White Stripes - Ball And Bisect guitar tab
| Tab Definitions:
| E: 022100
| E7: 022130
| G: 320003
| A: x02220
| B: x24442
| E5: 022xxx
| A5: x022xx
| B5: x244xx
|Asus4: x02230
| h: Hammer onto note
| p: Pull off of note
| b: Bend to note
| /: Slide to note
| ~: Vibrato
| (): Ghost note/Note played on occasion
| "": A theoretical note
| P.M.: Palm Muting
| N.C.: No Chord played
This song is highly improvisational, which in this case means that Jack uses a basic
of riffs and progressions that he picks at, playing only some of the notes a given
time around. Tabbing each would be pointless (since even he doesn't play it the same
way twice), so what I've done is to tab each recurring in its entirety and leave the
variation up to you.
INTRO: Parenthesis are not ghost notes, but notes only sometimes included in the progression
Played 3x:
E E7 G E E7 G
e|----0---0-------0---0------|
B|------3-----------3--------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-2--------------------(0)--|
A|-2--------------------(2)--|
E|-0---------3-0---------3---|
E E7 RIFF 1 E E7
e|----0---0---------------------0---0--------|
B|------3-------------------------3----2b-0--|
G|-----------2h4-4-4p2p0---------------------|
D|-----------------------2p0-----------------|
A|-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------0---------------|
VERSE 1: (I've broken apart the staff into individual strings for a few simple riffs)
E E7 G E E7
It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl
G|-0h2-- E E7 G E E7 RIFF 1 E E7 G E E7 G A
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son No doubt about it
G|-0----2-----4--2-----0----2---0-- (A-RIFF) N.C. A-RIFF N.C.
It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl
G E E7 G E E7 G B
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
A|-2---0---2-----0 (B-RIFF) N.C. A A-RIFF
Right now you could care less about me
G E E7 G E E7 e|-3b4-(0)--
But soon enough you will care, by the time I'm done
CHORUS:
E
e|---------0---0--------0--0-------0---0--------0-----(0)--|
B|---(0)-----------(0)--------(0)----------(0)-------------|
G|----4-------------3----------2------------0h1------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------0-------|
Let's have a ball and a biscuit, sugar
And take our sweet little
E
e|-------0-------------0--0-------0--0-------0--0---------0--|
B|---------0----(0)----------(0)--------(0)--------(0)-------|
G|---------------3/4----------3----------2----------0h1------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------------------------------------|
time about it
A A-RIFF
N.C. A-RIFF
Let's have a ball, girl
N.C. G E E7 G|-0h1-- E E7 G B
And take our sweet little time about it
B-RIFF N.C. A
Tell everybody in the place to just get out
A-RIFF N.C. G E E7 B
We'll get clean together, and I'll find me a soapbox where I can shout it
Yeah,
BREAK 1:
E5 A5 B5 N.C. A5 E5
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------2----------4----------2-------------------------------|
D|-2----------2----------4----------2----2--------------------------|
A|-2----------0----------2----------0----2--------------------------|
E|-0------0-3----------------------------0--4--4-4-5--5-5-6--6-6-7--|
SOLO 1: (Over BREAK 1)
(Some notes are not tabbed the way Jack plays them, but as a replication of the sound
of his whammy pedal)
e|-17b18b17-15-----22b24-b24b22--17b18b17-15-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------17----------------------------17----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------14b16--b16--16b14-12--14b16-(16b14)-14-12-14-12-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------17-17b19----17-17b19--17-15-----15-----------17-15------------------17--17-15------------|
B|-----------------17-----------------17-----17/(10)---------13--15-15b17-13------------13-13h15b16|
G|(12/9)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------24b"27"--24-24-24-24-24b-22-----24/19-/24----24-22-12/24--10-12-14-12-14-12-10-12-10~|
B|--18-15b16------------------------------24~-----------24-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--15b17--b17-15-b17-13-----------------------|
B|-----------------------15b--15-13------------|
G|----------------------------------14-12------|
D|----------------------------------------14/--|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Hey,
E E7 E E7 G E E7 RIFF 1 E7 RIFF 1
VERSE 2:
You read it in the newspaper
Ask your girlfriends and see if they know
A-RIFF (with Asus4):
Asus4
e|--------------|
B|-3p2----------|
G|-----2-0-2-0--|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
A-RIFF (with Asus4)
Read it in the newspaper
Ask your girlfriends and see if they know
That my strength is tenfold, girl
I'll let you see it if you want to before you go
Yeah,
CHORUS:
Let's have a ball and a biscuit, sugar
And take our sweet little time about it
Let's have a ball
And take our sweet little time about it
Tell everybody in the place to just get out
We'll get clean together, and I'll find me a soapbox where I can shout it
Yeah, I can think or one or two things to say about it
Alright, listen:
SOLO 2: (Over BREAK 1)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17b19-|
B|-17b--17-15-17-17-17-15-17-15b17--17--16-17-16-17-16-----17--15-17-15-17-15--15-15b17--------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------17--------------------------------------|
e|17b19-15-17-15-17--19b17-17b19-15~--17b-15---------17-17-15-17-20-17-15-17-17-17-15----------|
B|-------------------------------------------15--13~----------------------------------15-15b-13|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------17b19b17----17b19b17----17b19b17----17b19b17-15-------------22-22b24b22-|
B|-15-13~--13b14b13----------------------------------------------------17--(20-17)-------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------14----------14----------14----------14-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-----12-14b-14-12----12----12-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----14--------------14----14---14-14~--12-12b14~--14-12-10----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------10--12-10------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------12-10-(8)--|
BREAK 2:
E G E A E
e|----0---0-----0---0-------0---0----0---0--(0)-----------------3---------------3-----------0--0|
B|------3---------3----0------3--------3---------------2-3-2----------2-3-2---------------------|
G|---------------------0----------------------4p2p0----------0-----2--------0-2----4p2p0--------|
D|-2-------------------0----------------------------2--------------2----------------------------|
A|-2---------2---------------------2----------------0--------------0----------------------2-----|
E|-0---------0-----------0---------0------------------------------------------------------0-----|
B A E
e|-------------------0--------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----0---0|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--|
G|0h1-----------0h1----0-2h4-4--4p2p0-2-0------4--4--2-0-------2--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------2-0--4---------------2--------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------------------------------2---------------0--------------------------------|
E|-----0--0h2h3------------------------------------------(0-3)--------------------------0-------|
E B
Get the point now?
SOLO 3: (Over BREAK 1 played 2x)
e|-17b19--b19-b19-17--17-17-15~--17b19--b19-b19-b18-b18-17-17-15--19--17-19b-17-17b19-b19-15--|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|22b24b22--22-24-22-21-19--17-15-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------13-13--13-15-13-15-13-15-13--13----13-15-13b15b13--13b14b13-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------14--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------15-12-15-12~--15-12-15-12~---------------------------------------------|
B|-13b15b13-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------16p13-13------------------------------------------11------------------14-12-14-12|
D|----------------------------------------------------------12----14-12-14b16-12~-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------14-14-14-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------22b24--b24--24-24/22-|
B|-------------------13-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-12-14-12-14-12----14-------------------------------------12/15-16-----------------------|
D|--------------------------12-14-12-14-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------14--12-10-12-10--12/14--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|24-22~--24-22/24-24-22/24-24-22-24-22--24-22-24-22-24-24/22--24-24-24--24/22-22-24-22---24--|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|22b24--24-24b--24-24b--24-22b24--24-22b24--24b"29"--b"27"-b29-b29-b27-17--15-17-20--20b21-20|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------12--------------12-------12--------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14b15--b15-b15-14-12--14b15-14--14-12--14--13h14----13h14--13h14----13h14----14---2h4-4~--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------3--------------|
B|---------1-3-1--------|
G|2-4-2----------2-0-2--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Yeah,
VERSE 3: (With RIFF variations)
Yeah, it's quite possible that I'm your third man
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
P.M. A
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------2--|
D|--------------0h2-p0-------2------2--|
A|----------0h2--------2p0----------0--|
E|-0--0h2h3----------------3----0-3----|
It was the other two which made me your third
(Turnaround from CHORUS)
But it's my mother who made me the seventh son
And right now you could care less about me
But soon enough you will care, by the time I'm done
Yeah, you just wait
Just stick around
You'll figure it out
G G E
