Little Savage Chords & Tabs
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Subject: Yngwie Malmsteen "Little Savage"
j.letostak@giffy.com if you have any suggestions or comments.
s=slide
b=bend (f=full) 1/2 1 1/2 steps I wrote the steps above the notes
p=pull off
h=hammer on
x=ghost note
Yngwie Malmsteen
Little Savage
from Rising Force
Main Riff F# Phrygian
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Drums----|-------------|------4---5-----2-4----|----4---2-----------------|
---------|-------------|----4---4---4-4--------|--4---4---5-4-2-----------|
---------|--0-2-3-2----|--2-----------------2--|2----------------5-3-2----|
Main Riff Transposed G
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-----4---5-----2-4---|----4--4-2-----------|-----5---6-----3-5------|
---4---4---4-4-------|--4--4-----5-4-2-----|---5---5---5-5----------|
-2-----------------2-|2----------------5-3-|-3-----------------3----|
---------------------- -----------------------|----------------------------|
---------------------- -----------------------|----------------------------|
---------------------- -----------------------|----------------------------|
----5---3------------- -----5---6-----3-5-----|-----5----------------------|
--5---5---6-5-3------- ---5---5---5-5---------|---5---5-0-2-3-2------------|
3---------------6-4-3- -3-----------------3---|-3--------------------------|
Main riff transposed B
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----4---5-----2-4----|-----4---2-------------|-------%------|------%-------|
--4---4---4-4--------|---4---4---5-4-2-------|--------------|--------------|
2-----------------2--|-2---------------5-3-2-|--------------|--------------|
---------------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|
7h8p7p5-----------------------------------------5--|-7---------------------|
--------8-7-5-----------------------------5-7-8----|-----------------------|
--------------7-5-4-----------------4-5-7----------|-----------------------|
--------------------7p5p4-----4-5-7----------------|-----------------------|
--------------------------7-7----------------------|-----------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|--------0-2-3-2--------|
Play main riff F# 2x
Break
10-9-7-6-7-9-10-9-7-6-7-9-10-9-7-|6----------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|--8-7-5----------------------------------|
---------------------------------|--------7-5-4-3--------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------5-4----------------------|
---------------------------------|--------------------7-5-4----------------|
---------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-5-3-2------|
Main Riff F# 3x
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----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
----4---5-----2-4-----|-----4---4-2-----------|-----------------------------|
--4---4---4-4---------|---4---4-----5-4-2-----|-----------------------------|
2------------------2--|-2-----------------5-3-|-----------------------------|
solo Continue riffs
---------------------------------------|-------|-16p15~-p13p11s10----------|
-------------------------------13-12~--|12~----|---------------------------|
---------10-13p12-10-------------------|-------|---------------------------|
10-12-13-------------13-12-10----------|-------|---------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------|---------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------|---------------------------|
10h11----------|----------17-19-20p19-17------------------------------------|
-------13~~----|-17-19-20----------------20p19-17-16------------------------|
---------------|-------------------------------------19-17-16---------------|
---------------|----------------------------------------------19-17-16------|
---------------|-------------------------------------------------------19-18|
---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff B
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-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------|
11h14p11--t17p11-|-----4---5-----2-4---|-----4---2-------------------------|
-----------------|---4---4---4-4-------|---4---4---5-4-2-------------------|
-----------------|-2-----------------2-|-2---------------5-3-2-------------|
-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#
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--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
----4---5-----2-4---|-----4------------|-----------------------------------|
--4---4---4-4-------|---4---4----------|-----4---5-----2-4-----------------|
2-----------------2-|-2----------------|---4---4---4-4---------------------|
--------------------|---------0-2-3-2--|-2-----------------2---------------|
----------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
----4---2-------------|-----4---5-----2-4---|-----4---2--------------------|
--4---4---5-4-2-------|---4---4---4-4-------|---4---4---5-4-2--------------|
2---------------5-3-2-|-2-----------------2-|-2---------------5-3-2--------|
Unaccompanied Solo break
* trill
6h7p6-----6---------------------|10-9-7-6-9-7p6---7-6----------------------|
------8-7---8-7-5-8-7-5---------|---------------8-----8-7-5~---------------|
------------------------7-*6----|------------------------------------------|
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12p10p9----10-9-------9-10p9-12p9-14p12-|-15p14p12--------------------------|
--------12------12-11-------------------|----------15-14-12-11--------------|
----------------------------------------|----------------------14-12-11-----|
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------12-14-------------------------|
------------------------------|------12-14-15--------------------------12---|
---------------------------11-|12-14--------------------------11-12-14------|
14-12-11----------11-12-14----|----------------------11-12-14---------------|
---------14-13-14-------------|---------------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
------12-14~-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
14-15--------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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guitar solo
b 1/2
---------14p10------------------------------------|------------------------|
------12-------12---------------------------------|------------------------|
---11-------------11----11-9----------------------|--6b--p4--s2~-----------|
12-------------------12------12p11-12p9-12-9s11p9-|------------------------|
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w/bar w/bar keyboards interlude nat harm
--------------------|----------------------|--7-----------------------------|
7h8-h10-p7----------|----------------------|----7---------------------------|
-------------9-p-7--|----------------------|------7-------------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
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---2------4-----5--2--------|
2--2--4---4--5--5--2--------|
0--x--2---x--3--x--0------2-|
Main Riff F# under solo guitar
---------------|------------------------------12-14-|15p14p12--------------|
11h12p11---11~-|---------------------12-14-15-------|---------15p14h15-15bf|
---------------|------------11-12-14----------------|----------------------|
---------------|---11-12-14-------------------------|----------------------|
---------------|14----------------------------------|----------------------|
---------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|
------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
p14~--12s11-|-----15--p14p12h15p14p12-14-12--------------------------------|
------------|---x---------------------------15-12-11----11-----------------|
------------|-x--------------------------------------14----14-12h14p12s----|
------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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w/bar palm mute
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-------------------------------------------|-4bf--p3h4-|-------------------|
11--11h12p11s9-9h11p9s8h9p8----------------|-----------|--------------11-12|
----------------------------10p9p7---------|-----------|-------------------|
-----------------------------------10p9p7s-|-----------|-------------------|
------------------10-12-14-10-12-14-15-12-15-14-12-18-12-14-15-14-|12-19-12-|
---------11-12-14-------------------------------------------------|---------|
---11-12----------------------------------------------------------|---------|
14----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
14-15-14-12-18-12-14-15-14-12-19-12-14-15-14-12-15s|21~-----21-18-------18--|
---------------------------------------------------|--------------20p17-----|
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---------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
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15-------15p11-------12p9------15p12----------12-15p12---|15--12h15s18p15----|
---17p14-------14-11------11-8-------14----14----------14|----------------17-|
----------------------------------------15---------------|-------------------|
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15------------12-15-18p12-15p12----12-15|t21p18p12-t21p18p12-t18p15p12---12-|
---17p14---14-------------------14------|-----------------------------14----|
---------x------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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15-17s18--17--15--|-14------------------------14-------------|--------------|
------------------|----17---15h17p15s14h15h17----17p15p14----|15-14---------|
------------------|---------------------------------------16-|------16bf-p15|
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0h4h7-t12p4h7-t12p4h7-t12p4h7-t12p5h8-t12p5h8-t12p5s7-|-p0h7h10-t12p7h10----|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yngwie_malmsteen/little_savage_tab.html ]
w/bar
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t12p7h10-t12p5h8-t12p4h7-t12p7~-|-xs----x------s13--p12p10-12~-------------|
--------------------------------|-xs---------------------------------------|
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s15s16-p15p13----------------------------------------------------|----------|
--------------16-15-13-12-13-15-13-12-----8h9p8------------------|----------|
--------------------------------------13s-------10-8-7---------7-|----------|
-------------------------------------------------------10-9-10---|-10-9-6---|
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palm mute
------------------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------|
------------------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------|
------------------------------|--5bf-p4--5~---|-4-5-4-7-5-8-7-10-8-|-12h13--|
5h6p5-------------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------|
------8-6-5-------5-----------|---------------|--------------------|--------|
------------8-7-8---8-7-4s3~--|---------------|--------------------|--------|
b 1/2
--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
-------------------12b----|--p10-13-12-10s8-12-10-8-7-10-8-7---------------|
p12p10--------------------|----------------------------------9-8h9p8h9-----|
-------12-10s9------------|------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
--------11--p8---------8s14p11----------11s-17p14---------14s|20--19--17----|
-----12--------10p7h10---------13p10h13-----------16p13-16---|--------------|
8h11---------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
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b 2 1/2 b 2 b1/2
19--20b--20b---|-20b---20b~-|-----------------------------------------------|
---------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------|
---------------|------------|----------16-17-16-17-16----------------16-17--|
---------------|------------|-16-17-19----------------19-17-16-17-19--------|
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---------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------|
------------|---------------------------------19h20p19p17-19p17-19p17------|
16-17-19-17-|-16-17-16---------------16-17-19-------------------------20---|
------------|----------17-16---16-17---------------------------------------|
------------|----------------x---------------------------------------------|
------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
17h19h20p19p17-------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------20-17h19h20p19p17-------12h13p12----------------------------|
---------------------------------20s14----------14p12s11----11-------------|
---------------------------------------------------------14----14p13-------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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------------------------0----|----------------------------------------------|
------------------------x----|12h13p12-10-13-12-110-------10----------------|
-----------------------------|----------------------12-11----12-11-9-12-11--|
9h10p9-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
-------12-10-9---------------|----------------------------------------------|
---------------12-12~--------|----------------------------------------------|
harm harm
----|---7---------7--11p8s7h8p7-------------7---|------------7---|------------|
----|------7h8h10---------------10-8-7-8-10-----|7s8-12-10-7---8-|--7---------|
9-8-|-------------------------------------------|----------------|9---9-8-9bf-|
----|-------------------------------------------|----------------|------------|
----|-------------------------------------------|----------------|------------|
----|-------------------------------------------|----------------|------------|
palm mute
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--------------------------------------------|--------------------------10---|
12-11-9-8-9-11-12-11-9-8-9-11-12-11-9-8-9-11|12-11-9-8-9-11-12-9-11-12------|
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1/2 w/bar
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------10-12~--|-12b---t16p12-t17p12-t19p12-t16p12-t17p12-t19p12---12-------|
11-12---------|------------------------------------------------------------|
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palm mute
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--------9-12-10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7----9---|
9-10-12--------------------10-----10-----|
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----------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
7---------|-7-------------|--7---------------|-7------------------|
0---------|-0-------------|--0---------------|-0------------------|
-------|--------|----------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------|----------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------|----------|--------------------------------|
2------|-2------|-2--------|--------------------------------|
2------|-2------|-2--------|-------2-5-3-2---3-2-----2------|
0------|-0------|-0--------|-2-3-5---------5-----5-3---5-3-2|
----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
----------------|---------%----------|--------%-------|--------------------|
----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-----|
----------------|--------------|---------|---------------------------------|
----------------|--------------|---------|---------------------------------|
----------------|-----%--------|-----%---|---------------------------------|
----------------|--------------|---------|---------------------------------|
----------------|--------------|---------|-------2-5-3-2---3-2-----2-------|
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|---------|-2-3-5---------5-----5-3---5-3-2-|
Outro solo
15p14p12----------15p14p12----15-15p14p12----|15p14p12----15p12-17p12-19p12-|
---------12-17-12----------12-------------12-|---------12-------------------|
---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
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1 1/2
---17p15-12----|--15-12-------------12-------|------12----------------------|
12----------17-|--------17b~-----------15-12-|---------12-------------15-12-|
---------------|-----------------------------|-14bf-------14bf--14-12-------|
---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
12----14-12----|--------------------------|------------------12bf----------|
---14-------14-|-12---------------9-7-----|---10-7s9-12-10-9---------------|
---------------|-----14~------s10-----10--|-9------------------------------|
---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
1/2 1 1/2
---------------------------------|---5-5------------s21b---|--21bf~--------|
---10----------------------s8bf--|-8-----8-5---8~----------|---------------|
12----12b----p10----12s----------|-----------7-------------|---------------|
-----------------12--------------|-------------------------|---------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
1/2
21b---21-19-21|-17-21-16-21-19-21-17-21-16-21-19-21-17-21-16-17|21-19-17----|
--------------|------------------------------------------------|---------21-|
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trem
picking
19-17-------17-------------------------s16-----|-16p14-13-------------------|
------21-19----21-19-17-17-17-17---------------|----------15-14-------------|
---------------------------------19-18---------|----------------16-14-13----|
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------13-------|---------------------------------------------------------8-|
16-15----16-x--|----16-15-------15------------------------------------11---|
---------------|-17-------17-16----17-16-14-----16-14----------------------|
---------------|-----------------------------17-------17-16-14~------------|
---------------------9-14p9h14p9--t17p14p9h14p9-t16-|p14p9h14p9-t19p14p9h14p-|
------------------10--------------------------------|------------------------|
10-11-10-8-10--11-----------------------------------|------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
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9h14--s21~--|-21~--19-17-21-17--19-17-------17----------19-21p19p17-|
------------|-------------------------21-19----21-19-17-------------|
------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
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19-17----17-19-21-p17-19p17----------17------------|---17-19-21-19-17-19-17-|
------21--------------------21p19-21----21-19-17-19|21----------------------|
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---------17----------17-19-21-19-17|-19-17-------17-----------------21-17-19-|
21-19-21----21-17-19---------------|-------19-21----21-19-17-19--17----------|
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1 1/2
21-19-17----|------------------21b-----s17--16-14-19-14-|16----14-------14--|
---------21-|-19-19-19-19--17---------------------------|---17----17bf------|
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1/2 to full fade out
----------14---------------------|------------------------------------------|
17p14--------17-14------14-------|----17b-----------------------------------|
------16-----------16bf----17-16-|-14---------------------------------------|
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