"Little Sister" by Jewel Kilcher Authentic guitar tablature Transcribed by Joe Levy Standard tuning, key of D. (The little "o"s make repeat bars.) E9 D ||--------2-------0h2-----2h3-------------2-------0h2-----2h3------- ||----3-------3-------3-------3---3---3-------3-------3-------3---0- ||o----------------------------------------------------------------- ||o-2---2-------2-------2-------2---0---0-------0-------0-------0--- ||------------------------------------------------------------------ ||------------------------------------------------------------------ CM7 G -------0---------------0---------------3-------3-------3----------|| ---0-------0-------0-------0---0---3-------3-------3-------3---3--|| ---------------0-------------------------------------------------o|| -------------------------------------------------------------0---o|| -3---3-------3-------3-------0------------------------------------|| ---------------------------------3---3-------3-------3------------|| Alternate CM7: ---------------0----------------- ---0-------0-------0-------0---0- -------0---------------0--------- --------------------------------- -3---3-------3-------3-------0--- --------------------------------- The alternate CM7 happens only the first time, and the penultimate time (singing "la da da da da da"). The last bass note in the D measure is "A" instead of "D" in the "hey-ey" section (after "all we know of love") and again the next time (at "handshake or hug"). (There's also what sounds like a missed note in between, where she hits "A" instead of "C" at the start of the "C" measure. Other notes are occasionally skipped, but this doesn't sound deliberate either.) Ending ("needed more"): G E9 -------3---------2--------------- ---3-------3-----3--------------- -----------------0--------------- -------------0---2--------------- --------------------------------- -3---3--------------------------- (These lyrics are transcribed as they appear in the recording rather than in the liner notes. I have started each line at the start of its measure, to ease the singing of the lyrics' slightly syncopated rhythm.) Hey little sister, I heard you went to Mr. So-and-So, knock-knock-knocking on his Door again last night, said you Needed it bad - you know that ain't right Cause so many times you've come to Me cry-crying, trying to stop, you said it Hurts so bad but please don't let you Go back for more My little sister is a zombie in a body with no Soul, a role she has learned to play in a World today where nothing else matters But it matters, we gotta start feeding our Souls, not our addictions or afflictions of pain to Avoid the same questions we must Ask ourselves to get any answers We gotta start feeding our Souls have been lost to the millions with lots, who Feed on addiction selling pills and what's hot and I Wish I could save her from all their delusions All the confusion, hey-ey, Of a nation that starves for salvation but Clothing is the cloest approximation to God and He only knows that drugs are All we know of love Hey-ey Hey-ey- Ee-ah-eyeah-eyeah-ee- yeah Every day we starve while we eat white Bread and beer instead of a handshake or Hug. We spill the pills and sweep them Under the rug, hey-ey My little sister is a zombie in a body with no Soul, a role she has learned to play in a World today where nothing else matters But it matters, we gotta start feeding our Sou-ou- -ouls, ey-ey-ey-ey La da da da da da Hey little sister, I heard you went to Mr. So-and-So, knock-knock-knockin' on his Door again last night, said you Needed more