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| Black Math |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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White Stripes - Black Math
NOTE: I did not tab this song, i just changed the layout. all credit to Patrick Ferris.
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| Chord Definitions:|
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| 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--||
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| b: Bend to note|
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| /: Slide to note|
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| ~: Vibrato with wammy bar|
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| T: Tremolo|
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| *: Harmonic pinching|
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|N.C.: No Chord played|
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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: https://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
