Everclear - White Men In Black Suits guitar tab
Song ?White Men in Black Suits?
Album- So Much for the Afterglow
Tabbed by Evergleam
This song is very easy to play but contains a lot of overlapping parts.
Intro is a palm muted F5 power chord (5th string, 8th fret)
Verse- The verse is very simple- four palm muted power chords with base note on fifth string.
D5- 5th fret
C5- 3rd fret
F5- 8th fret
C5- like above
This is the little fill during the verse.
E---13----12------------------------------
B----------------15----13-----------------
G----------------------------15-----14----
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Pre-chorus starts with ?I think its getting better for the two of us.?
A5- 6th string, 5th fret Those are all palm muted with the figure
Bb5- 6th string, 6th fret below. It doesn?t really matter what string
D5- 5th string, 5th fret you play the chords on but that?s how Art Eb5- 5th string, 6th fret does it.
E----------------------------------------------------------
B---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10--- This continues
G---------------------------------------------------------- on for awhile
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Right before the next verse he does a tremolo bar dive with a bar across the 10th fret.
Verse 2&3 have this next bit, the palm muted chords, and the fill.
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---13----10----13----------13----10-----13------------------------------
G---------------------10-------------------------10---12---10------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
The next pre-chorus has all the above bits plus this.
E------------------------------------------------------------------6----------
B-----6-----6-----------6-----6-------7---7---7---7-------------8-------------
G--6----6-----6------7-----7--------------------------------10--------10------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The chorus is the part where he talks about them diminishing. It has the verse chords and this part below.
This repeats a lot.
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----10----11----10----13----10---11----10------10---11---10----10---11----10---
G-10----------------------------------------10--------------------------------10
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Aiee, aieee, part after that does this backed by a F5 palm muted power chord.
E---------------13----------13---------------------
B---------13---------13----------13---------13-----
G---14----------------------------------14---------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
Art then goes back to the verse, pre-chorus, does a little bit about being afraid, and the comes to the part where he sings I really hope they go away, there are two parts here plus the verse chords.
Part one
E---------8-------------------------------------------------8-------------------
B-----10----10--------8-----------5----------6----------10----10---------8------
G--10--------------9------9----6-----6----7----7----10---------------9------9---
D--------------10-----------7-----------8------------------------10-------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part two
E---------13-----------8---------5-----------6-------------13------------8------
B------13-----13----8----8----5-----5-----6-----6------13-----13------8-----8---
G---14-----------9----------6----------7-----------14--------------9------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outro- starts at the aiee aiee yeah yeah part
Aiee aiee, aiee, yeah, yeah I can still hear all those people say:
E---1-------------1-------1----------------------------------6-------6----------
B---1-------------1-------1---------3-----------3--------------6--------6-------
G---2-------------2-------2---------4-----------4-------7--------7--------7----5
D---3-------------3-------3---------5-----------5-------8-----------------------
A---3-------------3-------3---------5-----------5-------8-----------------------
E---1-------------1-------1---------3-----------3-------6-----------------------
Art is doing some vocal ad lib and verse chords are played throughout these parts he plays below.
E---13--------12------------------------
B------------------15---13-------------- He plays this part over and over
G----------------------------15---14---- until the end.
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
