“7 Nation Army” - The White Strips

Álbum: Elephant. Written by Jack and Meg White

Riff 1: use a sub octave effect to get the sound that jack gets in the intro

E5 G5 E5 D5 C5 B5
e-------------------------------=-----------|
C#------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
A---7----7----10----7----5----3----2--------|
E-------------------------------------------| x8

Pre-Coros:
E5 G5 A______________
e-------------------------------------------|
C#-----------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
A------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
E-0-0--------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
A-0-0--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
E-0-0--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|

Coros Ídem Intro con Riff de 5tas

e--------------------------------------|
C#---7--7--/--10--7--5--3--2-----------|
A----7--7--/--10--7--5--3--2-----------|
E----7--7--/--10--7--5--3--2-----------|
A----7--7--/--10--7--5--3--2-----------|
E--------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------=-----------|
C#--7-7--/--10--7--5--3--/-5-/-3--2--0------|
A---7-7--/--10--7--5--3--/-5-/-3--2--0------|
E---7-7--/--10--7--5--3--/-5-/-3--2--0------|
A---7-7--/--10--7--5--3--/-5-/-3--2--0------|
E-------------------------------------------|

Riff 2(after chorus):

G5 A/E
e-------------------------------------------|
C#-----------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
A------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
E------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
A------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
E------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|

Guitar solo:
e----------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------10--9--9/0------------10--12--10-----|
E--12-12-12-12--------------------12-----------------|
A-----------------------------12---------------------|
E-----------------------------12---------------------|

e----------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------------------------|
A---10/12--10--9--0-----------------10------10/9--9--------|
E--------------------/12-12-12--12------12-----------------|
A--------------------/12-12-12-----------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------=----------12--12--12--15--12--12--|
C#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------10--12--10--10--12--10--9--0---------------------------|
E--/12--12---------------------------------------------------------|
A--/12--12---------------------------------------------------------|
E--/12-------------------------------------------------------------|

e---14--/12--12/15--17--15--15/17--15--14--0-|
C#-------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|

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E--------------------------------------------|

e---12--12--12/14--12--12--17--14--12--12--12/14-12--12-|
C#------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

e---14--12-----------------------------------------------|
C#----------11--10----/10----/12----12\------------------|
A-------------------0-/10-8x-/12-6x-12\------------------|
E---------------------/10----/12----12\------------------|
A----------------------------/12----12\=-----------------|
E-----------------------------------12\------------------|

Verse 1:
E E G E D C B
I'm gonna fight 'em off,
B E E G E D C B
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back.
B E E G E D C B
Their gonna rip it off,
B E E G E D C B
Taking their time right behind my back.
B E E G E D C B E E G E D C B
And I'm talking to myself at night because I can't forget.
E E G E D C B E E G E D C B
Back and forth through my mind, behind a cigarette.

Pre/Post - Chorus:
G A
And the message comming from my eyes, says leave it alone.

Verse 2:

B E E G E D C B
Don't want to hear about it,
B E E G E D C B
Every single ones got a story to tell.
B E E G E D C B
Everyone knows about it,
B E E G E D C B
From the queen of England to the hounds of hell.
B E E G E D C
And if I catch you comming back my way,
C B E E G E D C B
I'm going to serve it to you.
B E E G E D C B E E G E D C B
And that ain't what you want to hear, but that's what I'll do.

Pre/Post - Chorus:
G A
And the feeling coming from my bones, says find a home.

Verse 3

E E G E D C B
I'm going to Witchita,
B E E G E D C B
Far from this opera and for ever more.
B E E G E D C B
I'm going to work the straw,

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B E E G E D C B
Make the sweat drip out of every pour.

B E E G E
And I'm bleeding', and I'm bleedin',
E D C B E E G E D C B
And I'm bleeding right before the lord.
E E G E D C
All the words are going to bleed from me,
B E E G E D C B
And I will think no more.

Pre/Post-Chorus

G A
And the stains comming from my blood, says go back home.

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note