“Little Sister”
By Queens of the Stone Age
Tabbed by Rawhide
Standard Tuning

Part of the reason this song has so many versions is that many of them fail to incorporate the C#, D# E riff used throughout many parts of the song, so things don’t sound quite right. Listen. Play along and you will see. For the chorus I use the mid neck F#(A string 9th fret) starting position which gives the bass part more of a kick and sounds great if playing solo with the CD or if you only have one guitar in your band. If you have plenty of top end (guitars) or want to get a heavier sound play the same riff but use the E string 2nd fret as a starting position for the F#, E, G# progression. Of Course, I am only going by one man's ear and some slow down tech. softwre so feel free to add on


Intro
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-------4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4---------7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2-----------------------2-2-2----------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2--------------------------------------------|


1st Verse
              Hey Sister...
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2--------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6—-4-4-4—-4-4-4-------------------|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7-----------------------7-7-7—-7-7-7-6-5-| 
E|------------2-2-2-----------------------------------------------|

              About...
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2--------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6—-4-4-4—-4-4-4-------------------|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7-----------------------7-7-7-—7-7-7-6-5-| 
E|------------2-2-2-----------------------------------------------|








Chorus
             Little sister ..you find...
G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----9—-9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----9—-9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----9—-9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----13--13--13--13--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----11—-11--11--11-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

1st Solo

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2--------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------666------------------------------|
A|-444--666--777----------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

2nd Verse
           you whisper secrets...
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2--------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6—-4-4-4—-4-4-4-------------------|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7-----------------------7-7-7—-7-7-7-6-5-| 
E|------------2-2-2-----------------------------------------------|

              About...
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| 
E|------------2-2-2--------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6—-4-4-4—-4-4-4-------------------|
A|-----4-4-4---------7-7-7-----------------------7-7-7-—7-7-7-6-5-| 
E|------------2-2-2-----------------------------------------------|


2nd Chorus

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----9—-9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----9—-9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----9—-9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9----13--13--13--13----13--13--13--13--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9--9--9--9----7-—7--7--7-----11--11--11--11----11—-11--11--11-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Solo & Outro

G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------(rest)----------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7--------| X2
E|--------------------------------|

G|------------------------|
D|----------------666-----|
A|-444--666--777----------|
E|------------------------|


G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------6-6-6------------------------6-6-6-|
A|-----4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------4-4-4--6-6-6--7-7-7---------| X12
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| (speed varies)


G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-----4r--| 
E|---------|