The White Stripes - White Stripes Album guitar tab
1.Jimmy the Exploder
2.Stop Breaking Down
2.The Big Three Killed my Baby (CD only)
4.Suzy Lee
5.Sugar Never Tasted So Good (CD only)
6.Wasting My Time
7.Cannon
8.Astro
9.Broken Bricks
10.When I Hear My Name do
11.Screwdriver
12.One More Cup of Coffee (CD only)
13.Little People
14.Slicker Drips
15.St. James Infirmary Blues
16.I Fought Piranhas
number 1
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| Tab Definitions: |
| G5: 355xxx |
| F5: 133xxx |
| E5: 022xxx |
| D5: x577xx |
| Bb5: 688xxx |
| b: Bend note less than a half step |
| h: Hammer onto note |
| ~: Vibrato |
|B.N.: A strum Behind the Nut |
|N.C.: No Chord played |
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INTRO:
e|------3-1------------3-1-------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|----------3-3b-----------3-3b--| (sustain)
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-1-3------------1-3------------|
RIFF: Played 4x
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------5h7~-5-4----|
D|----------------5--|
A|---3-5-------------|
E|-3-----------------|
Played 2x: G5 F5 G5 F5
VERSE 1:
G5 F5 G5
Now, Jimmy
F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
Well, do you want an explosion now?
D5 (N.C.) Bb5 (N.C.)
Yeah, Jimmy
G5 F5 G5 F5
Do you want to explode now?
G5 F5 G5
Yeah, monkey
F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
Now you seeing red now?
D5 (N.C) Bb5 (N.C.)
Yeah monkey
G5 F5 G5 F5
Jumping on the bed now
G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5
Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo!
RIFF
BRIDGE: P.M.
Played 4x: G5 F5 E5
G5 F5 E5 G5
Green apples
F5 E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5 E5
On the tree and growing now
D5 Bb5
Green apples
G5 End P.M.
Are gonna be exploding now
(one, two, three, four)
Played 2x: G5 F5 G5 F5
G5 F5 G5
Yeah monkey
F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
Are you seeing red now?
D5 B.N. Bb5
Yeah monkey
G5 F5 G5 F5
Jumping on the bed now
G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5
Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo!
G5
number 2
Open E Tuning
E B E G# B E
OR
Open D Tuning
D A D F# A D capo 2nd fret
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| Tab Definitions: |
| B: 777777 |
| A: 555555 |
| E: 000000 |
| F#: 222222 |
| h: Hammer onto note |
| b: Bend to note |
| /: Slide to note (with slide) |
| ~: Tremolo |
| B*: Harmonic barred on the 7th fret (without slide) |
|P.M: Palm muting |
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All chords barred using slide (unless otherwise noted)
INTRO/BREAK: Played 2x
B A B A
E|----7-7-----7--7----------7-7-----7--7----------|
B|----7-7-----7--7----------7-7-----7--7----------|
G#|----7-7-----7--7----------7-7-----7--7----------|
E|----7-7-----7--7----------7-7-----7--7----------|
B|-7-------7--------7-7--5-------7--------7-7--5--| Low notes
E|-7-------7--------7-7--5-------7--------7-7--5--| P.M.
VERSE 1:
A B
I can't walk the streets now
A B
To convulate my mind
A B
Some pretty mama, she starts
A B
Breakin' down - stop breakin' down!
E
E|---------------------0-0-0-3-0-0--|
B|---------------------0-0-0-3-0-0--|
G#|-0-0-0-------4-/-0---0-0-0-3-0-0--|
E|-0-0-0--3-0--4-/-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|
B|-0-0-0--3-0--4-/-0----------------|
E|-0-0-0--3-0--4-/-0----------------|
Whoo! Stop breakin' down!
BREAK: Played 1x
CHORUS:
F# E
The stuff I got is gonna bust your brains out
B* (only once)
Well, it'll make you lose your mind
BREAK: Played 2x
VERSE 2:
A B
You saturday night women, you love to
B
Ape and clown
A B
You won't do nothin' but tear a good man's
B
Reputation down - stop breakin' down!
E
E|-0-0-0-3-0-0---------0-0-0-3/4-0-0--|
B|-0-0-0-3-0-0---------0-0-0-3/4-0-0--|
G#|-0-0-0-3-0-0--0-/-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-/-7--0-0------------|
B|-0-0----------0-/-7--0-0------------|
E|-0-0----------0-/-7--0-0------------|
Whoo! Stop breakin' down!
BREAK: Played 1x
CHORUS
BREAK
Ahhhh yeah
B A B C# B E
E|-5/7-7--5/7-7--5~--/7-7-7-7--9~--5/7-7--7-7-7--7/5-5/7-7/5-5/7-7-/-0-|
B|-5/7-7--5/7-7--5~--/7-7-7-7--9~--5/7-7--7-7-7--7/5-5/7-7/5-5/7-7-/-0-|
G#|-5/7-7--5/7-7--5~--/7-7-7-7--9~--5/7-7--7-7-7--7/5-5/7-7/5-5/7-7-/-0-|
E|-5/7-7--5/7-7--5~--/7-7-7-7--9~--5/7-7--7-7-7--7/5-5/7-7/5-5/7-7-/-0-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
E|-0-0-0-3b-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--|
B|-0-0-0-0--0-0--5-3-5-3-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0--|
G#|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2~-|
E|-0-0--------------------------------------|
B|-0-0--------------------------------------|
E|-0-0--------------------------------------|
B F# (P.M.) A (P.M.)
E|-0/7-7--7-7---7/0--0/7-7--7-7--5/7----------------------------------------|
B|-0/7-7--7-7---7/0--0/7-7--7-7--5/7----------------------------------------|
G#|-0/7-7--7-7---7/0--0/7-7--7-7--5/7----------------------------------------|
E|-0/7-7--7-7---7/0--0/7-7--7-7--5/7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
B|------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
BREAK
VERSE 3:
A B
I gave my baby
A B
The ninety-ninth degree
A B B
She jumped up and throwed a pistol down on me
(F#)
Stop breakin' down!
E
E|-0-0-0-3-0-0--3b--0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0---|
B|-0-0-0-3-0-0--3b--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2b--|
G#|-0-0-0-3-0-0--3b--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
Ye-ah! Stop breakin' down!
BREAK
CHORUS
B
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E|-------------------7--|
B|--------0-0--------7--|
E|-7b/0-0------5h3-5-7--|
number 4
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| Tab Definitions: |
| G5: 355xxx |
| F5: 133xxx |
| F#5: 244xxx |
| Bb5: x133xx |
| B5: x244xx |
| C5: x355xx |
| C#5: x466xx |
| D5: x577xx |
|B.N.: A strum behind the nut |
|N.C.: No Chord played |
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INTRO: B.N. B.N. B.N.
CHORUS:
G5 F5
The Big Three killed my baby
G5 F5
No money in my hand again
G5 F5
The Big Three killed my baby
G5 F5
Nobody's coming home again
VERSE 1:
G5 G5 G5 N.C.
Their ideas make me wanna spit
F5 F5 F5 N.C.
A hundred dollars goes down the pit
G5 G5 G5 N.C.
Thirty-thousand wheels are rollin'
F5 F5 F5 N.C.
And my stick shift hands are swollen
G5 G5 G5 N.C.
Everything involved is shady
F5 F5 F5 N.C. G5
The Big Three killed my baby!
F5 G5 F5
Yeah, yeah yeah!
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
G5 G5 G5 N.C.
Why don't you take the day off and try to repair
F5 F5 F5 N.C.
A billion others don't seem to care
G5 G5 G5 N.C.
Better ideas are stuck in the mud
F5 F5 F5 N.C.
The motor's runnin' on Tucker's` blood
`Preston Tucker, whose revolutionary automobile shop was run out of
G5 G5 G5
business by the "Big Three" Detroit automobile manufacturers
Don't let 'em tell you the future's electric
(Ford, Chrysler and GM)
Bb5 Bb5 Bb5
'Cause gasoline's not measured in metric
B5 B5 B5
Thirty-thousand wheels are spinnin'
C5 C5 C5
And oil company faces are grinnin'
C#5 C#5 C#5
Now my hands are turnin' red
D5 D5 D5
And I found out my baby is dead!
G5 F5 G5 F5
Yeah, yeah yeah!
CHORUS
VERSE 2:
Well I've said it now, nothing's changed
People are burnin' for pocket change
And creative minds are lazy
And the Big Three killed baby!
Yeah yeah yeah!
VERSE 3:
G5 F5
And my baby's my common sense
G5 F5
So don't feed me planned obsolescence
G5 F5
Yeah my baby's my common sense
G5 F5
So don't feed me planned obsolescence (yeah!)
G5 N.C.
I'm about to have another blow-up!
F5 F5 F5 F#5 G5
Yeah
N.C.
I'm about to have another blow-up!
F5 F5 F5 F#5 G5
number 5
Open E Tuning
E B E G# B E
OR
Open D Tuning
D A D F# A D capo 2nd fret
Jack is playing rhythm guitar through the left channel on
this one, and Johnny Walker (The Soledad Brothers) is playing
the
main slide guiter through the right. Fortunately, Jack plays so
little that the two can be more or less combined.
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| Tab Definitions: |
| E5: 000xxx |
| G5: 333xxx |
| A5: 555xxx |
| D5: 10|10|10|x|x|x |
| E: 12|12|12|12|12|12 (with slide) |
| D: 10|10|10|10|10|10 (with slide) |
| C#: 999999 (with slide) |
| b: Bend note less than a half step |
| /: Slide to note |
| ~: Vibrato with slide |
| (): Ghost note (sounded but not struck) |
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INTRO:
Played with slide
E|----------------------------12---------------10---------------------------9---------------|
B|----------12-------------12----12---------10----10------------10------------9-------------|
G#|-------12----12----10/12----------12-8/10----------10------10----10-----9-----9-------9/--|
E|-10/12----------12------------------------------------8/10----------7/9---------7/9-9-----|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BREAK 1:
Played 2x
E5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5
VERSE 1:
E
There's a story
D
I would like to tell
C#
My problem is
G5 A5 G5 A5 E5
It's one you know too well
G5 A5 G5 A5 E5
It's one you know too well
VERSE 2:
Ms. Suzy Lee
The one I'm speaking of
The question is
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love? (alright)
BREAK 2: (Johnny is repeating the something similar to the
INTRO slide pattern quickly over the chords Jack is playing)
A5 / D5 / G5
G5 A5 G5 A5 E5 /E (high notes)
Is she the one I love?
G5 A5 G5 A5 E5 /E
Is she the one I love?
SOLO:
E D C#
E|-------12-----10/12-12-12~---------------/10-0-0-(0)---------------------------9-------------|
B|----------12-----------12~-(0)-------------------------------------(0)-----------9-----------|
G#|------------------------------------10-------------------------------------9-------9-7/9-9/--|
E|-10/12-------------------------8/10----10----------8/10-10-10-8/10-----7/9---9-------7/9-9/--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BREAK 1: Played 1x
E|-0-3b-0-5b-0--|
B|--------------|
G#|--------------|
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
E|--------------|
BREAK 1
VERSE 3:
She sent me flowers
With her tears burned inside
And you know what I'd do
I would run and hide
I would run and hide
VERSE 4:
In the paper
On it was my name
With the question
"Do you feel the same?"
"Do you feel the same?"
BREAK 2
BREAK 1: Played 2x
VERSE 5:
To end this tale
The one I'm speaking of
I wish I had an answer but I just don't know
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
BREAK 2
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
BREAK 1: Played 1x
E|-------12-(/0)--------|
B|-10/12----------------|
G#|--------------(12/0)--|
E|--------------(12/0)--|
B|--------------(12/0)--|
E|----------------------|
number 5
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| Tab Definitions: |
|"Bb4": x10xxx |
| "Bm": x20xxx |
| G: 320003 |
| C/G: x32014 |
| G/F#: 220003 |
| F: 133211 |
| *: Knocking on the body of the guitar |
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INTRO AND BREAK: Played 2x
Bb4 Bm G
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-0----0----0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|-1----2----2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
VERSE 1:
Bb4 Bm G Bb4 Bm
Sugar never tasted so good
G Bb4 Bm
Sugar never tasted so good
G C * * *
Sugar never tasted good to me yeah
BREAK
G Bb4 Bm
Until her eyes crossed ov - er
G Bb4 Bm
Until her mind crossed ov - er
G C
Until her soul fell next to me
BREAK: Played 1x
Now,
CHORUS:
G Bb4 C (Let chords ring)
If the wrinkle that is in your brain
G Bb4 C
Has given ya quite a sting
G Bb4 C
Your fingers have become a crane
G Bb4 C
Pulling on these puppet strings
BREAK: Played 2x
Yeah,
G
BRIDGE:
G G/F# F
What a feeling that's begun
* * * G Bb4 Bm G
What a feeling that's begun
G G/F# F
What a feeling that's begun
G
What a feeling that's begun
BREAK: Played 1x
Alright,
VERSE 2:
I felt just like a baby
Until I held a baby
What a fool this boy can be, yeah
And her thoughts like a daisy's
How my mind gets lazy
I must've been crazy not to see
Alright,
CHORUS:
G Bb4 C
If the wrinkle that is in your brain
G Bb4 C
Has given ya quite a sting
G Bb4 C
Your fingers have become a crane
G Bb4 C
Your fingers have become a crane
G Bb4 C
Your fingers have become a crane
G Bb4 C
Pulling on these puppet strings
* * *
VERSE 3:
C Bb4 G C Bb4
Water never tasted so good
C Bb4
Water never tasted so good
C
Water never tasted good to me
G
number 6
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| Tab Definitions: |
| Am: x02210 |
| E: 022100 |
| B5: x422xx |
| D5: x577xx |
| D#5: x699xx |
| E5: x977xx |
| h: Hammer onto note |
| p: Pull off of note |
| b: Bend note less than a half step |
| /: Slide to note |
| ~: Slow bending vibrato with whammy bar |
|P.M.: Palm Muting |
|N.C.: No Chord played |
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VERSE 1:
Am
And if I'm wasting my time
E
Then nothing could be better
B5
Than hanging on the line
D5 E D5 E
And waiting for an honest word forever (yeah)
Am (some P.M.) E B5 D5 D#5
E5 E
e|-0-3-5-5/7-5-3-0----0----------------------------0~--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------1----------------------------0~-----------3--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------2-------------------------------------2h4---4p2p0-2-0-4--7-7--8-8-8--9-----------|
D|------------------2-2--------------------------2--------------------------4--7-7--8-8-8--9--------2--|
A|------------------0-0--------------------------2--------------------------2--5-5--6-6-6--7--------2--|
E|-----------------------0h3-3h5-5h7-7p5p3p0-3b--0----0-3-0-----------------------------------3-3-0-0--|
VERSE 2:
N.C. Am
And if you're saying gooodbye
E
Please don't you think me bitter
B5
For recalling every rhyme
D5 E D5 E
From the book, the page, the line, the word, the letter (yeah)
Am E B5
D#5 E D5 E D E
e|-0-3-5-5/7-5h7p5-3-3h5p3-0-0~--------------------------0~--0-----3p0---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------1~--------------------------------3p0---------3---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2~----------------------------------------3h4---4-2bp0--4--7-7--8-8-8-----7-----7-----|
D|---------------------------2~------------------------------------------------------4--7-7--8-8-8--2--7--2--7--2--|
A|---------------------------0~------------------------------------------------------2--5-5--6-6-6--2--5--2--5--2--|
E|-------------------------------0h3-3h5-5h7-7-3-5-3b-0---------------------------------------------0-----0-----0--|
VERSE 3:
Am
Well, the window's turning blue
E
And the water's ever-flowing
B5
And I hope I'm not a fool
D5 E D5 E
For laughing at myself as you are going
number 7
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| Tab Definitions: |
| E5: 022xxx |
| E57: x799xx |
| B5: 799xxx |
| Bb5: 688xxx |
| A5: 577xxx |
| G5: 355xxx |
| E/G: 322100 |
|E/F#: 222100 |
| X: Full muting of all strings |
| /: Slide to note |
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INTRO: Played 2x (Only bass notes struck)
Rhythm: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chords: E5 E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5
VERSE 1: (Only bass notes)
E5 E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5 E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5
Outside my door
E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5 E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5
I locked, I loaded
E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5
And this sound
E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5
That you might know well (yeah)
E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
Know well
BREAK 1:
E5 E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5 E5 E57 B5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 G5
Whoo!
VERSE 2:
Wheels turnin'
Scratching and burnin' yeah
I saw guns, tanks
Cannon
Cannon yeah!
BREAK 2: Played 2x
E5 G5 E5 G5
BREAK 3:
Rhythm: 1 2 + 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
Chords: E5 G5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
CHORUS:
E (P.M.)
Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator
Who's that writin'
E/G E/F# E
John the Revelator wrote the Book of the Seven Seals
VERSE 3:
E (P.M)
Christ went down on Easter mornin'
Mary Mother` went down to see
`Son House sings "Mary Margaret"
E/G E/F# E
"Go tell my disciples, to meet me in Gali-lee"
CHORUS:
Who's the writer?
John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writer
John the Revelator wrote the Book of the Seven Seals
Yeah!
BREAK 1: Played 2x
VERSE 4: (Played like VERSE 1 & 2)
Lord of mine
High Command
I've been evil
Evil
X X
yeah
BREAK 4:
e|-/12-12-10-10-9-9-8-8--8/12-12--12/10-10-10/9-9-9/8-8--/12-12-12-10-10-10-9-9-9-8-8-8--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BREAK 2
E
Evil!
number 8
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| Tab Definitions:
| E5: 022xxx
| G5: 355xxx
| A5: 577xxx
| B5: 799xxx
| F#5: 244xxx
| B*: Harmonic on the high e string, 7th fret
| b: Bend (or relax from bend) to next note
|P.M.: Palm Muting
|N.C.: No Chord played
| T: Tremolo (alternating up and down picking quickly)
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