White Stripes - Black Jack Davey guitar tab
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| Black Jack Davey |
| By: |
| The White Stripes |
| Key of A minor |
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Legend: (-)g = grace note h = hammer on p = pull off PM = palm mute
NM = no mute s = slide X% = repeat previous measure X times
VR = verse rhythm
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Intro: distortion E major
N.C. (Am) PM NM
e|---------------------------|--------------0-0-|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------0-0-|-------------------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------1-1-|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------2-2-|-------------------------|
A|------------5-(5)g-7-------|-----------5--2-2-|------------5-(5)g-7-----|
E|--5--5--5-8----------8--5--|-5--5--5-8----0-0-|--5--5--5-8----------8-5-|
D (Dsus4) G Am Am(PM)
|---------------2-3-3-2--|---------------3-3s-5--|---0--0-0---0--0-0-|
|---------------3-3-3-3--|---------------3-3s-5--|---1--1-1---1--1-1-|
|---------------2-2-2-2--|---------------4-4s-5--|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|
|---------------0-0-0-0--|--7-5----------5-5s-7--|-2--------2--------|
|------------------------|------7-5------5-5s-7--|-0--------0--------|
|--5--5--5-8-0-----------|----------8-5--3-3s-5--|-------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
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|----2%-----|------------------1%-------------------|
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(drums enter) 1.Black Jack Davey come run along then
Am (PM) E E (PM) Am
[same rhythm as before] [similar rhythm] [same rhythm as before]
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|--1--------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------------|-1-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------------|-2-----------------|-----------------|
|--0--------------------|-2-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
wishin' to the lord and mary (inaudible lyrics) and he
E D D E Am
----------------------|-0----2-|-----------------------|-0----0-|
----------------------|-0----3-|-----------------------|-0----1-|
----------------------|-1----2-|-----------------------|-1----2-|
----------------------|-2----0-|-----------------------|-2----2-|
----------------------|-2------|-----------------------|-2----0-|
----------------------|-0------|-----------------------|-0------|
charmed the heart of a la - dy charmed the heart of a la - dy
second and third verse are played the same:
2. [Am] How old are you my pretty little miss?
How old are you my
[E] honey?
[Am] she answered him wtih a lovin' smile, said, "I'll be sixteen come
[E]sun- [D]day."
said, "i'll be sixteen come
[E]sun-[Am]day."
3. [Am] come and go with me my pretty little miss
come and go with me my
[E] honey
[Am] I'll take you where the grass grows green and you never will want for[E]mon- [D]ney
you never will want for
[E]mon-[Am]ney Hey!
back to intro riff with some adjustments and a heavy fuzz tone
E
|------------------------|--------------------|-0---0-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-0---0-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-1---1-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-2---2-|--------------------|
|-----------5-(5)g-7-----|-----------5-(5)g-7-|-2---2-|-----------5-(5)g-7-|
|-5--5--5-8----------8-5-|-5--5--5-8----------|-0---0-|-5--5--5-8----------|
D G Am Am VR
------|------------------------|-2--|-------------|-3-3s-5--||-------||
------|------------------------|-3--|-------------|-3-3s-5--||.-----.||
------|------------------------|-2--|-------------|-4-4s-5--||-------||
------|------------------------|-0--|-7-5---------|-5-5s-7--||-------||
------|-----------5-(5)g-7-----|----|-----7-5-----|-5-5s-7--||.-----.||
-8-5--|-5--5--5-8----------5-8-|----|---------8-5-|-3-3s-5--||-------||
4. [Am] Pull off, pull of your long blue gloves
made of spanish
[E] leather
[Am] give to me your lily white hand and we'll ride off
[E]to- [D]gether
said we'll both ride off
[E]to- [Am]gether
5. [Am] well she pulled off her long blue gloves
made of spanish
[E] leather
[Am] and gave to him her lily white hand and bid farewell
[E]for- [D]ever
and they both rode off
[E]to- [Am]gether
back to intro riff 1 time
6. [Am] well late last night the boss came home inquiring 'bout his
[E] lady
[Am] the servant spoke before she thought, "She's been with Black Jack
[E]Da- [D]vey
ran off with Black Jack
[E]Da- [Am]vey."
7. [Am] come on, come on my old black hose you're skinnier than the
[E] grain
[Am] I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night 'til I overtake my
[E]la- [D]dy
and I'll over take my
[E]la-[Am]dy
