I Think I Smell A Rat Chords & Tabs
I Think I Smell A Rat Tab
Song: 'I thing I smell a rat'
Artist: The White Stripes
Cd: 'White Blood Cells' (2001)
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^ Am G Am Am G Em
E |5-7-8-7-5---5-|5-5-5--3--5--|5-7-8-7-5---5-|5-5-5--3--0--|
A |5---------8---|5-5-5--3--5--|----------8---|5-5-5--3--0--|
D |5-------------|5-5-5--4--5--|--------------|5-5-5--4--0--|
G |--------------|7-7-7--5--7--|--------------|7-7-7--5--2--|
B |--------------|7-7-7--5--7--|--------------|7-7-7--5--2--|
E |--------------|5-5-5--3--5--|--------------|5-5-5--3--0--|
d u d d d d u d d d
(distortion)
(1)
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Em G Am Am G Am
E |--------------|0-0-0--3--5--|5-7-8-7-5---5-|5-5-5--3--5--|
A |5-6-8-6-5---5-|0-0-0--3--5--|----------8---|5-5-5--3--5--|
D |----------7---|0-0-0--4--5--|--------------|5-5-5--4--5--|
G |--------------|2-2-2--5--7--|--------------|7-7-7--5--7--|
B |--------------|2-2-2--5--7--|--------------|7-7-7--5--7--|
E |--------------|0-0-0--3--5--|--------------|5-5-5--3--5--|
d u d d d d u d d d
(clean)
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Em
E |----------0--|
A |----------0--|
D |----------0--|
G |----------2--|
B |----------2--|
E |----------0--|
d
(clean)
"Ohw I think I smell a rat..."
(2)
Am Am
E |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|
A |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|
D |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--| x3
G |-----------7-| |7-7--7--7-7--7--|
B |-----------7-| |7-7--7--7-7--7--|
E |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|
d d u d d u d
(distortion)
"Ohw I think I smell a rat!"
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(all distortion)
Em5
E |-------------|
A |-------------|
D |-------------|
G |----------2--|
B |----------2--|
E |----------0--|
d
"All you kids seem to know where it's at..."
(3)
Am Am
E |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|
A |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|
D |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--| x3
G |-----------7-| |7-7--7--7-7--7--|
B |-----------7-| |7-7--7--7-7--7--|
E |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|
d d u d d u d
"Ohw I think I smell a rat!"
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(all distortion)
Em5
E |-------------|
A |-------------|
D |-------------|
G |----------2--|
B |----------2--|
E |----------0--|
d
"... carrying my base-ball bat..."
(4)
Am Am Am
E |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|5-5--5--5-5--5-5|
A |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|5-5--5--5-5--5-5|
D |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|5-5--5--5-5--5-5|
G |-----------7-| |7-7--7--7-7--7--|7-7--7--7-7--7-7|
B |-----------7-| |7-7--7--7-7--7--|7-7--7--7-7--7-5|
E |-----------5-| |5-5--5--5-5--5--|5-5--5--5-5--5-5|
d d u d d u d d u d d u d d
"Ohw I think I smell a rat!"
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repeat part (1), then (2), then (3) and then (4)
so everything actually... :-)
then you repeat part (1), but not entirely. Do it like this:
^ Am G Am Am G Em
E |5-7-8-7-5---5-|5-5-5--3--5--|5-7-8-7-5---5-|5-5-5--3--0--|
A |5---------8---|5-5-5--3--5--|----------8---|5-5-5--3--0--|
D |5-------------|5-5-5--4--5--|--------------|5-5-5--4--0--|
G |--------------|7-7-7--5--7--|--------------|7-7-7--5--2--|
B |--------------|7-7-7--5--7--|--------------|7-7-7--5--2--|
E |--------------|5-5-5--3--5--|--------------|5-5-5--3--0--|
d u d d d d u d d d
(distortion)
(5)
Em G Am
E |--------------|0-0-0--3--5--|
A |5-6-8-6-5---5-|0-0-0--3--5--|
D |----------7---|0-0-0--4--5--|
G |--------------|2-2-2--5--7--|
B |--------------|2-2-2--5--7--|
E |--------------|0-0-0--3--5--|
d u d d d
(clean)
And here you need to slow down a little while you're playing.
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^ = Play these notes up to down in a slight move so you can here every note of
them.
You can here it very good at the beginning of the song.
d = Hit the snares down
u = Hit the snares up
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