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| Black Math |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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| Tab Definitions: |
| C5: x355xx |
| G5: 355xxx |
| A5: 577xxx |
| D5: x577xx |
| E5: 022xxx |
| b: Bend to note |
| /: Slide to note |
| ~: Vibrato with wammy bar |
| T: Tremolo |
| *: Harmonic pinching |
|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:
A5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5
Well, don't you think that I'm bound to react now?
A5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5
Well, my fingers definately turning to black now
E5 G5
Yeah, maybe I'll put my love on ice
A5 C5 A5
And teach myself, maybe that'll be nice, yeah
VERSE 2:
My books are sittin' at the top of the stack, now
Well, the longer words are really breakin' my back now
Yeah, maybe I'll learn to understand
Drawing a square with a pencil in hand, yeah
BRIDGE: Fuzz box
Played 2x:
Rhythm: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chords: A5 D5
A5 D5 A5 D5 A5
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ahh ahhh
D5 A5
Mathematically turning the page
D5 A5
Unequivocally showing my age
D5 A5
I'm practically center stage
D5 E5
Undeniably earning your wage
G5
Well, maybe I'll put my love on ice
A5 C5
Teach myself, maybe that'll be nice, yeah
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--12(/5)----10-10b12-
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13----------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0--0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--15b17-17-17-17-17-20b21-b21-b21-
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-21b20-17------10b12-10b12-12b10-----8--10-b12b10--------------------------------------------10b12-10-8--10b12-10-8-
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|-10b12--b12-b12-10-8--10b12-b12-10-8--10b12-10-8-5-8-5--5b--5b6--5b7--5b8--
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 3:
Listen master can you answer a question?
Is it the fingers or the brain that you're teaching the lesson?
Oh, I can't tell you how proud I am
Writin' down things that I don't understand
Well, maybe I'll put my love on ice
And teach myself, maybe that'll be nice, yeah
A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5 N.C. A5
Yeah Yeah Yeah
