'Lil Devil' by Cult - Guitar Tutorial

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Subject: TAB:Lil' Devil by The Cult
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 96 11:11:11 GMT
From: Wayne Ellis 


			'Lil' Devil' by The Cult
		       --------------------------

>From the album 'Electric'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis. (ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk)

The guitars are tuned as follows: E A D G B E (from low to high)

Intro (guitar1 - play twice)
----------------------------
			      vib				     vib
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-2-2------------2-|-2------------2-2-|-2------------2---|-2-----------2----|
D-0-0--3--4--4mb-0-|-0--3-p0------0-0-|-0--3--4--4mb-0---|-0--3-p0-----0----|
A------------------|----------3-------|------------------|----------3-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

The band come in on the second time around.

Verse 1 (guitar2, overdubs by guitar1)
--------------------------------------
  D5		     D5			D5		   D5
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-----7--7---------|-----7--7---------|-----7--7---------|-----7--7---------|
A-----5--5---------|-----5--5---------|-----5--5---------|-----5--5---------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  1   2	  3   4
Livin' in a shack   One horse town     Tryin' to get to  'fore the sun going
in a				       heaven		  down

  F5	  C5	     D5			D5		   D5
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-10-----5--------|-----7--7---------|-----7--7---------|-----7--7---------|
A-8------3--------|-----5--5---------|-----5--5---------|-----5--5---------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  1   2	  3   4
Lizard in a bottle   yeah				  Dizzy in a haze for

  D5		     F5	     C5		D5
E------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|-This is fill-1---|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-----7--7---------|-10-----5--------|-----7--77--------|
A-----5--5---------|-8------3--------|-----5--55--------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|

 40 days            Hey there Little
		    devil

Chorus 1 (guitar1, guitar2)
---------------------------
guitar 1
  G	  C	     D5			F	C	   D5
E-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-3-------1--------|------------------|---------1--------|------------------|
G-0-------0--------|-2-2--------------|-2-------0--------|-2-2--------------|
D-0-------2--------|-0-0--3-p0-----0--|-3-------2--------|-0-0--3-p0-----0--|
A-2-------3--------|------------3-----|-3-------3--------|------------3-----|
E-3----------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------|
 guitar 2	   |		vib   |			 |	      vib   |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|-----7--7---------|------------------|-----7--7---------|
A------------------|-----5--5---------|------------------|-----5--5---------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  1   2	  3   4	    			1   2	3   4
Come on	little devil			Be my little   Angel

  G	  C	     D5			F		   C
E-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-3-------1--------|------------------|------------------|-1----------------|
G-0-------0--------|-2-2--------------|-2----------------|-0----------------|
D-0-------2--------|-0-0--3-p0-----0--|-3----------------|-2----------------|
A-2-------3--------|------------3-----|-3----------------|-3----------------|
E-3----------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------|
		   |		vib   |			 |		    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|-----7--7---------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|-----5--5---------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
					1		   1
Come on	little devil			Be my ....	  Yeah	!


Break (guitar 1)
----------------
			      vib				    vib
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-2-2------------2-|-2------------2-2-|-2------------2---|-2-----------2----|
D-0-0--3--4--4mb-0-|-0--3-p0------0-0-|-0--3--4--4mb-0---|-0--3-p0-----0----|
A------------------|----------3-------|------------------|----------3-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Angel				(aww)

Verse 2 (guitar2, overdubs by guitar1)
--------------------------------------

 D5		     D5			D5		   D5
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

She came on with an Alligator smile	Dynamite lover    Scorpion child

  C5		      C5		D5		   D5
|--fill-2-----------|--fill-2---------|-With-Riff-1-Over-|-These-two-Bars---|

Tryin to get to	     'fore the sun goes Down
heaven
 D5		     D5			D5	   	   D5
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--fill-1----------|

She came home	    With a Cyclone kiss Hey there baby you Don't ever miss

  F5	  C5	     D5
|------------------|------------------|

Lizard in a bottle   Yeah

	  	  C5
		E-----------------|
		B-----------------|
		G-----------------|  fill 2
		D----5--5---------|
		A----3--3---------|
		E-----------------|

					      vib
		E------------------|------------------|
		B------------------|------------------|
		G-2-2------------2-|-2------------2---|  Riff 1
		D-0-0--3--4--4mb-0-|-0--3-p0------0---|
		A------------------|----------3-------|
		E------------------|------------------|

Verse 2 is similar to verse 1. Except bars 5 and 6 use C5,
as shown in fill 1 (the timing is the same as a bar containing D5). Bars 7
and 8 also include an overdub (by guitar 1), shown as Riff 1.

Chorus 2 (guitar1, guitar2)
---------------------------

  G	  C	     D5			F	C	   D5
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Come on	little devil			Be my little 	  Angel

  G	  C	     D5			F		   C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Come on	little devil			Be my ....	   Yeah	!

Chorus 2 is exactly the same as chorus 1.

Guitar Solo
------------

 Guitar 2
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|  Pick-up Bar
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------5/10--5/10-|

  a   a   a   a

 Guitar 1
  A5		     A5			A5		   A5
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|
E-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|
		   |		      |			 |		    |
Guitar 2	   |	      vib     |		         |  	   (ph)	    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|----------2-------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-0-0--3--4--4mb-0-|-0--3-p0------0-0-|-3--0----3-0------|-3--0---3---------|
E------------------|----------3-------|------3------3----|------3-----------|

 Angel

 Guitar 1
  A5		     A5			A5
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|-7----------------|------------------|
E-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|-5----------------|------------------|
 Guitar 2	   |		      |			 |		    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|-7b8-7b8-7b8-7b8--|-7b8-7b8-7b8-7b8/-|
G-2-0---2-0---2-0--|-2--2-0-----------|-7b8-7b8-7b8-7b8--|-7b8-7b8-7b8-7b8/-|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  ph
					 ah  ah  ah  ah	    ah  ah  ah

  D5		     D5			D5		   D5
 Guitar 1
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|
A-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar 2      vib  |		 vib  |			 |		    |
E------10--8--10---|8--8b-10-8-10--8--|-13b---13--10--10-|---10--------13-15|
B-8-10-------------|-10-------------10|-------------13b--|13b-13-13b-/15----|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 Guitar 3	   |	      vib     |			 |	    vib	    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-2-2------------2-|-2------------2-2-|-2------------2---|-2-----------2----|
D-0-0--3--4--4mb-0-|-0--3-p0------0-0-|-0--3--4--4mb-0---|-0--3-p0-----0----|
A------------------|----------3-------|------------------|----------3-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

  D5		     D5			D5		   D5
 Guitar 1
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-7--7-------------|-7--7-------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-5--5-------------|-5--5-------------|-5----------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar 2	   |		      |			 |	   	    |
E-15b-r---13-15----|-13--15--17-17b---|-13b-13-----10----|------------------|
B--------------15--|------------------|---------10---13b-|-13[15]-x3--10mb-|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------10mb-|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|-|-|--|-----------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|-|-|--|-----------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar 3	   |	      vib     |			 |play 13[15] 3 times
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-2-2------------2-|-2------------2---|------------------|------------------|
D-0-0--3--4--4mb-0-|-0--3-p0------0---|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Outro (guitar1, guitar2)
------------------------

(Play these 4 bars, 3 times)
  G	  C	     D5			F	C	   D5
E-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-3-------1--------|------------------|---------1--------|------------------|
G-0-------0--------|-2-2--------------|-2-------0--------|-2-2--------------|
D-0-------2--------|-0-0--3-p0-----0--|-3-------2--------|-0-0--3-p0-----0--|
A-2-------3--------|------------3-----|-3-------3--------|------------3-----|
E-3----------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------|
		   |		vib   |			 |	      vib   |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|-----7--77--------|------------------|-----7--77--------|
A------------------|-----5--55--------|------------------|-----5--55--------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

C'mon little devil		       Be my 	little    Angel (Angel -2ndtime)

  G	  C	     D5			F		   C
E-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-3-------1--------|------------------|------------------|-1----------------|
G-0-------0--------|-2-2--------------|-2----------------|-0----------------|
D-0-------2--------|-0-0--3-p0-----0--|-3----------------|-2----------------|
A-2-------3--------|------------3-----|-3----------------|-3----------------|
E-3----------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------|
		   |		vib   |			 |	            |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|-----7--77--------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|-----5--55--------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

C'mon little devil		       Be my 		   Oh be my

					D5
E------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|-2----------------|
D------------------|------------------|-0----------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|
					X
  Ah 	Ah 	     Ah	    Ah		Angel

TAB Key
--------

	b  - bend a full tone (2 frets)
	mb - micro-bend (usually 1/4 tone - see record for details)
       YbZ - bend the note at fret Y to the same pitch
	     as the note found at fret Z
	r  - release previous bend
       Y[Z]- Play the note at fret Y which has been previously bent
	     to the same pitch as that found on fret Z. (The bend
	     is silent when playing this note)
	/  - slide up
	  - slide down
	X  - mute with palm of picking hand
	ph - 'pinched' harmonic
	vib- vibrato

Notes
------

The intro riff is based on a blues shuffle pattern in the key of D.
It is also used in the 'break', twice in the guitar solo, snippets
of it are used in the overdubs.

In the verses, guitar 2 plays powerchords. The D5 powerchords fall
within beat 2 for each bar, and F5 and C5 fall on beats 1 and 3,
respectively. Guitar 1 is used to add overdubs - based on the intro
riff. Verse 1 is 11 bars, and verse 2 is 14 bars long.

Both choruses are the same. Guitar 1 plays chords in the first position
and portions of the intro riff, the chords should be raked slightly.
Guitar 2 plays the usual D5 backing. The outro is also very similar to
the choruses.

In the guitar solo there are 3 guitars. Guitar 1 plays the actual solo,
guitar 2 plays the backing rhythm, and guitar 3 plays the intro riff.

The guitar solo begins in the key of A. Guitar 1 plays a single-string
version of the intro riff, transposed to the key of A, for 2 bars. The
solo then uses A-minor pentatonic, up to bar 9. At this point the it
modulates back to the key of D, using D-minor pentatonic. Bars 9 and 10
use notes common to A-minor and D-minor pentatonic.
Technically, it isn't very difficult solo - so long as you have a basic
mastery of rock guitar techniques such as slides and bends - and a bit
of fluency to go with it.

The record has been mixed in a way that makes the parts easy to hear.
Guitar 1 is mixed onto the left stereo channel (with a distant echo in
the right). The basic backing track for the verses and chorus, played by
guitar 2, is mixed onto the right channel.

This Transcription (C) Copyright DarkMusic 1994. Re-vamped for '96.

Comments, corrections, requests and idle banter welcome.

	       Wayne Ellis email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk