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| Astro				    |
| Words and Music by Jack White     |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris          |
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| Tab Definitions:										  |
|  E5: 022xxx											  |
|  G5: 355xxx											  |
|  A5: 577xxx											  |
|  B5: 799xxx											  |
| F#5: 244xxx											  |
|  B*: Harmonic on the high e string, 7th fret							  |
|   b: Bend (or relax from bend) to next note  						          |
|P.M.: Palm Muting										  |
|N.C.: No Chord played										  |
|   T: Tremolo (alternating up and down picking quickly)                                          |
|   <: Increasing tempo										  |
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A second guitar comes in at odd times, but it's in unison to Guitar 1, so it's not really worth tabbing.
There is very slight P.M. throughout.

INTRO: (Guitar right channel, vocals left)
e|------------
B|------------
G|-3b--5b--3-- (three bent to five, then relaxed down to three)
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
"Wan Two Free For"

BREAK 1: Played 2x
Rhythm: 1  2  3  4  +  1  +  2  3  4
Chords:	E5 G5 E5 G5 E5    E5 G5 E5 G5

VERSE 1:
   G5 E5     G5       E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
Maybe Jasper does the As-tro
   G5 E5     G5       E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
Maybe Jasper does the As-tro
   G5 E5     G5       E5 G5   E5 G5
Maybe Jasper does the As-tro, As-tro

Rhythm:	1  2  +  3  4  1  2  3  +  4  1  2
Chords:	E5 G5 E5 A5          B5 B5 A5 G5 F#5

BREAK 1: Played 1x

VERSE 2:
Maybe Lilly does the Astro
Maybe Lilly does the Astro
Maybe Lilly does the Astro, Astro

BREAK 2:
Rhythm: 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  +  1  2  3
Chords:	A5          G5 E5 N.C.     A5          G5 E5 N.C.     A5          G5 E5 N.C.     B5    B*    B5 B5 A5 G5 F#5
Words:                                                   Whoo!                       Hey!

BREAK 1

VERSE 3:
Well, maybe Jackson does the Astro
Maybe Jackson does the Astro
Maybe Jackson does the Astro Astro

Rhythm: 1  2  3  4  1  2    3  4   1  2  3  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +
Chords: A5       G5 A5 N.C. G5 F#5 E5 G5 E5 G  E5    G5 G5 G5 E5 G5

VERSE 4:
G5    E5    G5       E5 G5  E5 G5 G5 G5 E5
Maybe Momma does the As-tro
   G5 E5    G5       E5 G5  E5 G5 G5 G5 E5
Maybe Momma does the As-tro,
   G5 E5    G5       E5 G5   E5 G5  E5 
Maybe Momma does the As-tro, As-tro.

BREAK 2 (without words and B*)

P.M.
Played 4x
Rhythm: 1  2  3  4  +
Chords: E5 E5 E5 E5 G5

VERSE 5:
     E5 G5 E5     E5       E5 E5 G5 E5 E5 E5 
Well maybe Tesla` does the As-tro                   `Nikola Tesla, famous electrician
   E5 G5 E5  E5       E5 E5  G5 E5 E5 E5
Maybe Tesla  does the As-tro
   E5 G5 E5 E5     E5 E5 G5 E5 E5 E5 E5
Maybe Ed-is-on` is A  C  -  D  C                    `Thomas Edison, see above

   A
e|---3b---0---0-3-0---0---------------------------
B|----------3-------3-0-3b---2b-------0--0--0--0--
G|-2----2-----------2---3b---2b--0----0--0--0--0--
D|-2-------------------(3b)-(2b)-0-2--------------
A|-0----------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------

Slow Tempo
Played 4x
Rhythm: 1  2  3  4  +  1  +  2  3  4
Chords: E5 G5 E5 G5 G5    G5 E5 G5 E5

SOLO: (over ryhthm guitar, feedback comes in a few seconds prior)
                                                                                      T<  T
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-10b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-10b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-b12-10p8-5-5-5-8-8-8-8/18---------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------18/0--

Under end of SOLO:
A5 B5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5