• Song:

    Hey, Little Rich Girl

  • Artist:

    The Specials

This is my first tab ever.  E-mail me with any corrections or comments at:
shortyafter@gmail.com

This is a very simple but fun song to play.  
The verse is pretty straightforward.  Listen for the saxophone in the chorus, it plays the same thing as the
bass.


Standard Tuning (E A D G)

Intro - 
(played on the beat)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------0-------|--------0-------
A|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---
E|5---------------|5---------------|3---------------|3--------------- 

Play the above line twice, except the second time around play this instead of the last measure:

G| ----------------
D| ----------------
A| ----------------
E| 3~--------------


Verse 1 (0:15) -

G|----------------|---------------- |----------------|----------------
D|--------2-------|--------2------- |--------0-------|--------0------- 
A|----3-------3---|----3-------3--- |----2-------2---|----2-------2---
E|5---------------|5--------------- |3---------------|3---------------

Play the above live twice, but for the last measure play:

G| ----------------
D| ----------------
A| ----------------
E| 333-333-333-333- (triplets)


Chorus (0:29) -
(listen to the song for exact rhythm for the first part)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|------22--55----|------44--77----|5---7---5---4---|2---4---2---0--- (all x2)
A|3---------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- 
                                     ^ (played on the beat)
Then:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|------22--55----|------44--77----|5---------------|5~--------------
A|3---------------|5---------------|----5-----------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|--------7---3---|----------------


Verse 2 (0:49) -

The same as the first verse, but this time play the main line 4 times.  Again, play this instead of the last
measure:

G| ----------------
D| ----------------
A| ----------------
E| 333-333-333-333- (triplets)


Chorus (1:15) -
Play the original Chorus again.


Bridge (1:35) -
(listen for the rhythm)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|22----2--22---2-|00----0--00---0-
A|33----3--33---3-|00----0--00---0-|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|222-222-222-222-|222-222-222-222-
A|33----3--33---3-|00----0--00---0-|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
                                              ^(triplets)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|22----2--22---2-|00----0--00---0-
A|33----3--33---3-|00----0--00---0-|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

G|----------------|----------------|------------0---|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|0~--------------
A|33----3--33---3-|00----0--00---0-|----2-----------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------


Interlude (2:00) -
Play Verse 1.


Solo (2:14) -
Play the Chorus.


Verse 3 (2:33) -
Play Verse 2.  In the recording, the bass plays this as a transition into the second half of the verse:

G|0---------------
D|----0-----------
A|--------2-------
E|------------3---

Chorus (2:59) -

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|------22--55----|------44--77----|5---7---5---4---|2---4---2---0--- (all x4)
A|3---------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- 

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|------22--55----|------44--77----|5---------------|5---------------
A|3---------------|5---------------|----5-----------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|--------7---3---|--------3~------
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