Tighten Up Tab by The Black Keys

Tighten Up tab by The Black Keys (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

New single off The Black Keys' new album, Brothers, coming out May 18, 2010.

Artist: Black Keys
Song: Tighten Up
Album: Brothers (Tighten Up - Single)


Main Riff
e|-9--9----4-4---2-2--------|
B|-10-10---5-5---3-3---6-6--|
G|-11-11---6-6---4-4---x-x--|
D|-11-11---6-6---4-4---6-6--|
A|---------------------4-4--|
E|--------------------------|

Intro: (provided by barrymiles)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---(2h)4--4------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------7-4---------2-0---0-2--2--0h2-0---0-/4--4--2--0------|
E|-2--------------7s5---2-----2---------------2--------------------|

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Guitar solo #1
e|-2-2---2---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5-2----2--5-2-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4---------4-2-4-2-4--4-2-4-2------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------4-2-4--2---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------4p2h4-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------5b---|

Guitar solo #2                          3rd time do this at the end:
e|-2-2---2----------|       e|-------------|
B|-----5---5-2------|       B|-2--5--------|
G|-------------4----| x3    G|------4p2h4--|
D|------------------|       D|-----------4-|
A|------------------|       A|-------------|
E|------------------|       E|-------------|

e|-2-2---2----------|
B|-----5---5-2------|
G|-------------4----| x2
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

e|-2-2---2-5----------------|
B|-----5-----5--2-2---2-----|
G|------------------4--4----|
D|-----------------------4--|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

Guitar solo #3 (same as #1)
e|-2-2---2---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5-2----2--5-2-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4---------4-2-4-2-4--4-2-4-2------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------4-2-4--2---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------4p2h4-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------5b---|

Guitar solo #4 (mostly the same as #2)         3rd time do this at the end:
e|-2-2---2----------|       e|-------------|
B|-----5---5-2------|       B|-2--5--------|
G|-------------4----| x3    G|------4p2h4--|
D|------------------|       D|-----------4-|
A|------------------|       A|-------------|
E|------------------|       E|-------------|

e|-2-2---2----------|
B|-----5---5-2------|
G|-------------4----| x2
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

e|-2-2---2-5----------------|
B|-----5-----5--2-2---2-----|
G|------------------4--4----|
D|-----------------------4--|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

Second Main Riff:

e|-9--9--9--4-4-4-9--9--9--4-4-4-9--9--9--4-4-4--2-2--------|
B|-10-10-10-5-5-5-10-10-10-5-5-5-10-10-10-5-5-5--3-3--6-6-6-|
G|-11-11-11-6-6-6-11-11-11-6-6-6-11-11-11-6-6-6--4-4--x-x-x-|
D|-11-11-11-6-6-6-11-11-11-6-6-6-11-11-11-6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6-|
A|----------------------------------------------------4-4-4-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Last Guitar Solo with phazer pedal (Doesn't sound as good without one)

                                                   3rd time do this at the end:
e|-2-2---2----------|       e|----------------|
B|-----5---5-2------|       B|-2--2~2---------|
G|-------------4----| x3    G|--------2h4p2---|
D|------------------|       D|-------------4b-|
A|------------------|       A|----------------|
E|------------------|       E|----------------|

e|-2-2---2----------|
B|-----5---5-2------|
G|-------------4----| x2
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

e|-2-2---2-5------------------------|
B|-----5------5--2(2)2---2--2-------|
G|--------------------4--4--4-2-----|
D|-----------------------------4fb--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

|Key:
|| x = mute
||| b = bend
|||| fb = full bend
||||| () = harmonix

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