Black Math Chords

Title: Black Math Band: The White Stripes Album: Elephant (2003) tabbed by scef (email funnell_teen_spirit@yahoo.com) 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 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 B 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 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 (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 (again played half tempo. this is basically riff C 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 F (basically this is riff B 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 then riff B) x 4 riff B riff A riff B riff A riff C riff B x 3 riff A riff B riff A riff C riff B x 2 riff D x 8 riff E riff A riff B *(riff A then riff B) x 3* *riff B x 2* *(riff A then riff B) x 2* *riff B* riff B riff A riff B riff A riff C x 2 riff B riff F x 4 then end on an Am 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... __________________________________________________