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Title: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Artist: The White Stripes
Album: White Blood Cells (2001)
I broke my wrist and haven^Γt played guitar in two weeks, but I can still
tab stuff. This is a good song off White Blood Cells and is really simple
to play. All my own work of course.
Intro:
A G F# F A (x8)
A G C D A (x2)
A G C D A
Dead leaves and the dirty^Γ
A G C D A
Shiny tops and soda^Γ
G G# A G A
When I hear your lips^Γ
A G C D A
Thirty notes in the^Γ
A G C D A
And I think I^Γm gonna^Γ
G G# A G A
For a while so^Γ
A G C B A (x2)
A G F# F A
If you can hear^Γ
A G C D A
If I can just^Γ
G G# A G A
Don^Γt think I need^Γ
A G C D A
Soft hair and a^Γ
A G C D A
And every breath that^Γ
G G# A G A
Just a tiny little^Γ
A G C D A (x2)
D A G A
I didn^Γt feel^Γ
D
Then I come home^Γ
G
No wonder why my arms are bound
A
No wonder why^Γ
A G F# F A
Any man with a^Γ
A G C D A
And you don^Γt know^Γ
G G# A G C D A
If your thinking of^Γ
A G C D A
Well that's it! Jack does a lot of improvisation that would be impossible
tab,
but if you mess around for a while you will
probably get it. Keep on rockin in the free world!!
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Last Updated: January 28, 2026