Little Green Bag

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  • h = hammer-on
    p = pull-off
     
  • Once you play this, you might ask "Why not go for the open string instead of the
    fifth fret?" Because it doesn't sound open to me--each note in this song is very
    clipped and sharp; there's no resonance of open strings. I think the bassist here
  • is fretting most of the notes. And for economy's sake, it's often easier to fret
    the fifth fret on the string next to the one you're playing than it is to skip
    over and hit an open one two strings away. But hey, play it however you like!
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    Opening riff:
     
  • G ---------3----------------------------------------3---------------|
    D --5--3-5---5-3-5---5-3---------------3-------3-5----5-------------|
    A -----------------------3-5----5--3-5---5-3-5----------------------|
  • E ------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
    Standard riff from that point on (0:09):
  •  
    "Yeah...."
    G --------------h3---------------------------------------------------|
  • D -0h3-5--3h5--5--5--0h3h5----------5h7----------h3-----------3-4-5--|
    A -------------------------3-4-5--------5--3h5--5--5--0h3h5----------|
    E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    There are variations on this throughout, which I will not go into because they're
    all pretty small, but this is the core. You'll hear various one-note differences
  • on the beginning of the second half; for instance, I don't think he plays that 5h7
    on the D ever again--it's -7-7- or -0h3h5- on the A etc. But you can use the core
    of this for the whole song and vary it to taste with a minor pentatonic scale.
  •  
    When the guitar plays in harmony at 0:46, play the simpler opening riff.
     
  • (0:55)
    "Looking for some happiness but there is only loneliness to find..."
    G --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • D -0-2-4-5-----4h5-----4-5-----5------------4-7-----------------------|
    A ---------4h5-----4h5-----4h5---0h2-3-4-5----------------------------|
    E --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    (1:00)
    "Jump to the left, turn to the right..."
  • v--This slide's so subtle, you can
    skip it
    G -------------------------------------------4/3\4-----h4-------------|
  • D -0-0-4-7--0--4-7---4-7--------5-----5--0-2--------2-2---------------|
    A -----------------------5-4-3----0-3---------------------------------|
    E --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    (1:09)
    G ------5--------------------------------------------------------------|
  • D --2-3---3------------------------------------------------------------|
    A ------------3-4-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-/----------------------------------|
    E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    During the guitar solo at 1:14, repeat, it and then play it again when the vocals
    return. Again, there are variations, but you can use the above as a roadmap.
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