The White Stripes - Black math

TABBED BY:OREGAN(who loves claire burns) ARTIST:THE WHITE STRIPES ALBUM:ELEPHANT SONG:BLACK MATH TUNING:E B G D A E LEGEND ---------- /-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-~-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 but ill G-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-->>>| 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 Please rate me.tanx