Wicked Little Town Chords

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Wicked Little Town by Breeders is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G7, C, Cm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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    Intro for Kim (Gtr 1) This is also the main riff for all the verses. 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---3-s---12r---2-s---12r------------1-s---8r----8-7-5-----7----------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
                                       Only do this once for the intro. (Below) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---3-s---12r---2-s---12r------------1-s---8r----8-10-88---10-8-11r---------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
    Intro for Kelley (Gtr 2) This is played during all verses as well. 
e|--------7--------------7--------------3---------3-2-0---2------------------| 
B|-----5----5-5-------5----5-5-------5----5-5--------------------------------| 
G|----7-7----7-------6-6----6-------5-5----5---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Chorus (You're running up and down that hill...) 
    Gtr 1                               
e|-----1------------3----------------3----------------3----------------------| 
B|-----0------------3----------------4----------------0----------------------| 
G|-----0------------5----------------5----------------0----------------------| 
D|-----0------------5----------------5----------------0----------------------| 
A|-----2------------3----------------3----------------2----------------------| 
E|-----3----------------------------------------------3----------------------| 
      G7            C                Cm               G  
  ^^ It sounds like she palm mutes all the chords.^^ 
   Gtr 2  
   I'm not exactly sure what she plays for the Chorus but I guess you could try arpeggiating 
   the chords.  
   She does have this little riff when Kim is playing G. 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------22-2-------55-5-------88-8---------------------------------| 
E|-------33-3----------------------------------------------------------------| 
    After the second Chorus, there's a little keyboard riff. 
e|----------------------------------7----------------------------------------| 
B|---------10--8-------------8--10----8--------------------------------------| 
G|----------------9r---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
    Ending 
  Gtr 1 
e|---------------------------3------------------------------------------| 
B|-----3-s-----12r-----------0------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------0------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------0------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------2------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------3------------------------------------------| 
                             G 
  Gtr 2                      
e|----------7----------------3-----------------------------------------------| 
B|------5---5---5-5----------3-----------------------------------------------| 
G|-----7-7-------7-----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Those are all the parts, you just need to piece it together. 
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s = slide 
r = let ring 

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100 BPM Andante