Sweet Little Lies tab

Sweet Little Lies

Original key is D-Minor, but it's played with standard open chords with capo 5.
The song is very easy to play. Only tricky thing is the rhythm. It's a Johnny Cashish 
polka style beat.
There is a lot of muting going on in the verse, but chorus is played open. All is played 
with pick.
Listen to the song to get it right (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FcmcI6BvQQ)

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Intro/ReIntro Riff
   Am               C                G                Am
e|-----0--3--0---|-----0--3--0----|-----0--3--0----|-----0----0--|
B|-----1------1--|-----1------1---|-----0------0---|-----1----1--|
G|-----2-------2-|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----2----2--|
D|---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|--0------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0----------|
E|---------------|----------------|--3-------------|-------------|

Verse Style (lots of muted strings to get the rhythm pumped):
    Am              C                G                Am
   1  2  3  4      1  2  3  + 4     1  2   3  4      1  2   3 + 4
e|----x-----x---|-----x-----x-x--|-----x------x---|-----x-----x-x--|--|
B|----x-----x---|-----x-----x-x--|-----x------x---|--- -x-----x-x--|--|
G|----2-----2---|-----0-----0-0--|-----0------0---|-----2-----2-2--|--|
D|----2-----2---|-----2-----2-2--|-----0------0---|-----2-----2-2--|--|
A|-0-----0------|--3-----3-------|-----x------x---|--0------0------|--|
E|--------------|----------------|--3------3------|----------------|--|
   D  D  D  D      D  D  D  U D     D  D   D  D      D  D   D U D
   (strum pattern)

Chorus Stlye (strummed, let ring)
    Fj7
    1    2   3 + 4 +    1    2    3  +  4 +      1  2  3 + 4 +    1  2  3 + 4 +
e|-------0-----0---0--|------0-------0-----0--|-----0----0---0--|----0----0---0---|
B|-------1-----1---1--|------1-------1--1--1--|-----1----1---1--|----1----1---1---|
G|-------2-----2-2-2--|------2-------2--2--2--|-----2----2-2-2--|----2----2-2-2---|
D|--3---(3)----3-3-3--|--3-----------3--3--3--|--2---------2----|-2---------2-----|
A|--3------------3----|--3--------------3-----|--0---------0----|-0---------0-----|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    D    D     U D U     D   D       U  D  U     D   D   U D U   D   D    U D U
    (strum pattern)

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| D   down stroke
| U   up stroke
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Young Chinese Dogs - Sweet Little Lies
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Standard Tuning. Capo 5

Intro
||Am|C |G |Am|| 2x

Verse1
Am                C     G                 Am
Something in your eyes, something on your mind
Am                C     G                 Am
Something at your back, you`re trying to forget
Am                C     G                 Am
Something in your heart, that once i tore apart
Am        C             G
Something tells me that we`re all lies.

ReIntro
||Am|C |G |Am|| 2x

Verse2
Am                C       G                 Am
Something in your past, a thing that didn’t last
Am                 C       G                  Am
Something that you dreamt, something that you felt
Am                 C            G              Am
Something that you said, 'bout things we never had
Am        C             G
Something tells me that we`re all lies.


ReIntro
||Am|C|G|Am|| 2x

Chorus
F                  Am
Sweet little lies, words come and go
F                      Am
Sweet little lies, and i taught you so
F                      Am
Sweet little lies, and i wouldn’t mind
G
If there wasn’t something, If there wasn’t something in your eyes

Bridge
Am   C   G    Am
Ooooooh, Ooooooh
Am   C   G    Am
Ooooooh, Ooooooh

Verse3
Am               C      G              Am
Something during night, something you decide
Am               C         G               Am
something`s haunting me, a thing i can not see
Am               C     G              Am
Something in the dark, seems to fall apart
Am        C             G
Something tells me that we`re all lies

ReIntro
||Am|C|G|Am|| 2x

Chorus
Sweet little lies ...

Bridge
Ooooooh, Ooooooh (4x)

Interlude ||Am |Am |Am |Am ||

(Downer) Chorus
Fj7                Am
Sweet little lies, words come and go
Fj7                    Am
Sweet little lies, and i taught you so
Fj7                    Am
Sweet little lies, and i wouldn’t mind
G
If there wasn’t something, If there wasn’t something in your eyes

Chorus (back to normal)
Sweet little lies ..

Bridge
Ooooooh, Ooooooh (4x)
||Am|| END


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Chords
    Am       C       G       F       Fj7
e|---0---|---0---|---3---|---1---|---0---|----------------------------------------------|
B|---1---|---1---|---0---|---1---|---1---|----------------------------------------------|
G|---2---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---2---|----------------------------------------------|
D|---2---|---2---|---0---|---3---|---3---|----------------------------------------------|
A|---0---|---3---|---2---|---3---|---3---|----------------------------------------------|
E|---x---|---x---|---3---|---x---|---x---|----------------------------------------------|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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