Black Math Tab

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

 -----------------------------------
| Black Math            |
| Words and Music by Jack White     |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris          |
 -----------------------------------
White Stripes - Black Math
NOTE:  I did not tab this song, i just changed the layout.  all credit to Patrick Ferris.

 ---------------------------------------
| Chord Definitions:|
|        |
|   C5    G5   A5  D5    E5||e|--x--||--x--||--x--||--x--||--x--||
|B|--x--||--x--||--x--||--x--||--x--||
|G|--5--||--x--||--x--||--7--||--x--||
|D|--5--||--5--||--7--||--7--||--2--||
|A|--3--||--5--||--7--||--5--||--2--||
|E|--x--||--3--||--5--||--x--||--0--||
|  |
||
 ---------------------------------------
|   b: Bend to note|
||
|   /: Slide to note|
||
|   ~: Vibrato with wammy bar|
||
|   T: Tremolo|
|                                       |
|   *: Harmonic pinching|
|                               |
|N.C.: No Chord played|
 ---------------------------------------



Rhythm:1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
Chords:C5 C5 G5 G5 C5 C5 G5 G5



INTRO: Played 4x
C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 A5

VERSE 1
VERSE 2

BRIDGE: Fuzz box

SOLO: Over INTRO (with some prolonged A5's)
Any slides or bends that seem counter-intuitive or out of the way are played with a whammy pedal.

                       (A steady bend and pluck of 1 2 3 + 4 + with whammy bar vibrato)
          Repeated 3x: |................................|
e|-------------10b12---b12--b12--b12~-b12~-b12~-b12~-b12~--10b10--10b12*---10b12-10b12--11b10-8-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/white_stripes/black_math_tab.html ]
e|12(/5)----10-10b12--|
B|-------13-----------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
                                          (very difficult without whammy pedal)
e|-10-8--12b-10-13b-10-11b-10--8-10-7-8~--24b"29"-b24-b24-b24/17--17--17-17-17-17-15b17-17-17-17|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-17-20b21-b21-b21-|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

e|-21b20-17------10b12-10b12-12b10-----8--10-b12b10--------------------------------------------10
B|---------------------------------10b-------------------3-b-4-b-3-------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------(3)-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----
D|----------(12)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|b12-10-8--10b12-10-8-|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

e|-10b12--b12-b12-10-8--10b12-b12-10-8--10b12-10-8-5-8-5--5b--5b6--5b7--5b8--
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Played 2x:
Rhythm:1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
Chords:A5                   D5

Verse 3

Listen master can you answer a question? ect.

Outro:



A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5
   Yeah    Yeah    Yeah