Broken Bricks - White Stripes guitar tablature and lyrics
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| Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me?	    |
| Words and Music by Jack White     |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris          |
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| Tab Definitions:										  |
| G5: 355xxx											  |
| F5: 133xxx											  |
|  G: 355433										     	  |
|  p: Pull off of note										  |
|  b: Bend to note		        						          |
|  /: Slide to note										  |
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INTRO: (Left channel)
One, two, three
   G5
e|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|------3-b4-------3-b4-------3b/0-- (3-b4 is a delayed but sharp bend, with no relax)
D|-5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------
A|-5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------
E|-3-3--------3-3--------3-3--------

(Both channels)
G5 F5  G5 F5
RIFF 1: Played 4x
e|------------
B|------------
G|------3-b4--
D|-5-5--------
A|-5-5--------
E|-3-3--------

VERSE 1:
RIFF 1     RIFF 1    F
Somebody's screaming
                              RIFF 1 4x
Lookin' at the ceiling  oh-oh
RIFF 1          RIFF 1  F
Everything's so funny
                              RIFF 1 4x
I don't have the money  oh-oh
RIFF 1                RIFF 1  F
Ah, people don't even know me
                                    RIFF 1 4x (/)
But they know how to show me  oh-oh

CHORUS:
Played 3x:
   G5      ELECTRIC VIOLIN
e|-------------------------
B|-------------------------
G|---------12-12-10p0-3-0--
D|-5-5--5------------------
A|-5-5--5------------------
E|-3-3--3------------------

F5

Why can't you be nicer to me?

INTRO riff

VERSE 2:
My pride is dying
I think I'm all done lying  oh-oh
Nobody's sharing
So I stop caring  oh-oh
All alone and walking
Nobody's talking  oh-oh

Hey!
CHORUS

VERSE 3:
Well the wind is blowing
Where am I going?  oh-oh
Off a bridge and falling
Nobody's calling  oh-oh
On the ground and laying
Nobody's praying  oh-oh

CHORUS

ELECTRIC VIOLIN SOLO:
e|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-- this string is not in the violin part, but it makes the guitar more like it
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

G (clean)