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Guitar Tab for Give A Little Bit by The Goo Goo Dolls

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Give A Little Bit - The Goo Goo Dolls

Found on:
Let Love In(2007-02-27)
iTunes Originals(2006-08-01)
Give a Little Bit(2005-04-25)
Star Lounge 2005 Collection(2005)
Sound Response(2005)
Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004(2004-11-23)
Artist-Goo Goo Dolls
Song-Give A Little Bit
Tuning full step down (low to high-D-G-C-F-A-D)

heres the chords used in this song
A7      D/A     G       Bm      Esus4   E       D/F#
x02020  x00232  320033  x24432  022200  022100  2x02xx

D(add11/9)/A  A7(type2)  Cadd9   Em(add11/9)/A  F#m
x04030      x05050     x32033    x07070         244222

D       G/D      A/D
xx0232  xx0787   xx9-10-9

intro
guitar 1 (12-string acoustic)
   A7   D/A  A5   D/A   G   A7            
D|-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
G|-2-2--3-3--2-2--3-3--3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
C|-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
F|-2-2--0-0--2-2--0-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
A|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
D|---------------------3-3-----------------
   G    A7             G
D|-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3--
G|-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3--
C|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--
F|-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0--
A|-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2--
D|-3-3-----------------3-3--

intro
Guitar 2 (electric)
w/dist
   A7        G
D|-----------3-3-3-3-----------------
G|-5---------3-3-3-3-----------------
C|-2---------0-0-0-0-----------------
F|-2---------0-0-0-0-----------------
A|-0---------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------

verse 1 (guitar 1)
D/A  / / / / / /         A7  D/A
i'll give a little bit
D/A  / / / / / /      G  / / / / /  A7  G
give a little bit of your love to me
D/A  / / / / / /         A7  D/A
i'll give a little bit
D/A  / / / / / /      G  / / / / /  A7 
i'll give a little bit of my love to you

verse 1 (guitar 2) (follow same chord pattern of guitar 1)
   D/A                   A7
D||--2------------------------------
G||--3---------------------3-2----3-
C||'-2---------------------0-2----0-
F||'-0-----------------------2------
A||--------------------------0------
D||---------------------------------
   D/A                     G     
D|--------------------------3----
G|-3----------------------3-3----
C|-3----------------------0-0----
F|-0------------------------0----
A|--------------------------2----
D|--------------------------3----

[first ending]
   A7             G
D|------------------------||
G|-2--------------3-3-----||
C|-2--------------0-0----'||(repeat this but
F|-2----------------0----'||second time go to
A|-0----------------2-----||second ending)
D|------------------3-----||

[second ending]
   A7
D|-----
G|-5---
C|-2---
F|-2---
A|-0---
D|-----

guitar 1
Bm                   Esus4  E
See the man with the lonely eyes
      D/F#                 G
i'll take his hand, you'll be surprised
Dadd11/9/A   A7  Dadd11/9/A  A7type2

guitar 2 (clean tone) (chorus pedal optional)
*chords on guitar 2 part are for rhythm only
dont play these chords
   Bm               Esus4   E     G
D|-------------2--------0----------------
G|----------3----3------0------0---------
C|-------4------------2-----1--1------0--
F|----4---------------2-----2--2------0--
A|-2-----------------------------x----x--
D|-------------------------------x--2-3--

  D(add11/9)/A   A7       D(add11/9)/A   A7(type2)
D|-----------------------------------------------
G|--------3----------2---------3---------------5-
C|-----------------------------------------------
F|-4--------------2---------4----------------5---
A|-------------0----------0---------------0------
D|-----------------------------------------------

D/A  / / / / / /         A7  D/A
so give a little bit
D/A  / / / / / /      G  / / / / /  A7  G
i'll give a little bit of my life for you
D/A  / / / / / /         A7  D/A
so give a little bit
D/A  / / / / / /      G  / / / / /  A7
give a little bit of your time to me
Bm                   Esus4  E
now's the time that we need to share
      D/F#                 G
so send a smile, were on our way back home

guitar 2-verse 2
  D/A A7  D/A G  A7              G  A7     G
                                [1st ending]
D||------------------------------|-----------||
G||-----------------------2-3-2--|-----------||
C||'-----------------------------|----2-4-2-'||
F||'-0---------------------------|----------'||
A||------------------------------|-----------||
D||------------------------------|-----------||

[second ending]
  A7      
D|--------
G|--------
C|--------
F|--2-4-2-
A|--------
D|--------

   Bm               Esus4   E     G
D|-------------2--------0-------------------------
G|----------3----3------0------0------------------
C|-------4------------2-----1--1------0----0------
F|----4---------------2-----2--2------0-------0---
A|-2-----------------------------x----x-----------
D|-------------------------------x--2-3-----------

guitar 1
Cadd9 / / / / / /      G              / / / / / / 
A7    / / / / / /      D(add11/9)/A   / / / / / / 
A7(type)  / / / / / /  Em(add11/9)/A  / / / / / / 

guitar 2
  Cadd9       G       
D|-3----------3---------
G|-3----------3---------
C|-0----------0---------
F|-2----------0---------
A|-3----------2----0----
D|----------2-3---------

  A7       D(add11/9)/A   A7(type2)
D||-----------------------------------
G||-----------------------------------
C||'----------------------------------
F||'-----2---------4------------5-----
A||--/4-----0-/5-------0----/7--------
D||-----------------------------------

  Em(add11/9)/A          F#m  (w/slight dis)
                      fill 2 played after second ending
                        [fill 1][fill 2]
D|---------------------||-9-----|-------||------------------------------
G|---------------------||-10----|---12--||------------------------------
C|--------------------'||-11----|---12--||'-----------------------------
F|----------7-9-7-----'||-11----|---12--||'---------2-------------2-----
A|--0---/9---------0---||-------|---10--||--2-4--x-----4--x-2-4--x--4---
D|---------------------||-------|-------||------------------------------
                            doubled by baritone guitar
     [first ending]    [second ending]  [third ending]
D|------------------||----------------||-------------
G|------------------||----------------||-------------
C|-----------------'||---------------'||-------------
F|-----------2--4--'||---------------'||-------------
A|--2-4-4^----------||--2-4-4^---4-2--||-------------
D|------------------||----------------||-3--5/7--5-3-
                                         arranged for baritone guitar

guitar 1
Cadd9 / / / /      G              / / / /
A7    / / / /      D(add11/9)/A   / / / /
A7(type 2) / / / / Em(add11/9)/A  / / / /

guitar 2
D|-----------------||----------------------------||
G|-----------------||----------------------------||
C|-----------------||'--------------------------'||
F|-----------------||'-2------------2-----------'||
A|--3--------0--0--||--0------0-0---0---/14-----||
D|-----2--3--------||----------------------------||

bridge 1
guitar 1
D / / / /  G/D  / / / /  A/D  / / / / G/D  D  / / / / /
dont you need to feel at home?  (dont you need dont you need dont you need to feel at home)
D / / / /  G/D  / / / /  A/D  / / / / G/D  D  / / / / /
ohh you gotta feel it
Cadd9  / / / / / / / /   / / /  G / / / / / / / / /  / / /
yeah im coming home too ohh you gotta sing come a long way tonight

guitar 2
D|-3---------------3----------------------------------
G|-3---------------3----------------------------------
C|-0---------------0----------------------------------
F|-2---------------0-----5/7--5------2----------4-----
A|-3/3--5/7--5--4--2/2-----------/4-----0---/5------0-
D|-----------------3----------------------------------

D|-------------------------------
G|------------------2-2----0-----
C|------------------2-2----0-----
F|-----5-------/7---2-2----0-----
A|-/7-----0----/9---0-0----------
D|-------------------------------

verse 3
guitar 1
D/A  / / / / / /         A7  D/A
so give a little bit
D/A  / / / / / /      G  / / / / /  A7  G
give a little bit of your love to me
D/A  / / / / / /         A7  D/A
i'll give a little bit
D/A  / / / / / /      G  / / / / /  A7
i'll give a little bit of my love to you
Bm                   Esus4  E
now's the time that we need to share
      D/F#                 G
so send a smile, were on our way back home

guitar 2
  D/A        A7 D/A       G  A7       G      
D|-2--2-3-2------2--2--2---------------------
G|-3--3---3--2---3--3--3--3--2-----2---(2)-3-
C|-2--2---2--2---2--2--2--0--2--2------------
F|-0---------2---0-----0--0--0---------------
A|-----------0------------2------------------
D|------------------------3------------------

   G   A7                 G
D|-----------------------------------
G|-3---------------------------------
C|-0---2--------------5--------------
F|-0---2------4/2-4/6----6/4-2-------
A|-2---0---0-------------------4-0---
D|-3---------------------------------
   
   D/A     A7   D/A    G   A7
D|-------------------------------------
G|-3-----3--2--3-3-----3---2--2-3--2-3-
C|-2-----0--2--0-2-----0---2--2----2-0-
F|-0--------2----0-----0---2-------2---
A|----------0----------2---0-----------
D|---------------------3---------------

   G   A7   
D|-------------5--------5------------------
G|-3--------------5-----5------5--5--5--5--
C|-0-------4^*--------------4--2--2--2--4--
F|-0---2-----------------------------------
A|-2---0-----------------------------------
D|-3---------------------------------------
*keep 3rd string bent while playing the first and second.

                  Esus4  E    D/F#   G
D|------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------0--
F|--------------2---/7--6-------------0-----
A|-2---4--4-5--------------x-------2--------
D|-------------------------x--2-3-----------
    A7  / / / / / / / / / / 
D|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
C|-------------------------------
F|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
D|-------------------------------

Bridge 2
guitar 1
(dont you need dont you need dont you need to feel at home)
D  A/D  G/D  A/D  D 
Yeah come along too
D  A/D  G/D  A/D  D 
yeah you gotta feel it
D  A/D  G/D  A/D  D 
cause i need to feel at home
D  A/D  G/D  A/D  D 
ooo come along too, such a long ride
D  A/D  G/D  A/D  D 
come a long way, sing it tonight
D  A/D  G/D  A/D  D 

guitar 2
D|----------------------
G|-2--3--2--3--2--3-----
C|-2--0--3--2--2--2-----
F|-2--0--0--0--2--0-----
A|-0--2--0--0--0--0-----
D|----3-----------------

D|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
C|-------------------------------
F|-------------------------------
A|---7---5----------0----5-------
D|----------0-2-0----------------

to end the song guitar 1
D/ / A/D  / /  G/D / / A/D / D /

this is a great supertramp cover
goo goo dolls did it amazingly
enjoy
any comments or changes email me

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Tuning Map

  • Fret
  • S6
  • S5
  • S4
  • S3
  • S2
  • S1
  • -13
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • -12
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • -11
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • -10
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • -9
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • -8
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • -7
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • -6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • -5
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -4
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G
  • C
  • -3
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • G#
  • C#
  • -2
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A
  • D
  • -1
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • 0
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • 1
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • 2
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • 3
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • 4
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • 5
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • 6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • 7
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -2
  • -2
  • -2
  • -2
  • -2
  • -2
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