The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Chords:
G5: 355xxx
D5: x002xx
E5: 022xxx
D5*: x577xx
E5*: x799xx
Whammy pedal & Octave:
8^: Played one octave up (Whammy pedal)
8v: Played one octave down (Whammy pedal)
8vv: Played two octaves down (Whammy pedal)
/8^: Slide up one octave (Whammy pedal)
\8: Slide down to natural octave (Whammy pedal)
8~: Unspecified octave shifting (Whammy pedal)
8: Return to natural octave
Intro: Guitar and Synth played simultaneously
Synth:
8vv
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Synth:
8vv
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Guitar:
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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Synth:
8v
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Guitar:
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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Synth:
8v
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|--2---2h5p2----------------------4h5p4h5p4--|
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Guitar:
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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Synth:
8v
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|--2--4--5---4-----2---0---------2------------|
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Guitar:
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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Verse:
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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Yah-ee, icky thump, who'd've thunk, sittin' drunk on a wagon to Mexico?
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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Oh well, what a jumpin' in my head, got a bump when I hit it on the radio
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/white_stripes/icky_thump_tab_ver_5.html ]
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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|--0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----x--3--------0--|
Redhead seņorita lookin' dead came to, said, "Need a bed" en Espaņol
8v 8 G5 D5 E5
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I said, "Gimme a drink of water, I'm gonna 'sing around the collar and I don't need a microphone"
Break: Played 2x
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|--7-5p4--------x-5-2-7-5p4------5-2-5-2-7-5p4-------x-5-2-7-5p4--7-9-7-9--|
|-------5-5-4---x-5-2------5-------2-5-2------5-5-4--x-5-2------5-5-7-5-7--|
|-------------5-x-3-0--------------0-3-0-----------5-x-3-0-----------------|
Break 2:
E5
Synth Break 1 (played over verse progression)
Verse 2:
Icky thump with a lump in my throat, grab a coat and I was freakin', I was ready to go
Yes, where beside the head she had one white eye, one blank stare lookin' up, lyin' there
On the stand near her hand was a candy cane, black rum, sugar cane, dry ice, somethin' strange
La la la la la la la la la la laa laa laa
Break
Break 2: Played 4x
8^
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B|-3--2-----5--4-----6--5-----8--7----|
G|------2--------4--------5--------7--|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
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Synth Break 2 (played over verse progression)
Verse 3:
White Americans, what, nothing better to do? Why don't you kick yourself out? You're an
too
Who's usin' who? What should we do? Well, you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too
(Synth plays)
Icky thump handcuffed to a bunk, robbed blind, looked around and there was nobody else
Left alone, I hit myself with a stone, went home, and learned how to clean up after myself
Break
Break 3: Synth plays alongside
E5 G5 D5 E5
8^ /8^ 8~ 8 /8^ /8^ /8^/8^ 8~
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Played over verse progression:
8~ /8^/8^ \8 8 /8^8~\8 8 G5 D5 E5 (Synth exits)
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/8^\8~ /8^\8~ 8 G5 D5 E5
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/8^ 8~ /8^ 8 G5 D5 E5
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/8^ 8 G5 D5 E5
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/8^ /8^ 8 G5 D5 E5
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Break: Played 3x (Fade Out)
Synth:
8^
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