The Black Keys - Lonely Boy Chords & Tabs

 

Lonely Boy Chords & Tabs

The Black Keys Chords & Tabs

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Lonely Boy Tab

   
Artist - The Black Keys
Album - El Camino (Releases December 6th 2011)
Song - Lonely Boy

Tuning - Drop D

Tabbed by - Beckett W
E-mail - beckett360@yahoo.com

The intro has a giant whammy bar dive. It is very hard to play this intro without one.

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
D|--222-x-2-5(hb)-2-222-0v--|

The 5th fret has a half bend. The last note (the open D) is the note where you dive the 
whammy bar down to a low B.

Keyboard part: (x2)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-9-9--9p7--------------------------|
D|----------7-5-7---7-7--7p5---------|
A|----------------------------5-7-5--|
D|-----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_black_keys/lonely_boy_tab.html ]
e|---0-0--0-0-----------|
B|---0-0--0-0-----------|
G|---0-0--0-0-----------|
D|---2-2--2-2-----------| Repeat this until singing starts
A|----------------------|
D|------------2-5(hb)-2-|

Verse
       Em          G          A
e|---0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-----5-5-5-5---|
B|---0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-----5-5-5-5---|
G|---0-0-0-0-----4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6---|
D|---2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-----7-7-7-7---| *Not tabbed in the right rhythm
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-2-----------5-----------7-----------|

Chorus
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-7--| *Not tabbed in right rhythm
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-7--|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-7--|

Key:
hb = halfbend (only bend the note slightly)
x = mute string
v = whammy bar dive
p = pull off
h = hammer on