The Black Keys - Countdown
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Tabbed in standard tuning although I think the song is originally played in open G with a capo.
But it's easy enough to play like this :)
Riff 1 - D7 (A7 shaped barre chord at fifth fret with low E string also barred)
e|--5---------------5--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------7----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-------7-------7---7------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-------5-------5------5-5-----------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 - A major (Can also experiment with picking notes out of an A major chord on top of this)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill 1 -
e|-------5-----8-----5-----8--5----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5-h8--8-----5-----8-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------8-----8-----5-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill 2 -
e|-------5-----8-----5-----8-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-8-----8-----5-----8-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 2
e|-8-----8-----5-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Song structure -
Intro - Riff 1 X 4, hit an A power chord, drum fill
Verse 1 - Riff 1 X 4, Riff 2 X 4, Fill 1
Verse 2 - Riff 1 X 2, Riff 2 X 4, Fill 1
Verse 3 - Riff 1 X 4, Riff 2 X 4, Fill 2
Verse 4 - Riff 1 X 8, Riff 2 X 4, Fill 1
Verse 5 - Riff 1 X 4, Riff 2 X 4, Fill 2
Ending - Riff 1 X 10, hit an A power chord