1-------1---|
|------------|---0-------0---0-|-----------------|---0-------0---0-|
|------------|-2-----2-3-------|---2-------4---4-|-2-----2-3-------|
|------------|-----------------|-3-----3s5-------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
D C D A5 F5 C5
Gtr I
~
H Q E E W W Q Q E E E E
|-------------5-7-|-5---------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5--5S=1-1-1---|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----1-------3---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------3---||---------------|
|---------------0-|---0-------0---0-|---------------0-||-------------5-|
|---2-------4-----|-2-----2-3-------|---2-------4-----||-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|
|-3-----3s5-------|-----------------|-3-----3s5-------||-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5--5S=1-1-1---|
D5 A5 F5 C5
Gtrs I, II
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||--(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-------------5-|
||--(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|
||o-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|
||------------------------|-5--5S=1-1-1---|
D5 A5 F5 C5
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------o||
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-------------5---||
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7--7S=3-3-3-5---||
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|-7--7S=3-3-3-3--o||
|-----------------------|-5--5S=1-1-1-----||
D5 A5 F5 C5
Gtr I
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
|----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-||--------------------------------------------5----|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-||--7-----------7S==========3-----3-----3-----5----|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-||--7-----------7S==========3-----3-----3-----3----|
|----------------------||--5-----------5S==========1-----1-----1----------|
|
| Gtr II
| +E E E. S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-||-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
D5
+E E E. S S S E E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-(5)----5-----5------5---5---5--7--7----7----|
|-(5)----5-----5------5---5---5--7--7----7----|
|-(3)----3-----3------3---3---3--5--5----5----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| S E S E S S +S S E S E S
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10--10---10-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10----10-|
|--9---9----9--9---9--9--(9)--9--9--9--9-----9-|
|-10-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
A5 F5 C5
Q Q E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------5----|
|--7-----------7S==========3-----3-----3-----5----|
|--7-----------7S==========3-----3-----3-----3----|
|--5-----------5S==========1-----1-----1----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5 A5 F5 C5
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-(5)----5-----5------5---5---5--7--7----7----|--------------------5---|
|-(5)----5-----5------5---5---5--7--7----7----|-7-------7S==3--3-3-5---|
|-(3)----3-----3------3---3---3--5--5----5----|-7-------7S==3--3-3-3---|
|----------------------------------------------|-5-------5S==1--1-1-----|
|
| S E S E S S +S S E S E S S S S S Q +H
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-10--10---10-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10----10-|------------------------|
|--9---9----9--9---9--9--(9)--9--9--9--9-----9-|-9-8-9-8-9--(9)---------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
D5 A5 F5 C5
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|-(5)-5-5----5-5-5-7-7--7-|------------------5-|
|-(5)-5-5----5-5-5-7-7--7-|-7----7S===3--3-3-5-|
|-(3)-3-3----3-3-3-5-5--5-|-7----7S===3--3-3-3-|
|--------------------------|-5----5S===1--1-1---|
|
| Q. E E E E E E E +Q +H
|----------------------12--|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--9-------9---9---9-9-----|---9-(9)--(9)-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|-6------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
D5
+E E E. S S S E E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-(5)---5---5----5--5--5-7-7---7----||
|-(5)---5---5----5--5--5-7-7---7----||
|-(3)---3---3----3--3--3-5-5---5----||
|-----------------------------------||
|
| S E S E S S +S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|--9--9---9-9--9-9-(9)-9-9-9-9---9--||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
+W +W
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(7)-----------------|-(7)--------------------|
|-(7)-----------------|-(7)--------------------|
|-(5)-----------------|-(5)--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------8-|--8--8-8-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-----------8-8-8-8-9-|--9--9-9-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-10--10-10-8-8-8-8---|------------------------|
|-10--10-10-----------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
+H +H W
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)---------(7)-------|----------------------|
|-(7)---------(7)-------|----------------------|
|-(5)---------(5)-------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------9-|-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-----------8--8---8-8---|----------------------|
|-10--10-10--------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
W W
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------8-|-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-|
|----------8-8-8-8-9-|-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-10-10-10-8-8-8-8---|----------------------|
|-10-10-10-----------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
W +W
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-----------------|-(10)--------------------|
|-10-----------------|-(10)--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------8-|---8--8-8-10-10-10-10-10-|
|----------8-8-8-8-9-|---9--9-9-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-10-10-10-8-8-8-8---|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-----------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
Bridge
A5 F5 C5 D5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q E E E E +E E E. S S S E E E
||----------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------|-----------------------|
||--------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|
||--7--7S=3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|
||o-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|
||--5--5S=1-1-1---|-----------------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.
A5 F5 C5 D5
Q Q E E E E +E E E. S S S E E E 4x
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|------------------------o||
|-------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7---||
|-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7---||
|-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5--o||
|-5--5S=1-1-1---|-------------------------||
5.
A5 F5 C5
Gtr I
Q Q E E E E
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------5----|
||---7-----------7S==========3-----3-----3-----5----|
||o--7-----------7S==========3-----3-----3-----3----|
||---5-----------5S==========1-----1-----1----------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
Outro
D5 A5 F5 C5
+E E E. S S S E E E 6x Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------||----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------o||----------------|
|-(5)-----5-----5---------5--5--5--7-----7-----7-----||-------------5--|
|-(5)-----5-----5---------5--5--5--7-----7-----7-----||-7--7S=3-3-3-5--|
|-(3)-----3-----3---------3--3--3--5-----5-----5----o||-7--7S=3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------------------------------||-5--5S=1-1-1----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x W
|-----------------------------------------------------||----------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-o||----------------|
|--9---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--||----------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--||----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------o||----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------||----------------|
D5 A5 F5 C5 D5 A5
Gtrs I, II
+E E E. S S S E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E. S S S E E E H H
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-----------*|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-----------*|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-----------*|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7--7S=3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7---------*|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|-7--7S=3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-|-7---------*|
|-----------------------|-5--5S=1-1-1---|-----------------------|-5---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
