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Black Math

The White Stripes
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Song

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\-----------5~

D\-\2~-5~-7~-5~

A\-\2~-5~-7~-3~

E\-\0~-3~-5~---

"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

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