Rough Detectiv tab by The Dead Weather

Tabs

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               Rough Detectiv - The Dead Weather
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Tuning: Standard

Note: this is how you can play the song in standard tuning.
It may sound better in Drop D MajorD so you can play the 0h2 parts on the D MajorD string one octave lower.
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Intro + 1st verse

e|--12\10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------12\10-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------12/14---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------12/14---(x8)------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass guitar for 1st verse (it starts when the guitar has played the intro 2 times)

e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------|-----------0-(let-ring)----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2p0--------------0h2--(x6)|---2-2-0-2---------------2-2-0-2-0-(let-ring)---------2-2-0-2-2-(let-ring)-|
A augmentedA|---------2p0-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------3/5-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         (guitar plays this part too)

Chorus (only bass guitar)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2p0--------------0h2---(x4)---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------2p0---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------3/5---------------------------------------------------------|

2nd verse (only bass guitar, same as 1st verse)

e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------|-----------0-(let-ring)----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2p0--------------0h2--(x6)|---2-2-0-2---------------2-2-0-2-0-(let-ring)---------2-2-0-2-2-(let-ring)-|
A augmentedA|---------2p0-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------3/5-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         (guitar plays this part too)

Chorus: same as the 1st chorus

Solo (starts at 01:55).

e|---------------------------------------12\10----12\10------------------------------------|
BB|-----------12\10-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------12/14-----12/14-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The base guitar plays this during the solo.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2p0-------------------0h2--------2p0----------------------------2-2-------------------|
A augmentedA|---------2p0---------------------------------2p0-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------3/5------------------------------------3/5------------------------------|

Then the weird sounds start... At the end of those sounds the bass guitar plays this:

e|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2------2-2------2-2----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|

Then the chorus (8 times) and the outro:

e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------|-----------0-(let-ring)----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2p0--------------0h2--(x8)|---2-2-0-2---------------2-2-0-2-0-(let-ring)---------2-2-0-2-2-(let-ring)-|
A augmentedA|---------2p0-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------3/5-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         (guitar plays this part too)

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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off

Other versions of Rough Detectiv

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