Black Math chords by The White Stripes

Chords with lyrics

Title: Black Math
Band: The White Stripes
Album: Elephant (2003)

tabbed by scef (email [email protected])

elephant track number 2 in all (well, most of) its
glory...
hope this isn't too confusing to follow but this
seemed to be the easiest way to tab it out...the chord
shapes are easy but they can change damn quickly


riff A augmentedA
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
G-5---4---5---4---|-5---4---5---4---|
D-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
A-3---5---3---5---|-3---5---3---5---|
E-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|

riff BB
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


riff C majorC
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|


riff D MajorD (played at half tempo)
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-------------7---|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7---5---|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|

riff E MajorE (again played half tempo. this is basically
riff C majorC but played slightly differently)
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|


riff FF (basically this is riff BB but less chords are
played)
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|

sequence:

(riff A augmentedA then riff BB) x 4
riff BB
riff A augmentedA
riff BB
riff A augmentedA
riff C majorC
riff BB x 3
riff A augmentedA
riff BB
riff A augmentedA
riff C majorC
riff BB x 2
riff D MajorD x 8
riff E MajorE
riff A augmentedA
riff BB
*(riff A augmentedA then riff BB) x 3*
*riff BB x 2*
*(riff A augmentedA then riff BB) x 2*
*riff B*
riff BB
riff A augmentedA
riff BB
riff A augmentedA
riff C majorC x 2
riff BB
riff FF x 4
then end on an A minorAm barre chord


where there are '*'s either side of where a riff is,
there's that really long solo which i haven't worked
out yet cos it'd take ages and i can't be bothered
right now, so i might tab it out some other time,
unless if anyone else beats me to it...


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