Michael Franti – Sweet Little Lies tab

Artist: Michael Franti & Spearhead
Song: Sweet Little Lies
Album: Yell Fire!
Tabbed by: tarapoto (Nate P.)

(This is not an exact tab of how he plays it and none of this is supposed to be the 
guitar part, but these are the main riffs that I use when I play it on my acoustic, and I 
it sounds great! So take it with a grain of salt and listen to the CD and, hopefully, enjoy!)

G CRiff 1E|--------2-------2-------2--------2--|B|----2-------2-------2--------2------|G|------0---------------0--------0----|D|---------------------------2--------|A|------------------3-----------------|E|--3-------3---3---------------------|
Riff 2 Am DE|--------0-----0-----0--------------2-----2-----2--------|B|----1-------1-----1---1---1----3-------3-----3---3---3--|G|------2---------2----------------2---------2------------|D|--2-------2-------------2----0-------0-------------0----|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3 Em CE|----------0~-0-0-0---------0~-0-0-0--|B|----------0~-0-0-0---------1~-1-1-1--|G|----------0~-0-0-0---------0~-0-0-0--|D|------0h2-2~-2-2-2-----0h2-2~-2-2-2--|A|--2-2-----2~-2-2-2-3-3-----3~-3-3-3--|E|----------x~-x-x-x---------x~-x-x-x--|
(Riff 1) You tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies When I cannot bear the truth You tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies Help me make them all come true (No guitar) Tell me that the rain won't fall today Tell me that the tax man lost his way (oh, oh) Tell me that the hurtin aint gonna hurt no more Tell me that somebody stopped the war (please tell me) (Riff 1) Tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies When I cannot bear the truth You tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies Help me make them all come true (Riff 1) I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (No guitar) Tell me that the whole world's wonderful (yes it is) Tell me that the bank account's too full Tell me that we all got plenty of time, time, time (tell me somethin) Tell me that I ain't gonna lose my mind (Riff 1) Tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies When I cannot bear the truth Tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies Help me make them all come true (Riff 2) And you know I'm just a man With my heart in my hand You tell me things at home And go once more and leave me alone And even though I got no place For I'm on the run from the man Just hold on to me Just hold on to me (Interlude - play Riff 3 twice) (Riff 3 a third time) Everytime I need a prayer, everytime I need to share Am D Everytime I need someone to hold on to me Tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies When I cannot bear the truth Tell me lies, lies, lies Sweet little lies Help me make them all come true (Riff 1) Help me make them all come true Help me make them all come true Help me make them all come true Help me make them all come true (No guitar) Help me make them all come true Tell me that the whole world's wonderful (End on a G chord if you want!)
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