White Room tab by Cream

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White Room
 (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown)
 By The Cream
 From the album "Wheels of Fire" 1968
 Transcribed by Halfdan Baadsvik
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 "White Room", one of the great Cream anthems, and
 among the best rock 'n' roll songs ever.
 Clapton makes some small changes to the main riff
 when he playes it. Here it is written with all notes
 he leaves out or puts in. Listen to the record to see
 what I mean. If you have the remastered version of
 the album, it's easier to hear.
 The solo tab is not complete, 'cause I don't wanna
 bother tabbing the whole thing. But it should give
 you some good guidelines on how to make your own solo
 to the song and to play fills in the second verse. As
 you might see, it's all based on the pentatonic scale
 in Dm.

 Cadd9Cadd9 - X32030 and 335533
 G/BG/B  - X20033
 Am7Am7  - 002010

  Intro(clean):
   G minorGm   FF   DmDm   C majorC     Am7Am7
 e|---3~~~~--1~~~~--1~~~~--0~~~~--:|---0~~~~--|
 BB|---3~~~~--1~~~~--3~~~~--1~~~~--:|---1~~~~--|
 G+G|---3~~~~--2~~~~--2~~~~--0~~~~--:|---0~~~~--|
 D MajorD|-------------------------------:|----------|
 A augmentedA|-------------------------------:|----------|
 E MajorE|-------------------------------:|----------|

  Verse(fuzz):
     D MajorD      Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
   ... white room    with black curtains
 e|-------------2----------x--------------x---|
 BB|-------------3----3-----3----3---------3---|
 G+G|-------------2----------0--------------0---|
 D MajorD|-------0----------------2--------------0---|
 A augmentedA|--------------------3-3------------2-2-----|
 E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|
   Bb majorBb Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9  G/BG/B   Bb majorBb Cadd9Cadd9
     near ... station            Blackroof ...
 e|-------------------2----------x-------x------------|
 BB|---3---3-----------3----3-----3-3-----3---3---3----|
 G+G|---3---5-----------2----------0-------0---3---5----|
 D MajorD|---3---5--------0-------------2-------0---3---5----|
 A augmentedA|-2---1---3----------------3-3-----2-2---2---1----3-|
 E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|

  Chorus(wah wah):
  C majorC         G/BG/B       Bb majorBb    A augmentedA
  I'll wait ...   place ...    sun ...  shines
 e|-0-------------------------------------------------|
 BB|-1-----------------3---------------3---------2-----|
 G+G|-0-----------------0---------------3---------2-----|
 D MajorD|-2-----------------0---------------3---------2-----|
 A augmentedA|-3-----------------2---------------3h5-------2h4---|
 E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
  C majorC      G/BG/B       Bb majorBb   C majorC    D MajorD
  Wait ...   place ...    shadows run ... themselves
 e|-0---------------------------------------------2-----|
 BB|-1------------3---------------3-------5--------3-----|
 G+G|-0------------0---------------3-------5--------2-----|
 D MajorD|-2------------0---------------3-------5--------2h4---|
 A augmentedA|-3------------2---------------3h5-----5h7------------|
 E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

 Verse w/ fills,

 Chorus,

 Intro chords,

 Verse w/ solo in background,

 Chorus,

 Intro chords,

  Solo(wah wah):
 e|-------10----------10-----------10-------------------------------|
 BB|-----------13----------13-----------13---------------------------|
 G+G|--b12~~~~~~~---12~~~~~~~---b12~~~~~~~---b12--12p10h12------10~~--|
 D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------12--------|
 A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

 e|--------------------------------------10------10------------------|
 BB|---------------------------------b13------13~~~---13--------------|
 G+G|--12p10--12p10h12--10h12p10---------------------------b12--12p10--|
 D MajorD|-----------------------------12-----------------------------------|
 A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|
           repeat many times
 e|----------------|--------13------------|----------------------|
 BB|----------------|-13h15-----(13)-13h15-|-13-------------------|
 G+G|------10--12/14-|----------------------|-----14\12--10--------|
 D MajorD|--12------------|----------------------|----------------12~~--|
 A augmentedA|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
 E MajorE|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|

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