Black Math by White Stripes TABBED BY:OREGAN ARTIST:THE WHITE STRIPES ALBUM:ELEPHANT SONG:BLACK MATH TUNING:E B G D A E Stuff ---------- /-slide up \-slide down ^-trill h-hammer on p-pull off x-muted string d-downstroke u-upstroke b-bend ~-let note ring out ///-tremelo pick w-wah wah INTRO (w distortion(crunch) w/o drums) E\---------------------------------- B\---------------------------------- G\-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-- D\-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 play once A\-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5 E\-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3 E\------------------------ B\------------------------ G\------------------------ D\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 A\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 play once E\-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55 du du du du du du du du VERSE (drums kick in. play 3 times before lyrics) E\------------------------ B\------------------------ G\------------------------ D\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 A\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 E\-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55 du du du du du du du du "dont you think that im bound to react now..." E\---------------------------------- B\---------------------------------- G\-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-- D\-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 A\-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5 E\-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3 E\------------------------ B\------------------------ G\------------------------ D\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 A\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 E\-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55 du du du du du du du du "my fingers definately turning to black now..." E\---------------------------------- B\---------------------------------- G\-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-- D\-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 A\-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5 E\-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3 E\------------- B\------------- G\------------- D\-\2~-5~-7~-8~ A\-\2~-5~-7~-8~ E\-\0~-3~-5~-6~ "maybe ill put my love on ice and teach myself maybe thatd be nice" E\------------------------ B\------------------------ G\------------------------ D\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 A\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 E\-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55 du du du du du du du du REPEAT WITH 2ND VERSE E\------------------------------- B\------------------------------- G\-----------------------------7~ D\-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-7~ play twice A\-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-5~ E\-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x--- "ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ahhhhh" play once "mathematically turning the page..." "unequivocally showing my age..." "im practically center stage...." "undeniably earning your wage..." E\----------------------------------------------- B\----------------------------------------------- G\----------------------------------------------- D\-2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8 play once A\-2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8 E\-0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6 "maybe ill put my love on ice teach myself maybe thatd be nice" E\---------------------------------- B\---------------------------------- G\-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-- D\-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 A\-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5 E\-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3 E\------------------------ B\------------------------ G\------------------------ D\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 >>>>>>| A\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77 | E\-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55 | This part is rhythm for the solo du du du du du du du du | (not sure how they do it seeing as theres | Only one guitarist) E\---------------------------------- | The solo is made up of string bends with wah wah B\---------------------------------- | and delay effects(not sure where they are exactly G\-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-->>>| but ill make an attempt on the solo) D\-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 ill indicate wah wah with a w A\-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5 E\-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3 SOLO (where a number is shown as 15bw you boost the bend by slowly pressing down the wah wah) E\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B\---------------15bw-15-16b-15b--15-16b-15b--15-16b-15b--16b-16bw--16b-16b-16b--- G\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E\--5~-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------------ E\-----------------------------17----------------------------------17b-17b-17b-17w B\-15-13-16-13-15-13-16--15-13---13-15-13-16-13-15-13-13-15-13-14----------------- G\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E\-17-17171717-17-17171717-20b-20b-20b-20b-17b------------------------------------ B\---/////////---/////////-------------------------------------------------------- G\----------------------------------------------20b-20b-20b-19-17---17-19b-------- D\----------------------------------------------------------------19-------------- A\--------------------------------------------17---------------------------17bw--- E\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G\-----------------------------------------19b-19-17--19b-19-17--19b-19-19-19-19-- D\-18b-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18------------------------------////////-- A\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E\----------------------------------------------------- B\----------------------------------------------------- G\-19b-19-19-19--17-17-17-17--------------------------- D\-----////////---------------19-19-19-19-19-19-19----- A\----------------------------------------------------- E\----------------------------------------------------- (Id say alot of it is fairly wrong but some of its okay at least i tried.first time working out a solo.) VERSE w/new lyrics End with E\---------------------- B\---------------------- G\---------------------- D\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77- A\-77-77-77-77-77-77-77- E\-55-55-55-55-55-55-55- du du du du du du du "yeah" E\---- B\---- G\---- D\-x-7 A\-x-7 E\-x-5 www.TAB6.com