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| Seven Nation Army            	    |
| Words and Music by Jack White     |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris          |
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Open A Tuning
E A E A C# E

OR

Open G Tuning 
D G D G B D capo 2nd fret

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| Tab Definitions:										  |
| G5: 353xxx (exclude bass note if low string is tuned down)					  |
| A5: x000xx										          |
|  E: x7777x (with slide)								     	  |
|  G: x|10|10|10|10|x (with slide)								  |
|  D: x5555x (with slide)									  |
|  C: x3333x (with slide)									  |
|  B: x2222x (with slide)									  |
|  /: Slide to note										  |
|  ~: Vibrato											  |
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There are four ways to play the bass line throughout this song:
1. Use a bass
2. Run your guitar through an octave divider the way Jack does
3. Turn down your guitar's tone and play it an octave higher (so it "sounds like" a bass)
4. Tune your low string down to a B and play the actual bass line

BASS LINE for methods 1, 2 and 3:
 E|-------------------
C#|-------------------
 A|-------------------
 E|-------------------
 A|-7--7-10-7-5-3--2--
 E|-------------------

BASS LINE for method 4: (really turn up the gain for this - otherwise your strings will buzz and sound flat)
 E|-----------------
C#|-----------------
 A|-----------------
 E|-----------------
 A|-----------------
 B|-5--5-8-5-3-1--0-

INTRO: BASS LINE: Played 4x

VERSE 1: BASS LINE
I'm gonna fight 'em off
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back
And I'm talkin' to myself at night because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette
      G5                     A5
And a message coming from my eyes
Says "Leave it alone"

BREAK: Played 2x
    E    G  E D C  B   E    G  E D C  D  C B  A
 E|-----------------------------------------------
C#|-7--7-10-7-5-3--2---7--7-10-7-5-3-/5-/3-2-(0)--
 A|-7--7-10-7-5-3--2---7--7-10-7-5-3-/5-/3-2-(0)--
 E|-7--7-10-7-5-3--2---7--7-10-7-5-3-/5-/3-2-(0)--
 A|-7--7-10-7-5-3--2---7--7-10-7-5-3-/5-/3-2-(0)--
 E|-----------------------------------------------

G5 A5

BASS LINE: Played 4x

VERSE 2:
Don't wanna hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of Hell
And if I catch you coming back my way I'm gonna serve it to you
And that ain't what you want to hear, but that's what I'll do
And a feeling coming from my bones
Says, "Find a home"

SOLO: With slide (almost all notes end in a slight slide downwards)

Guitar 2 over BREAK (which is played 4x):
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A|-7--10-9---(7)--7-10-12-10-10-10/12-10-9---10-10-10-7-10-9---10-12-10-10-10/12-10-9-
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 E|-/12--12-15-12-12-15--14/---12--12-15-12-12-15-17-15-14---12--12-(12)-14-12-12-17--14-
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 E|-12--12-(12)-14-12-12-14-12-8-9---------------------------------------------------------
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A|---------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--0--
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    G5                      A5                       BASS LINE: 2x

BASS LINE: 2x

VERSE 3:
I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
Then I'm bleedin' and I'm bleedin' and I'm bleedin' right before the Lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me and I will think no more
And the stains comin' from my blood
Tell me, "Go back home"

BREAK

Guitar 1: With slide
 E|--------
C#|-7~--7--
 A|-7~--7--
 E|-7~--7--
 A|-7~--7--
 E|--------

Guitar 2: With slide
 E|--------
C#|-/7-/0--
 A|-/7-/0--
 E|-/7-/0--
 A|-/7-/0--
 E|--------