Tablature ball and biscuit - The White Stripes

          



 "Ball and Biscuit" - The white Stripes

  Issu de l'album "Elephant".

  

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  MAIN RIFF

  

  ||---------0---0-------||-------------------||-------------------||--

  ||---------0---0-------||--2---2p0-2-0-2-0--||------4p2-4-2-4-2--||--

  ||*-(1)------2----0---*||*-2---2p0-2-0-2-0-*||*-4---4p2-4-2-4-2-*||--

  ||*-(0)-----------0---*||*-2---2p0-2-0-2-0-*||*-4---4p2-4-2-4-2-*||---

  ||---2------------x----||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--

  ||---0------------3b---||-------------------||-------------------||----

       E7     p.m.           A7                   B7

  

  Standard blues form: e/e/a/e/b/a

  

  Although this is the main riff tabbed out, you must pay attention to 

  Jack! There is an interesting mix of sloppy playing (i.e. loose 

  strumming, hitting odd notes) and precision (the open B and E string 

  double stops are usually pretty spot-on (initially, at least). Have fun, 

  anyway. Nothing is set in stone. These are all building blocks. There 

  are variations, e.g.:

  

  ----0-0-0-----|------------------|---------------------

  ------3-0-----|----3-p-2---------|---------------------

  -----(1)------|-2--2-----2p0-2p0-|---------------------

  --------------|-2--------2---2---|----etc.-------------

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

  -0------------|------------------|---------------------

  

  There is also a bass-thing (octave pedal again?), going:

  

  ||---------------||

  ||---------------||

  ||---------------||

  ||---------------||

  ||-7---7-5--7----||

  ||-------------3-||

  

  

  

  SOME FILLS

  

  Jack plays some nice fills here and there, here are the first 5 in order 

  that they appear:

  

  ||---------------------||--------||--------||----------------||--3b4-||

  ||-(0)-----------------||-3b-p-0-||-0-h-1~-||-(0)------------||-x----||

  ||-/4~4-4-2-p-0-------||--------||--------||-/4~4-4-2-p-0--||------||

  ||---------------2-p-0-||--------||--------||----------------||------||

  ||---------------------||--------||--------||----------------||------||

  ||---------------------||--------||--------||----------------||------||

  

  

  

  LITTLE DESCENDING RIFF

  

  (Let's have a ball and a biscuit....)

  

  ||------0-(0)---0-0----0-0------0------------||

  ||----0-------------------------0-(0)--------||

  ||------------3------2------0h1---(1)(1)-----||

  ||-----------------------------------(0)--0--||

  ||-2--------------------------------------x--||

  ||-0--------------------------------------3--||

  

  

  

  SOLO 1

  

  The chord going into the solo(s) is a B5:

  

  ------

  ------

  --4---

  --4---

  --2---

  ------

  

  And the rhythm under the solo is E/A/B (basically a bastardised, 

  distorto version of the main riff, with less open strings).

  

  

  This isn't totally accurate, but tough. It'll pass. These are the main 

  notes, you add eyebrows. In bar 5 there's some crazy flat bends. I'm not 

  sure about bar 6, is that an effect or something like I've notated? 

  Anyway, it's possible (just about) to play it this way.

  

  ||----17b19r17p15-----22-22b24~-|---17b19r17-----22-----|

  ||----------------17~-----------|------------17---------|

  ||------------------------------|-----------------------|

  ||------------------------------|-----------------------|

  ||------------------------------|-------------------(0)-|

  ||------------------------------|-----------------------|

  

  |-10-------------------------------|---15-15b17----15-15b17--17-15----

  |-10b12-12-r10p8--b-12-p-10--10-8~-|-5/---------10/-----------------17-

  |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

  |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

  |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

  

                                              

  --15-----|-/15--15-------------------------|

  -----17~-|---------18-------------18b------|

  ---------|------------17-17b18r17-----17b--|

  ---------|-----------------quick-----------|

  ---------|---------------------------------|

  ---------|---------------------------------|

  

  (press string on pickup)

  |-28b29r28-24-24-24-24-24-24-22b24~22--------|-------------------------|

  |-------------------------------------22b24~-|-28b29r-28b29-29-29-----|

  |--------------------------------------------|--------------------28b--|

  |--------------------------------------------|---------------------slow|

  |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

  |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

  

  |--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

  |----------19--------------------|-20b22-22-22-22----------------------|

  |/19-19-21----21b22~-21-19-21-19~|----------------19b21-19-17----------|

  |--------------------------------|----------------------------19-17-14-|

  |--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

  |--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

  

  

  |----------------------------------|

  |----------------------------------|

  |----------------------------------|

  |----------------------------------|

  |----------------------------------|

  |-0----4---4-5--5-5-6--6-6--7~-----|

  

  

  

  ANOTHER FILL

  

  ||-------------------|

  ||-0-----------------|

  ||-3/4-4---2p1p0-----|

  ||---------------(2)-|

  ||-------------------|

  ||-------------------|

  

  

  There is obviously a lot more to this song, but for a tune that is based 

  around improvisation, it seems crazy (and far too much effort) to tab 

  all that out. Listen for things you like, then add what you want.

  

  Enjoy Elephant! 


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Tablature Ball and biscuit, de The white stripes 

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