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| I Fought Piranhas |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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Open E Tuning
E B E G# B E
OR
Open D Tuning
D A D F# A D capo 2nd fret
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| Tab Definitions: |
| E5: 000xxx (open tuning) or 022xxx (standard) |
| G5: 333xxx (open) or 533xxx (standard) |
|F#5: 222xxx (open) or 422xxx (standard) |
| h: Hammer onto note |
| p: Pull off of note |
| b: Bend to note |
| /: Slide to note |
| ~: Vibrato (with slide) |
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Like in Suzy Lee, Jack plays rhythm guitar behind Johnny Walker, who plays slide. Jack is playing in Standard tuning. During breaks I combined both guitars into one part for simplicity, so pay attention to the tuning changes.
INTRO:
SLIDE RIFF (Johnny):
E|--------12-12/------3-0------
B|--10/12----12----------------
G#|--10/12----------------------
E|-----------------------------
B|-----------------------------
E|---------------3-2------3-2--
Over SLIDE RIFF (Jack):
E|---------(3)-5/7-0--
B|--------------------
G|--------------------
D|--------------------
A|--------------------
E|-0-3b--0------------
VERSE 1: (SLIDE RIFF, with 0-3b--0 from Jack's guitar)
Well, I hold the rope
And I hold the sail
And I kept my papers
To keep from land' in jail
And I fought piranhas
And I fought the cold
There was no one with me
G5 F#5
I was all alone, yeah
BREAK 1:
E5
E|-----------------12----------12-12/---------3/---------------12-12-------12-12/----------------
B|--------10-10/12----10-10/12----12---------(3)---------10/12-------10/12----12-----------------
G#|--------10-10/12----10-10/12---------------------------10/12-------10/12-----------------------
E|-0-0-0-------------------------------0-0-0------0-0-0----------------------------0-0-0---------
B|-0-0-0-------------------------------0-0-0------0-0-0----------------------------0-0-0---------
E|-0-0-0-------------------------------0-0-0------0-0-0----------------------------0-0-0--3-2-0--
Yeah!
SOLO 1: Johnny plays P.M. E5 chords under Jack
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-----3-0-----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------8-10-10b11b10----3-0----------3------3--------3------------
G|-/12-12~-14b-14b15b14-12-14-12b13b12-------13~--/9----------------------------3/4----3/4---4--3h4---4p2p0-2-0--
D|-------------------------------------14-14---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 2:
Well, it's Easter morning now
And there's no one around
So I unroll the sermon
And walk into the town
There was no one with me
I was all alone
And I fought piranhas
And I fought the cold, yeah
BREAK 2: Jack
E5
E|--------0-0---0-------------------------0---0---3b-0---0-3-0-3p0-0-------------------3-5b-5-3-5-5-5b---------
B|------------3-----3-3---------------------3---0------3---------------------------3/5-------------------------
G|----------------4-----4p2p0-2b3------------------------------------3b---------4b-----------------------------
D|-2-2-2---------------------------2-2-2---------------------------------2-2-2--------------------------2-2-2--
A|-2-2-2---------------------------2-2-2---------------------------------2-2-2--------------------------2-2-2--
E|-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-0---------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------0-0-0--
SOLO 2: Jack plays a decending 3-2-0 on the low E string while Johnny solos with a slide
E|----------12-------12-------------10/--------12-12----------12--0-------12-12-------12-----------0--
B|-10-10/12------------------------------10/12-------10-10/12-----0-10/12-------10/12--------------0--
G#|-10-10/12----10/12----10-10/12---------10/12-------10-10/12-----0-10/12-------10/12----10/12-----0--
E|-------------------------------12------------------------------------------------------------12-----
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 3:
Well, you know what it's like
I don't gotta tell ya
Who puts up a fight
Walkin' out of hell, now
When you fought piranhas
And you fought the cold
An' there's nobody with you
Yes, you're all alone, yeah
BREAK 3: E5 with acending slide, hitting the high B and E strings alternately
E5
E|-------0/-------------------12-12-12--
B|-------0/-----------------------------
G#|--------------------------------------
E|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0--0--0---
B|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0--0--0---
E|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0--0--0---
E|---------------12--12--------------
B|----------------------12-----------
G#|-------------------------10/12-----
E|---------10/12-----------------12--
B|-----------------------------------
E|-3-2-0-----------------------------
