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\-------------
D\-\2~-5~-7~-8~
A\-\2~-5~-7~-8~
E\-\0~-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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/white_stripes/black_math_tab_ver_5.html ]
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
