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Rough Detectiv Tab by The Dead Weather

Rough Detectiv tab by The Dead Weather

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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 so you can play the 0h2 parts on the D string one octave lower.
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Intro + 1st verse

e|--12\10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------12\10-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------12/14---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------12/14---(x8)------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Bass guitar for 1st verse (it starts when the guitar has played the intro 2 times)

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

Chorus (only bass guitar)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2p0--------------0h2---(x4)---------------------------------------------|
A|---------2p0---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3/5---------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

Chorus: same as the 1st chorus


Solo (starts at 01:55).

e|---------------------------------------12\10----12\10------------------------------------|
B|-----------12\10-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------12/14-----12/14-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The base guitar plays this during the solo.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2p0-------------------0h2--------2p0----------------------------2-2-------------------|
A|---------2p0---------------------------------2p0-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------3/5------------------------------------3/5------------------------------|

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

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

Then the chorus (8 times) and the outro:

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

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

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