Tablature ball and biscuit - The White Stripes

          



 

  

   

  Ball And Biscuit     

  

  This is a cool song with lots of crazy guitar.  Seeing as I lack the time and energy 

  to tab every last note out, I'm going to give a general guide 

  and you can fool around with the lead part on your own time.  Rock out.

  

  As far as I can tell, this is in standard tuning and is derived from a 

  simple 12-bar blues, reading as follows:

  E	E	E	E

  A	A	E	E

  B	A	E	E

  I don't care if that's how a twelve bar blues song is normally played; that's how THIS one is 

  played.

  

  Here's that same thing w/ the actual notes played:

  

        BAR 1	(E)   	    BAR 2	(E)

  E|------------------------|-----------------------|

  B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------|

  G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--|

  D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--|

  A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------|

  E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------|

  

       BAR 3	(E)              BAR 4	(E)

  E|------------------------|-----------------------|

  B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------|

  G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--|

  D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--|

  A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------|

  E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------|

  

      BAR 5	(A)              BAR 6 (A)

  E|-----------------------|------------------------|

  B|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0----|

  G|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--0-|

  D|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|---2---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--0-|

  A|---0-------------------|---0--------------------|

  E|-----------------------|------------------------|

  

      BAR 7	(E)              BAR 8	(E)

  E|------------------------|-----------------------|

  B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------|

  G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--|

  D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--|

  A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------|

  E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------|

  

      BAR 9 (B)                BAR 10 (A)

  E|------------------------|-------------------------|

  B|------------------------|-------------------------|

  G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|---2--0--2--0--2--0------|

  D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|---2--0--2--0--2--0---2--|

  A|---2--2--0--2--0--2--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0---2--|

  E|------------------------|-------------------------|

  

      BAR 11 (E)	  BAR 12 (E)

  E|------------------------|-----------------------|

  B|-------5--3--5----------|-------5--3--5---------|

  G|-------4--2--4------2---|-------4--2--4------2--|

  D|--------------------2---|--------------------2--|

  A|--2---------------------|--2--------------------|

  E|--0---------------------|--0--------------------|

  

  For the most part, that's the verses.  For the most part.  Since this is a blues song, 

  there's a lot of improv, especially as the song progresses.  

  Like I said, I don't have the time or energy to tab it all out.  If you do, be my guest.

  

  The second and fourth verses have a different E riff for the first 4 bars:

  E|------0-----0-----0-----0-0-0-------|

  B|----0-----0-----0-------0-0-0-------|

  G|--4-----3-----2-----0h1-------------|

  D|------------------------------------|

  A|--------------------------------2---|

  E|--------------------------------0---|

  And then the other 8 bars are the same.

  

  Now there's also a part w/o lyrics that is just heavy power chords and a lead. 

  We'll call it the "chorus".  To lead into it, play A5 at the end of the 12th bar.

  CHORDS:

  E5	E5	E5	E5

  A5	A5	E5	E5

  B5	A5	E5	E5

  Listen to the song for the rhythm.  Also I don't plan on tabbing out the lead parts, but they'

  re 

  most likely in the E pentatonic (12-14-15), with some thrown in on the top of the A (17-19-20)

  .

  To end the chorus, play:

  A-------------------------------

  E---4--4--5--5--6--6--7---0--0--

  ...and then back into the verses.

  

  The outro is the standard E riff.  End with a E5.

  Also, the intro is the standard E riff played 8 times before the lyrics come in (2 w/o drums, 

  6 with).

  

  

   

   


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