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Song title:      Little Black Dress
Original Album:	 The Blessed Unrest

Words and Music by Sara Bareilles
Copyright © 2013 Tiny Bear Music (ASCAP)
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing



INTRO:

  G/D
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  Bm/D
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| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE1:
Notes:
Please note that the chord voicing here for Cm is: xx1013.
Where you see "Cm^", please arpeggiate!

Chords:
G     320003    C/E  032010    C  x32010
D/F#  2x023x    Cm   xx1013
Dm/F  xx323x    Em   xx2000


| G    | %                            | D/F#
  O-kay, I can see it now; it's all the same thing,

             | %
just different wrapping around it.

| Dm/F
  No need to soften your words.

      | C/E                | Cm
They're still gonna hurt, so don't pull punches


| G           | %
  I tried to be everything you'd ever wanted.

| D/F#            | %
  Sometimes, I even stood on my heart and stomped

| Dm/F  | %               | C/E                     | Cm          | Em
  Now I'm finally alone and dressed for the show, but going nowhere

| Em               | C    | Cm^
  They don't need to see me crying



CHORUS1:
Notes:
Back to a standard barréd Cm.

Chords:
G   320003    Em  022000
D6  xx0202    Cm  x35543


| G           | %                    | D6
    I'll get my Little Black Dress o__on

       | %                 | Em
And if I put on my favourite song

        | %                        | C
I'm gonna dance until you're all go__one

          | Cm                  | G | %
I'll get my Little Black Dress o__on



VERSE2:
Chords:
G     320003    C/E  032010    C  x32010
D/F#  2x023x    Cm   xx1013
Dm/F  xx323x    Em   xx2000


| G       | %                                  | D/F#
  You came, lifted me up, but then you dropped a hurricane

| %                          | Dm/F          | %
  Now I'm fighting to find the ground again to steady my feet

  | C/E               | Cm
Get up off my knees and just remember


   | G  | %
That I am more than just somebody's puppet

| D/F#   | %
  I    can find the cord and then I'll cut it

| Dm/F    | %                   | C/E               | Cm
  I stand a pretty good chance to dust myself off and dance



CHORUS2:
Chords:
G    320003              Em  022000
D6   xx0202              Cm  x35543
Cm6  x0101x or xx1213


| G           | %                    | D6
    I'll get my Little Black Dress o__on

       | %                 | Em
And if I put on my favourite song

        | %                        | C
I'm gonna dance until you're all go__one

          | Cm                  | G | %
I'll get my Little Black Dress o__on


                             | D6
I got my Little Black Dress on

       | %                              | Em
And if I tell myself that nothing's wrong

           |                     | Cm6
This doesn't have to be a sad song

          | %                   | Em
Not with my Little Black Dress on



BRIDGE:
Chords:
Em   022000    G  320003    G/D  xx0003
C    x32010    D  xx0232


   | Em                     | C | %                          | G
It's time to connect the dots     draw a different picture of,

  | %                           | D                     | Em
And paint it with the colours of    everything I ever was

 | %                      | C                                | G/D
Re-turn to the scene of the crime, the day I let the music die

                          | D                   | G
And rewrite the final lines   'cause this time I_____



OUT-CHORUS:
Chords:
G   320003    C    x32010
D6  xx0202    Cm   x35543
Em  022000    Cm6  x0101x or xx1213


| G           | %                    | D6
    I'll get my Little Black Dress o__on

       | %                 | Em
And if I put on my favourite song

        | %                        | C
I'm gonna dance until you're all go__one

          | Cm                  | G | %
I'll get my Little Black Dress o__on


                             | D6
I got my Little Black Dress on

       | %                              | Em
And if I tell myself that nothing's wrong

           | %                   | Cm6
This doesn't have to be a sad song

          | %                | N.C. | %
Not with my Little Black Dress o______on


[end on a sustained G/D]