THE WHITE STRIPES
ELEPHANT
Full Album Bass Tab
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1. Seven Nation Army (standard and actual tuning)
2. Black Math
3. Theres No Home For You Here
4. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
5. In The Cold, Cold Night
6. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart
7. You've Got Her In Your Pocket
8. Ball And Biscuit
9. The Hardest Button To Button
10. Little Acorns
11. Hypnotize
12. The Air Near My Fingers
13. Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
14. It's True That We Love One Another
Note: Seeing as though The White Stripes dont have a
bassist, not all songs have bass in it, like the
acoustic ones and such.
Note: Actual tuning of Seven Nation Army is in slide
tuning (E A E A C# E) so I've tabbed the bass
for that tuning - the way Jack White plays it
on guitar, even though it is'nt very different.
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1. Seven Nation Army (Standard Tuning)
Intro/Verse
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-7---7-10-7-5-3---2--|
E|---------------------|
Pre/Post-Chorus
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
message coming..... leave it alone
Chorus/Guitar Solo
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-7---7-10-7-5-3---2-|-7---7-10-7-5-3-5-3-2-|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
1. Seven Nation Army (Actual Tuning)
Intro/Verse
A|--------------------|
E|-0---0-3-0----------|
A|-----------5-3---2--|
E|--------------------|
Pre/Post-Chorus
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
message coming..... leave it alone
Chorus/Guitar Solo
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-7---7-10-7-5-3---2-|-7---7-10-7-5-3-5-3-2-|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
2. Black Math
Intro
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3--------------------|
E|---3---3---3---3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|------------------3---3---3---3---|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----3---3---3---3-|
my fingers definetly turning....
Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
maybe i put my love on ice...
Bridge
HALF TIME(slower)
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
mathematically turning the page...
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6-|
well maybe i put my love on ice
END HALF TIME
During Solo
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|variations of this
A|-3---3---3---3-------------------|(sometimes the 'A' note plays for longer)
E|---3---3---3---3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
Verse
Chorus
Outro
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-|
yeh
3. Theres No Home For You Here
Intro
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-0---------3----0----0---|
E|------3---------------33-|
Chorus
G|----------------------------| |---|
D|----------------------------|x3|---|
A|-0-0-------33-33---0----0---| |-0-|
E|------33-----------------33-| |---|
theres no home...
1st half Verse 1(No Bass)
2nd half Verse (drums enter a bit more)
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-0-0------3-3--0-----|
E|------3-3---------33-|
completely baffled by a backward indication..
Chorus
Verse 2 (same as verse 1-different words)
Chorus (No bass/drums, guitar does feedback)
Solo
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-0-0------33-33--0----0---|
E|------33---------------33-|
Bridge
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
A|------------------3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------|
waking up for breakfast burning matches....
2nd Solo
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-0-0------33-33----0---|
E|------33------------33-|
Chorus with intro bassline (few times)
Chorus till end
4. I Just Dont Know What To Do With Myself
Intro
come in second time
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|------3--------lead---|
E|-3---------3--guitar--|
Verse
G|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|-------------|
D|-------------------|x2|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|------3------------| |------------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-3---------3----33-| |-5-5--5---5-5--5--|--1-1--1---1-1---1-|-0-0-0-5-5-5-|
planning everything for two.....
Chorus (heaps heavier)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------1-----1-----------3333333-----|
E|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1--------------|
...summer rose... ..sun & rain ....sweet love
Outro
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|--------------5-5--3-2-|
E|-3-3--1-1--3-----------|
5. In The Cold, Cold, Night
here im just going to show you what and when
cant be bothered to count how many times
Figure 1: 0.00
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|--5----8----10----12--|
E|----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/white_stripes/elephant_btab.html ]
Figure 2: 0.22
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--5----------3---------|
Fig 1 0.26
Fig 2 0.49
Fig 1 0.52
Figure 3: 1.01
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5----5----5----5----10----10----5----5-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------5----------3-|
Fig 1 1.22
Fig 1 1.31 (with organ)
Fig 2 1.48
Fig 1 1.53
Fig 2 2.10
Fig 1 2.14
Figure 4: 2.23
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|--5--5-5--3-3----|
E|---------------5-|
Fig 1 2.39-2.58
6. I Wanna Be The Boy To Warm your Mothers Heart
Verse
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|--5-5-5-5--3-3--------|
E|----------------3-3-1-|
Chorus
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-----------------|-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
7. You've Got Her In Your Pocket
Intro/Chorus
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-5--5-5-----------3-3-2-2-0-0-0-|
E|---------3---3-3----------------|
Verse
G|--------------------------x2|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0-------5-5-5--5--|-3-3--3--3-3--------------|
E|-------------3--------------|-------------3-3--3-0-2-3-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--------------3-3--3--3-3---------------|
A|-3-3--3--3-3---------------0-0--0--0--0-|
E|----------------------------------------|
8. Ball And Biscuit
Main Part
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|------7---7----7-7---|
E|-0------0----------3-|
Other Part #1 Other Part #2
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|--7---5-7-5-7-5-7--5--|--5---3-5-3-5-3-5--3--|
9. The Hardest Button To Button
Intro
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-3-3-|---------3-3-3-3-|---------3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|(sometimes D)
|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5---------|---------6-6-6-6-|(sometimes Bb)
Chorus(first chorus has no words)
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-3333------|-----------|-3333------|
E|-5555------|-----------|-5555------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-3333------|-2222------|-5555------|(sometimes D)
E|-5555------|-----------|-----------|-6666------|(sometimes Bb)
10. Little Acorns
Intro/Main
G|------------|x3 |------------------|
D|-------lead-| |------------------|
A|--------(4)-| |------------------|
E|-6-4-3------| |-6-4--6-6-6-6--5-5--4-4--3-|
Verse
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
After Verse
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|-3-3--6-6-4-3-|-3-3--6-6-4-3-|-3-3--6-6-4-1-|-1-1--6-6-4-3-|
11. Hypnotize
Verse
G|----------(intro)|----------------|----------------------------------| \
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------------------------| \
A|---------7-7-----|----------------|---------7-7-----7-7-7-8--7-7-7-8-| \
E|-5-5-8-8-----8-8-|-5-5-5-5--1-3-5-|-5-5-8-8-----8-8------------------| |
x2
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| /
A|---------7-7------8-8-5-5-7-7----|---------7-7----------------------| /
E|-5-5-8-8-----8-8--------------8--|-5-5-8-8-----8-8--5-5-5-5--1-3-5--| /
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| twice w/o
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| drums
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| once with
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-|
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|--let-ring-------|------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-|-0---------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|x4 then verse
A|---------7-7-----|
E|-5-5-8-8-----8-8-|
12. The Air Near My Fingers
NB: With all these fills (they go on the
end of verses), you dont just play
them once, you play them a buch of times
Intro Verse Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3
G|------------------|----------------------|---------|---------|------------|
D|------------------|----------------------|---------|---------|------------|
A|------3-3-----5-5-|-------3--------------|---------|---------|------------|
E|-5-5------3-3-----|--5--------3---5-5--5-|-5-5-5---|-5-4-3---|-5-5-5--3-3-|
Intro
Verse & Fill 1
Verse & Fill 2
Verse & Fill 3
Intro
Verse & Fill 2
Verse & Fill 3
Intro (fade)
13. Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
G|--------------------||-----------------------||--------------||
D|--------------------||-----------------------||--------------||
A|--------------------||-----------------------||-2-2--5-5-----||
E|-0-3-3-3--3-3-3-0-0-||--5-5-5-3-3--5-5-5-3-3-||----------5-5-||
14. It's True That We Love One Another
**Im sure you could figure it out if i give you the notes/guitar chords.
A, E, and D
in no specific order.
You can figure it out.
