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Too Little Too Late Tab

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Author/Artist: Metric
Title: Too Little Too Late
Album: Live It Out
Transcribed by: Mark K
Email: mark AT iownyou DOT org

Standard Tuning

Am  - (5 7 7 5 5 5)
C   - (8 10 10 9 8 8) OR (X 3 2 0 1 0)
F   - (1 3 3 2 1 1)
Dm  - (X 5 7 7 6 5) OR (X X 0 2 3 1)
Bb  - (6 8 8 7 6 6)

Note: When playing the chords during the verse, i find using (8 10 10 9 8 8)
for the first C sounds more accurate than standard open C, but playing
standard on the second one works.

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Intro
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e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------5/7-7-5-5/3-3-0--|
A--3-3/5-5-7-7-8/--3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D---0-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-5-7-7-0-0-6-6-5---------------|
A-3---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E-------------------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--5-5-3-3-2-2-------------------------------------|
D--------------3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
A--------------------------------3-3/5-5-7-7-8/----|
E--------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-----5-----------5/7-7-5-5/3-3-0---0-3-0-0-0-0---|
A-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-----------------3---------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------5-5-3-3-2-2-----|
D-3-5-5-7-7-0-0-6-6-5-------------------------3-3-|
A---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
A---------------3-3/5-5-7-7-8/--------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|


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Verse
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Am      C               F              C
You can burn your paper fingers in the ashtray

Dm                             C
Place your swollen lips on mine

Am      C                F                   C
You can shave your heavy head in my carpeted hallway

Dm
Sure for the first time you're wearing the right clothes

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Chorus
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These chords are played underneath the lead

Bb C Dm

e------------------------------------------------- |
B------------------------------------------------- |
G------7-------7--5-5-10-10-10-10-9-9------------- |
D--8-8---8-8-8------------------------------------ |
A------------------------------------------------- |
E------------------------------------------------- |
|
e------------------------------------------------- |
B------------------------------------------------- |
G-7-7-10-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-10-10-10-9-9-------------- |
D------------------------------------------------- |
A------------------------------------------------- |
E------------------------------------------------- |-> x2

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G------7-------7--5-5-10-10-10-10-9-9-------------|
D--8-8---8-8-8------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

e-----------------------------------------------6-|
B-----------------------------------------------6-|
G-7-7-10-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-10-10-------10--7-------7-|
D-----------------------------10-10-------------8-|
A-----------------------------------------------8-|
E-----------------------------------------------6-|

The structure of the complete song is:

INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
INTRO -> It skips a lot of notes, just listen to figure it out.

I'm pretty sure on the chords, but I could be way off.  Please email
me any corrections or comments.

Too Little Too Late Tab

Send "Too Little Too Late " Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/m/metric/370955.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Obtuse Professional	#1 by Obtuse at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:19 AM EST
	Yes, it can be taken sexualy (alot of their songs can be, really..) but it can also be taken religiously "tie my right hand to the bible" I think it's saying we're kind of forced into religion, being force fed spirituality

No Picture Peter Wanna Be	#2 by Peter Lambden at Sep 28, 2007 at 6:27 AM EST
	it's aimless and almost nihilistic. all of that waste-the-future-away-ness and resignation and cuffs at religion. oh, my god, i love this song.

No Picture Doolittle Lead Player	#3 by Doolittle at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:10 AM EST
	i saw metric last night, and this song blew my mind. i like what you wrote, hectic, that's about what i think when i hear this song

No Picture Quinn Rhythm Player	#4 by Quinn I killed my last name at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:34 AM EST
	it seems really sexual to me...im not sure if its just me but some of the lyrics seem to be sexual metaphors...like "carpeted hallway"

No Picture Bobby Lead Player	#5 by Bobby Parker at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:10 PM EST
	I'm positive it's a song more about morals dictated by others and how it affects human behavior... I'm not positive if it's a pro-individualist song or a dig at the selfishness of the actions of those in the song. (The line is you CAN'T take a childhood friend to the bedroom

No Picture h4c\|< Average	#6 by h4c\|< ☺ at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:02 PM EST
	This is my favourite Metric song. (: I agree about the sexual metaphores, 'specially the "carpeted hallway" thing. & for ages i'd misheard the lyrics. I thought it was: "Too little too late but we don't say no It's too much too soon. Time I write in to the bible" "you can take a live wire into the bath with you for a feeling you can't FIGHT"

No Picture Mr. Always Mezm Average	#7 by Mr. Always Mezmerized (o)(o) at Oct 8, 2007 at 7:46 PM EST
	... or force her into telling the truth? i wonder if this is all a bid for hedonistic excuse: laugh to erase the dirt on your mind, focus on something else and let that take precedent over the other bit (clothing, sex, pain, general vice) that we've failed to live up to, our "childhood friends/dreams." i don't know. just a thought?

No Picture Michael Average	#8 by Michael Vanderveen at Oct 18, 2007 at 6:27 PM EST
	I saw Metric on the 11th in Philadelphia, and the whole concert blew my mind! Metric rules! And I think maybe the person she is seeing is having some problems - he/she does not like his/herself, not satisfied personally with who he/she is. Perhaps this person searches and searches for completion - that something to fill the void (hence she tells him/her that he/she can take the live wire into the bathtub for the type of shock he/she cannot find else where.) She is taking his/her search to a mocking level because this person probably will just never be satisfied, and she realizes this. but perhaps she just keeps trying to fill his/her void with sex? (Sex in the band room rug, motel,...) Does that make sense?