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Death Letter

The White Stripes
TabTuningOpen G
★4.9(64)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

D|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--------|
D|---------0---------------- -----|  4x
G|-0----0-------------------------|
D|---3b---------------------------|

"I got a letter this mornin

What do ya reckon it read?

It said, "The gal you love is dead"

Verse

D|--------------------|------5--------------|
B|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|---------------------|
G|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|------------0-0---0--|
G|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|------------0-0---0--|
D|--------------------|----------------3----|

"I got a letter this mornin

What do you reckon it read?

Said, "Hurry, hurry, because the gal you love is dead"

D|------5--------------|------5--------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-3-0--------0-0---0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
G|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
D|----------------3----|----------------3----|

Well, I packed up my suitcase

I took off down the road

When I got there she was

Layin' on the coolin' board

I packed up my suitcase

And I took off down the road

When I got there she was

A-layin' on the coolin' board

D|----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G|-----------------------------------0-/7--7/0--|
D|-----------------------------------0-/7--7/0--|
G|----5-5-----3-3------2-2----1-1------/7--7/0--|
D|-5-------3-------2--------1------0------------|
D|--------5-------------------------------------|
B|--------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0--------|
G|-3-0-----0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0--3-0--|
D|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------|
G|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
D|--5-------------5----------------------|
B|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
G|----3-3-0--3-0-----0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
D|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
G|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
D|---------------------------------------|
D|------5--------------|------5--------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-3-0--------0-0---0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
G|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
D|----------------3----|----------------3----|
D|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--------|
D|---------0---------------- -----|  4x
G|-0----0-------------------------|
D|---3b---------------------------|

It looked like ten thousand people

Standin' 'round the buryin' ground

I didn't know I loved her

'Til they began to let her down

Looked like ten thousand

People standin' 'round the buryin' ground

I didn't know that I loved her

'Til they began to let her down

You know, it's so hard to love

Someone that don't love you

Ain't no satisfaction

Don't care what you do

So hard to love

Yeah, someone that don't love you

Don't look like satisfaction, and I don't care what you do

D|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
D|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G|----5-5-----3-3-----2----1--1-----0---/7--7/0--|
D|-5-------3-------2-----1-------0---------------|

C

D|------3-3---------------3-3------------------------------------------------------------3-|
B|-----------------------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
G|-3-0------0-3/2-0--3-0-------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0--3-0----|
D|----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
G|----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeated 8x:

D|---------------3----------------------------------------------------5/0-----|
B|-0-3/5-0--3-0--3---------/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
G|-0-3/5-0--3-0-----0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
D|------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
G|------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----------------3---------------------|
B|--------------------------------/7-7--/10-10--|
G|-3-0---------------3-0----------/7-7--/10-10--|
D|----------------------------0---/7-7--/10-10--|
G|--------0-0-0---0---------0---0-/7-7--/10-10--|
D|--------------3-------------------------------|

Well, I got up this mornin', the break of day

Just huggin' the pillows where she used to lay

Got up this mornin', leave the break of day

Just huggin' the pillows where my baby used to lay

D|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0--/7--/12--|
D|--------------------------/7--/12--|
G|-----3-----2-----1-----------------|
D|--3-----2-----1-----0--------------|

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| b Bend

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