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| The Hardest Button To Button |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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| Tab Definitions: |
| A5: x022xx |
| C5: x355xx |
| B5: x244xx |
| D5: x577xx |
| Bb5: x133xx |
| b: Bend note less than a half step |
|N.C.: No Chord played |
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I added the extra string "Ba" to represent the bass line (the A string of a bass, or a guitar using an octave divider).
If you would rather use Drop A tuning, simply transpose Ba to your low A string.
INTRO: (Jack plays the bass note on the low E string, 5th fret with an octave divider. I tabbed it open on the A string
so that it could all fit on one string.)
Played 4x:
Octave divider OR Drop A tuning
e|---------- e|----------
B|---------- B|----------
G|---------- G|----------
D|---------- D|----------
A|-0-0-0-0-- A|----------
E|---------- A|-0-0-0-0--
Played 2x:
A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 C5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---2---------------5---------------2---------------5---------------2---------------5-----------
D|-----2---------------5---------------2---------------5---------------2---------------5---------
A|-0-----0---------3-----3---------0-----0---------3-----3---------0-----0---------3-----3-------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ba|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3-
B5 D5
e|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|---4---------------7------------
D|-----4---------------7----------
A|-2-----2---------5-----5--------
E|--------------------------------
Ba|-2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5--
VERSE 1:
A5 C5 A5
We started livin' in an old house
C5
My ma gave birth and we were checkin' it out
A5
It was a baby boy
C5
So we bought him a toy
B5
It was a ray gun
D5
And it was 1981
VERSE 2:
We named him "Baby"
He had a toothache
He started crying
It sounded like an earthquake
It didn't last long
Because I stopped it
I grabbed a rag doll
And stuck some little pins in it
VERSE 3: Full strumming
A5
Now we're a family
C5
And we're all right now
A5
We got money and a little place
C5
To fight now
A5
We don't know you
C5
And we don't owe you
B5
But if you see us around
Bb5
I got something else to show you
BREAK 1:
Played 3x:
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C.
C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
B5 B5 B5 B5 N.C.
Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 N.C.
INTRO
VERSE 4:
Now, it's easy when you don't know better
You think it's sleazy?
Then put it in a short letter
We keep warm
But there's just somethin' wrong when you
Just feel that you're the hardest button to button
VERSE 5:
I had opinions
That didn't matter
I had brain that felt like
Pancake batter
I got a backyard
With nothin' in it
Except a stick, a dog and a box with something in it
CHORUS:
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button, uh-oh
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button, uh-oh
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
B5 B5 B5 B5 N.C. Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 N.C.
BREAK 2:
A5 C5 A5 C5 BASS RIFF
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5-----------2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5---------------
D|-2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5-----------2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5---------------
A|-0-0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3-----------0-0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3---------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ba|---------0-0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-5-5b--
CHORUS:
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. BASS RIFF
The hardest button to button
A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C.
The hardest button to button
C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C.
The hardest button to button, uh-oh
A5 A5 A5 A5
