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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
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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---|
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| 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---|
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| 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----------|
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| 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\----||----------------------------------------------|
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| 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----------|
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| 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-----|
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| 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---|
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| 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----|||-----------------------------------||
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| 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)--------------------||---------------------|------------------------|
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| 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)\-------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------|
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| 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|--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------|
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| 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)--------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------|
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| 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----------|
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| 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----|
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| 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
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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
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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
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| - 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
