TABBED BY:OREGAN
ARTIST:THE WHITE STRIPES
ALBUM:ELEPHANT
SONG:BLACK MATH
TUNING:E        
       B
       G
       D
       A
       E

Stuff
----------
/-slide up
-slide down
^-trill
h-hammer on
p-pull off
x-muted string
d-downstroke
u-upstroke
b-bend
~-let note ring out
///-tremelo pick
w-wah wah



INTRO
(w distortion(crunch) w/o drums)

E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x--
D-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5  play once
A-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5
E-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3

E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77
A-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77  play once
E-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55
   du du du du du du du du

VERSE
(drums kick in. play 3 times before lyrics)

E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77
A-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77  
E-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55
   du du du du du du du du
"dont you think that im bound to react now..."

E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x--
D-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 
A-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5
E-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3


E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77
A-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77  
E-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55
   du du du du du du du du

"my fingers definately turning to black now..."

E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x--
D-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 
A-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5
E-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3


E-------------
B-------------
G-------------
D-2~-5~-7~-8~
A-2~-5~-7~-8~
E-~-3~-5~-6~

"maybe ill put my love on ice
and teach myself maybe thatd be nice"

E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77
A-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77  
E-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55
   du du du du du du du du

REPEAT WITH 2ND VERSE

E-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-----------------------------7~
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-7~  play twice
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-5~
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x---

"ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ahhhhh"

play once

"mathematically turning the page..."
"unequivocally showing my age..."
"im practically center stage...."
"undeniably earning your wage..."

E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8  play once
A-2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8
E-0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6

"maybe ill put my love on ice
 teach myself maybe thatd be nice"

E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x--
D-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5 
A-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5
E-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3




E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77       >>>>>>|
A-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77             |
E-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55             |  This part is rhythm for the solo
   du du du du du du du du             |  (not sure how they do it seeing as th
eres 
                                       |   Only one guitarist)
E----------------------------------   |  The solo is made up of string bends w
ith wah wah
B----------------------------------   |  and delay effects(not sure where they
 are exactly
G-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-----5-x-->>>|  but ill make an attempt on the solo)
D-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5      ill indicate wah wah with a w
A-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-x-5
E-3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3-x-----3

SOLO

(where a number is shown as 15bw  you boost the bend by slowly pressing down th
e wah wah)

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
B---------------15bw-15-16b-15b--15-16b-15b--15-16b-15b--16b-16bw--16b-16b-16b
---
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
E--5~-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------------
---

E-----------------------------17----------------------------------17b-17b-17b-
17w
B-15-13-16-13-15-13-16--15-13---13-15-13-16-13-15-13-13-15-13-14--------------
---
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---

E-17-17171717-17-17171717-20b-20b-20b-20b-17b---------------------------------
---
B---/////////---/////////-----------------------------------------------------
---
G----------------------------------------------20b-20b-20b-19-17---17-19b-----
---
D----------------------------------------------------------------19-----------
---
A--------------------------------------------17---------------------------17bw
---
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
G-----------------------------------------19b-19-17--19b-19-17--19b-19-19-19-1
9--
D-18b-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18------------------------------///////
/--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---

E-----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G-19b-19-19-19--17-17-17-17---------------------------
D-----////////---------------19-19-19-19-19-19-19-----
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

(Id say alot of it is fairly wrong but some of its okay
 at least i tried.first time working out a solo.)

VERSE w/new lyrics

End with

E----------------------
B----------------------
G----------------------
D-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-
A-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-  
E-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-
   du du du du du du du 

"yeah"






E----
B----
G----
D-x-7
A-x-7
E-x-5

END