Tabbed By: yulizavala22
Black Keys
Brothers
Tighten Up
This is an awesome song by The Black Keys one of my
favorite and this song is a fun song to play. The tab here
is like 99.99% correct because I have done research and
seen videos and even looked at an interview with
Guitar World where he gave a lot of the tabs, so this is
as accurate as you can get, enjoy.
Intro after bass
e|--9--9----9--9---7-7------------|
B|--10-10---9--9---7-7------------|
G|--11-11---9--9---7-7-----10-10--|
D|-(11-11---11-11--9-9)----11-11--|
A|------------------------(11-11)-|
E|--------------------------------|
Everything in parenthesis is optional, but I think
it makes it sound better
You can hear this at (0:13) but it is played many times in the background
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4---4-2-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------4s2-0-0---2-0---0-2-2p0-2-0---0-2s4-4s2-0-2---|
E|-2---2-------------2-----2-------------2-----------------|
This is played twice in the song one at (0:38) and at (1:44)
e|-12h14-12h14-12-14-12----------12------------------------|
B|----------------------14s12s14----14s12-10-12s10s12------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|-12-10-12-10---------------------|
G|-------------11s9s11-9-9---------|
D|-------------------------11-9-7~-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Then there is a second part similar to this but its played higher and there
is more to it. It is also played twice like the other one, one at (1:07) and the other at (2:12).
e|----------------------------|
B|-19-19-17h19-17-------------|
G|----------------18s16-(x2)--|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_keys/tighten_up_tab_ver_5.html ]
e|----------------------------- ----------------|
B|-19-19-17h19-17-------------- ----------------|
G|----------------18s16--18-18- 18-14-14--------|
D|----------------------------- --------16-14---|
A|----------------------------- ^played fast---|
E|----------------------------- ----------------|
e|----------------------------|
B|-19-19-17h19-17-------------|
G|----------------18s16-(x2)--|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|-------------17-----------------------------|
B|-19-19-17h19----19-17-----------------------|
G|----------------------18-18-16-14-16-14-----|
D|----------------------------------------16~-|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Then it goes into a strange breakdown thing with effects
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-0-2-0-2-0-2-0---| <- something like this, I don’t know!
Then it goes to these following chords
e|-9---9---9----9---9---9---9-----|
B|-10--10--10---9---9---9---9-----|
G|-11--11--11---10--10--10--10----|
D|-11--11--11---11--11--11--11----| x3
A|-9---9---9----11--11--11--11----|
E|--------------9---9---9---9---0-|
e|-5--5--5---7--7--7--7--|
B|-5--5--5---7--7--7--7--|
G|-6--6--6---8--8--8--8--|
D|-7--7--7---9--9--9--9--|
A|-7--7--7---9--9--9--9--|
E|-5--5--5---7--7--7--7--|
Then Dan does a similar riff in the outro/breakdown, the only thing is, it lower and has
a wah-wah pedal to it
e|--------------- -------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-5-7-5----- --7-7-5-7-5--------------------------------|
G|-----------6s4- ------------6s4--6--6b7-6b7--6-6-6--6--6~--|
D|--------------- x2 -----------------^----------------------^--|
A|--------------- -------------------------------------------| This last part is a bit
E|--------------- -------------------------------------------| confusing but just listen
and you’ll figure it out
e|--------------- ---------7----------------------------------|
B|-7-7-5-7-5----- -7-7-5-7---7-5------------------------------|
G|-----------6s4- ----------------6-6-4-2-2-2-4-2-------------|
D|--------------- x2 --------------------------------4-----------|
A|--------------- ----------------------------------4-2-------|
E|--------------- --------------------------------------5-2~~-|
If there is anything missing or a careless mistake just tell me and I’ll fix, deuces.
