The White Stripes

The White Stripes - I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mothers Heart guitar tab

INTRO/VERSE

This tune starts with piano playing D, C and G.

|----2--|-----0--3--|

|----3--|-----1--3--|

|----2--|-----0--0--|

|-0--0--|-----2--0--|

|-------|--3--3--2--|

|-------|--------3--|

D C G

A clean guitar plays a little arpeggio over the top, something like:

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-------7-------------7-------|-------5---------------------|

|---------7-------------7-----|---------5-----------4-------|

|----7------7------7------7---|----5------5-----------5-----|

|-5-------------5-------------|-3----------------5------5---|

|-----------------------------|---------------3-------------|

D C G

RIFF TWO

('What kind of cartwheels...')

w/ overdriven guitar (* see note -------------------)

|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|

|-------------------|-----------------|-----7----------|----7------7---|

|-----2-------2-----|-----4-------4---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7------7---|

|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7----7-7---|

|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5-----5-3-/|-5--5----5-5---|

|-1---1---1---1--1-/|-3---3---3---3---|----------------|-------------0-|

F G D D

(*2 see note ------------------)

|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|

|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|

|-----2-------2-----|-----4-------4---|-----6---------/|----6------6---|

|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7------7---|

|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7----7-7---|

|-1---1---1---1--1-/|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5-----5-3--|-5--5----5-5---|

F G A A

* NB: This two bar D bitty is accompanied by piano playing something

like:

(let ring)

|---------2-----------2h3---2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2-------|

|---------3-----------3-----3-----|-1h3-1-----3---3---3-----3p1---3-|

|---------2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2-----2-|

|-0-----------0---0---------------|-0-------0-------------0---------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x 1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x

*2 NB: Similar thing in these two bars:

(let ring)

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------2-----------2h3---2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-------------|

|---------2-----------2-----2-----|-0h2-0-----2---2---2-----2p0-0h2-|

|---------2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2-----2-|

|-0-----------0---0---------------|-0-------0-------------0-----0---|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x 1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x

FILL

This is played before 2nd verse and is also the rhythm for the slide

guitar lead. Basically, we're back to the D, C, G progression... with a

twist:

(piano) *3

|-------------------------------|----------------|------------------|

|--------7-----8p7-------8p7----|--------5-------|------------------|

|--------7---------7-----7---7--|----------5-----|-----4--4--2-----|

|-7------------------7---7------|----5-------5---|-----5--5--3-----|

|-5---5------5------------------|-3--------------|-----5--5--3-----|

|-------------------------------|----------------|-0h3-3--3--1-----|

*3 NB: This bar has a distorted guitar playing the same chords.

Back to verse, with a more prominent overdriven guitar playing the

basically the same chords as the initial verse riff. Then to Riff Two

again . . . then the dreaded slide guitar.

SLIDE LEAD

If there is a note in brackets/parentheses after or before a slide, this

means don't pick the note, just slide to it (a legato slide). Make all

these slides as long and slow as possible (or use a slide, I suppose).

(last bar of Riff Two)

------------------------------|

---------------------------7--|

-----7-------7-------7-----7--|

-5/7-----5/7-----5/7---5/7----|

------------------------------|

------------------------------|

(let ring) x4

||---------------------------5--|------------------------------------||

||/-7---7------(5)/(7)---7------|/-----5---/--(12)-12--12-(10)-----||

||/-7-----7----(5)/(7)---7------|/---5----/---(12)-12--12-(10)----*||

||/-7-------7--(5)/(7)----------|/-5-----/----(12)-12--12-(10)----*||

||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||

||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||

This is the general idea. There variations on each repeat.

So, I think all the components to play the song are here. Just put 'em

all in the right order.

The tune finishes on a D.

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