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| Let's Build a Home |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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Open D Tuning
D A D F# A D
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| Tab Definitions: |
| D5: 000xxx |
| F5: 333xxx |
| A5: 555xxx |
| /: Slide to note |
| (): Heavily muted note |
|N.C.: No Chord played |
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INTRO:
Mother: "You just sing some of the song. Do you know any by heart?"
John Gillis (Jack White at age six/seven): "Which..."
Brother: "Sing that one song you were singing about the little red box."
Mother: "Oh, yeah I haven't heard that in a long time. Did you forget it?"
John: "No."
Brother: "Bet you forgot all the words to it."
Mother: "Show me how it goes. I forget. 'Cause I want to remember, and I want to --"
John: "OK."
Brother: "Sit still."
John: "I- I wish I had a little red box / To put my best friends in / I'd take them out and"
Brother (whisper): "Sit still."
John: "And put them back again."
D|-------
A|-------
F#|-------
D|-12/0--
A|-12/0--
D|-12/0--
Played 3x:
Rhythm: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chords: D5 D5 F5 F5 D5 D5 F5 F5
Whoo!
D5 F5 D5 F5
Played 2x:
D5 F5 D5 F5
VERSE 1:
D5 F5 D5 F5
Some bricks now baby, say
D5 F5 D5 F5 D5
Let's build a home
F5 D5 F5
Some bricks now baby, say
D5 F5 D5 F5
Let's build a home
G5
C'mon
D5 F5 D5 F5
Alright
A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5
C'mon Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Yeah!
Played 4x: D5 F5 D5 F5
VERSE 2:
I'm gettin' lazy
Won't ya throw me a bone?
I'm gettin' lazy
Won't ya throw me a bone?
C'mon
Alright
C'mon Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Yeah!
BREAK: With slide
D|------------
A|------------
F#|------------
D|-0--3-/-24--
A|-0--3-/-24--
D|-0--3-/-24--
Played 4x: D5 F5 D5 F5
D|---(3-/-12)-12/24--
A|---(3-/-12)-12/24--
F#|---(3-/-12)-12/24--
D|-0-----------------
A|-0-----------------
D|-0-----------------
Played 4x: D5 F5 D5 F5
Ah,
VERSE 1
D5
