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St Ides of March

The White Stripes
Tab
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Song

The White Stripes - St. Ides Of March

Open E Tuning

E B E G# B E

Chords

A: 5555xx

G: 3333xx

E5: 000xxx

C: 8888xx (with slide)

Intro (Play 4 Times)

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-1-3-0--------------1(p0)--0h1p0--0h1-0------|
|-------3-0---0-------------------------------|
|-----------2---------------------------------|
|---------------0-0-----0-------0--------0-0--|

Verse (Intro progression):

Ain't she lookin' good

Ain't she lookin' fine

Ain't she lookin' fine

And she takes her time

Don't you walk away

Verse 2:

Sweet potato pie

Sweet sugar plum

Sweet sugar plum

But look what you done

Don't you walk away

Break

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-3p1-0--1-3p1-0--/5--5-5/3--3-3/----1-3-0------------1--0--1-|
|-------------------/5--5-5/3--3-3/-0--------3-0---0------------|
|-------------------/5--5-5/3--3-3/-0------------2--------------|
|-------------------/5--5-5/3--3-3/-0----------------0----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|1-0--/5--5-5/8-8--3-3/----1-3-0-----------|
|-----/5--5-5/8-8--3-3/-0--------3-0---0---|
|-----/5--5-5/8-8--3-3/-0------------2-----|
|-----/5--5-5/8-8--3-3/-0----------------0-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---0---1---0----1-3-0------------1---0---1---(1-0)--|
|------------------------3-0---0-----------------------|
|----------------------------2-------------------------|
|---0---0---0---0----------------0----0---0---0--------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|1-3-0------------1---1---1---0----1-3-0-------------|
|------3-0---0---------------------------3-0---0-----|
|----------2---------------------------------2-------|
|--------------0----0---0---0---0----------------0-0-|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-1p0--1p0--1p0----|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|---0----0----0-0--|

Verse

Verse 2

Oh, no, oh

Break 2

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-/5--3-3/----1-3-0------------1--0--1-1-0--/5--3-3/----|
|-/5--3-3/-0--------3-0---0-----------------/5--3-3/-0--|
|-/5--3-3/-0------------2-------------------/5--3-3/-0--|
|-/5--3-3/-0----------------0---------------/5--3-3/-0--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|1-3-0------------1---0---1---1-0---|
|------3-0---0----------------------|
|------------2----------------------|
|--------------0----0---0---0-----0-|

Hey!

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-3-0------------1---0---1---0------|
|-------3-0---0-----------------------|
|-----------2-------------------------|
|---------------0----0---0---0---0-0--|

Verse

Verse 2

Yeah! Yeah!

Break 3

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/5--3-3-3/----1-3-0------------1--0-0--1--0-0--/5--5-5/8-8--|
|-/5--3-3-3/-0--------3-0---0--------------------/5--5-5/8-8--|
|-/5--3-3-3/-0------------2----------------------/5--5-5/8-8--|
|-/5--3-3-3/-0----------------0------------------/5--5-5/8-8--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--3-3/----1-1--1-------------------------------|
|--3-3/-0---------3-0---0---0---0---0---0-----0-|
|--3-3/-0-------------2-----------0-------------|
|--3-3/-0-----------------0---0-------3----0----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-0-1-0--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3-0--(0)----------------0---0----------------0---0-----|
|------------------2-0-2-0--------------0------------------------|
|--------------------------3-0--0---0-----3-0-(0-0)--0---0---0-3-|
|-----------------------------------0--|
|-----------------------------------0--|
|----0-1-0--------------------------0--|
|----------3-0---0---0---0---0---0--0--|
|--------------2---0---0------------0--|
|-0------------------------3---2----0--|

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