Dance Little Sister Chords & Tabs
Band: The Rolling Stones
Song: Dance Little Sister
Album: It's Only Rock and Roll
Year: 1974
Tuning: Keith in Open G - Mick Taylor in standard
This is a rockin' tune off of their '74 LP. Very simple rhythm seqeunce. Lot's of Mick
improvising in the verses.
Cool solo. I have divided the Keith and Taylor parts into different sections.
Keith:
Play this pattern throughout pretty much the whole song. Play the A Chord, then the E
E susepended chord sequence,
then back to the A chord. Very simple.
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-2---------|
-2---------|
-2---------|
-2---------|
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-9-10--10-9----9-10--10-9-------------|
-9-9---9--9----9-9---9--9-------------|
-9-11--11-9----9-11--11-9-------------|
-9-9---9--9----9-9---9--9-------------|
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Bridge
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-0-----2---------0-------9--7--5--2--0--9-------|
-0-----2---------0-------9--7--5--2--0--9-------|
-0-----2---------0-------9--7--5--2--0--9-------|
-0-----2---------0-------9--7--5--2--0--9-------|
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Mick Taylor:
Intro:
(Can be heard faintly in left speaker at very start of song)
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----2---------|
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-0------------|
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Verse
I don't think Mick Taylor plays the same thing twice throughout the whole song. Infact,
the whole song it just sounds
like he's improvising. Because of this, I'm not going to tab out every single thing he
I have however listed a few examples
of the kind of licks he plays during the verses/chorus. Just play around with these,
etc....that's all he did too.
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--------------2-2----|
-2---4---5-----------|
-0---0---0-----------|
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-------------------2--------------|
-2-2-------2-2--4-----------------|
-0-0--3-4--0-0--0-----------------|
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----------------2-----2---4br2---2-----|
-2------2-2--4------4---4------4-------|
-0-3-4--0-0--0-------------------------|
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-0h2--0---0------------------------------------|
--------4----4p2p0---4p2p0---------------------|
----------------------------4p2p0--------------|
-----------------------------------5p30--------|
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-----------------5------5-------------|
--------------4b---4(b)----4br--------|
-2--4--2-4----------------------------|
-0--0--0-0----------------------------|
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For E Chord section
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-2--4--2--4----|
-0--0--0--0----|
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---------------------------2--|
-2--4--5--4--2----2--4--5-----|
-0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0-----|
Bridge
(Strums G chord in right speaker - as notated - before playing the lick)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rolling_stones/dance_little_sister_tab.html ]
-3-------------14-------12-----------------------------------|
-3--------12b-----12(b)-----12br-10---10p8~~---8-8-----------|
-0--------------------------------------------------7--------|
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Solo
(He uses a wammy bar for the heavy vibrato on the 17th fret B string - but if you dont
one just play a heavy
vibrato with your finger)
-------12--------14-------12-----------------12b~~---12(b)r-------14----12-----------12-------12-------12--------------|
-12b------12(b)-----12(b)-----12br-10~----10-----------------12b-----12----12------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------11^-------11^------11^-----11br--9~~----|
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Bend >
-------------------------------------12-----14-----12-----------------------------17-----------------------------------|
--------------------------------12b------12-----12------12br10----10-10~--10-10--------17b--17~~~~~~~---17\------------|
---------2---4br2-----2~~--------------------------------------11------------------------------------------------------|
-2-----------------4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------12---------------------12b---12~~-------------------------------------------|
-11^------11(^)--------11br9-----9-9---------------------------2---4br2---2--2-2-2-----------|
-----------------------------11-------------------------2---------------4--------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------0--0---------------------------------|
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After solo - he plays this little thing with the wammy bar a few times. Just dip it
He also plays a few more of the fills
like listed above
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-0~~~~------|
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Breakdown
-----------------------12--8^------------x-12--12-------------------------------------------|
-10--9--8------8/10------------10--------------15b---15br12--15^-15^\-----2--2--2-----------|
---------------7/9--------------9-----------------------------------------2--2--2-----------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------2--2--2-----------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------0--0--0-----------|
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Solo during last verse
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-15b---(^)15--(b)15--(^)15--(b)15---15^r---13^-------------------|
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Then just play Verse/Chorus sequence to fade and play some improvisations
