Little by Little Oasis
Artist = Oasis
Song = Little By Little
Album = Heathen Chemistry (2002)
Words & Music by Noel Gallagher
Tabbed by ~ Bucboy1001 ~
This Oasis classic is deceptively simple, don't let the chord names fool you. One
of my favorite live Oasis tunes from the Chief himself.
I know the chords to be 99.99% accurate (from chord book). As for the solo and
outro leads, I have taken some of the other tabs I've seen and
made what I think is the most accurate tab of this song. Remember to use a ton of
vibrato to make the solo's come to life.
Anyway, I welcome any suggestions/questions/comments. Thanks and Enjoy Madferit's.
Chords: (Standard Tuning)
C: x32010
G5: 3x0033
Emadd9: 024000
A7: x02020
D: xx0232
D/F: 2x0230
G/F: 2x0033
Em7: 022030
A7sus4: x02030
A: x02220
Cadd9: x32033
G/B: x20033
Dsus2: xx0230
Dsus(#5): xx0330
Intro: | C G5 | Emadd9 | A7 | Emadd9 | A7 |
Verse 1:
[Emadd9]We the people fight for our exi[A7]stence, We [Emadd9]don't claim to be perfect but we're [A7]free.
We [Emadd9]dream our dreams alone with no re[A7]sistance, [Emadd9]Faded like the stars we wish to [A7]be.
Pre-Chorus 1:
Y'know I didn't [D]mean,[D/F] what I just [G5]said,[G/F]
But my [Em7]God woke up on the wrong side of his [A7sus4]bed,
And it just don't matter now.
Chorus 1:
[G5] Little by [D]little, we [A]gave you everything you [Em7]ever drea[D/F]med of.
[G5] Little by [D]little, the [A]wheels of your life have [Em7]slowly [D/F]fallen off.
[G5] Little by [D]little, you [A]have to give it all [Em7]in all [D/F]your life,
[G5] And all the [D]time, I just [Cadd9]ask myself why[G/B] are you really [A7sus4]here?
Verse 2:
[Emadd9]True perfection has to be im[A7]perfect,
I [Emadd9]know that that sounds foolish but it's [A7]true.
The [Emadd9]day has come and now you'll have to [A7]accept,
The [Emadd9]life inside your head we gave to you.[A7]
Pre-Chorus 2:
Y'know I didn't [D]mean,[D/F] what I just [G5]said,[G/F]
But my [Em7]God woke up on the wrong side of his [A7sus4]bed,
And it just don't matter now.
Chorus 2:
[G5] Little by [D]little, we [A]gave you everything you [Em7]ever drea[D/F]med of.
[G5] Little by [D]little, the [A]wheels of your life have [Em7]slowly [D/F]fallen off.
[G5] Little by [D]little, you [A]have to give it [Em7]all in all [D/F]your life,
[G5] And all the [D]time, I just [Cadd9]ask myself why[G/B] are you really [A7sus4]here? Hey!
Instrumental/Solo: The solo starts right before Noel sings "here" (Really try to
use vibrato and bring it to life)
[A] [G5] [D] [A]
E------------------------------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------------------------------| G------------6-7b9r7-6---------------------------------------------| D--5h7--7--7-----------7-7-5h7-7-7---7-5---5-4---------------------| A------------------------------------7-5---5-5---------------------| E------------------------------------------------------------------|
[A] [G5] [D] [D]
E------------------------------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------------------------------| G------------6-7b9r7-6---------------------------------------------| D--5h7--7--7-----------7-7-5h7-7-7---7-5---5-4---------------------| A------------------------------------7-5---5-5---------------------| E------------------------------------------------------------------|
[D] [A] [G5] [D]
E------------------------------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------------------------------| G------------------------------------------------------------------| D--10h12--12-12--10h12--12-12--10h12--12-12---12-10---10-9---------| A---------------------------------------------12-10---10-10--------| E------------------------------------------------------------------|
D A G5 (chorus starts
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| up again) B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------11h12s14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14b16(hold)-14----| D--10h12--12-12--10h12--12-12---------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Note: I didn't literally count how many 14's he hits at the end, it's a lot,
you'll be able to feel how many is enough when you play)
Chorus 3:
[G5] Little by [D]little, we [A]gave you everything you [Em7]ever drea[D/F]med of.
[G5] Little by [D]little, the [A]wheels of your life have [Em7]slowly [D/F]fallen off.
[G5] Little by [D]little, you [A]have to give it [Em7]all in all [D/F]your life,
[G5] And all the [D]time, I just ask myself why you're [D/F]really here.
(Right when Noel sings "here" there's a lead that chimes in and carries all the
way through the last few lines and to the outro)
E--------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------15v-15v-15v--------| G-11h12--\14--11h12--\14--11h12--\14---------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------| PLAY 3 TIMES (When you slide to 14 A--------------------------------------------------------| still pick it; remember vibrato) E--------------------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------15-17-17b19r17-15-15h17-15-----| G-11h12--\14--11h12--\14---------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------| After this go straight A--------------------------------------------------------| to the outro E--------------------------------------------------------|
(If you don't play the lead, then you play this little instrumental over it until
the last few lines of the chorus kick in)
| G5 D | A7sus4 Em7 D/F | G5 D |
[A7sus4] Why a[Em7]m I reall[D/F]y here?[G5] [D]
A7sus4 Em7 D/F G5 D | Cadd9 G5
Why am I really here?
Outro:
|| D | Dsus2 | D | Dsus2 || Repeat a few times, then...
|| Dsus2 | G5 | Dsus2(#5)| G5 || REPEAT TO FADE
Cheers.
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