
White Stripes-Seven Nation Army
BPM 124 - Guido Key - See "playing riff with backbeat" at end
Strum it (i.e play with r/h motion up and down) to help play broken triplets figure
[Intro - Combine with sweet dreams in some way]Just bass riff first x 2
Then bass drum with riff x 2
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum and bass to begin with - snare on "talking" bit] I'm gonna
[Am] fight 'em off
[F] [E] A seven nation
[Am] army couldn't hold me
[F] back
[E] They're gonna
[Am] rip it off
[F] [E] Taking their
[Am] time right be hind my
[F] back
[E] And I'm
[Am] talking to my self at
[F] night Because I
[E] can't for
[Am] get ......
[F] [E] [Am] Back and forth through my
[F] mind behind a
[E] ciga
[Am] rette .............
[F] [E] And a
[C] message coming from my
[D] eyes says leave it alone
[Instrumental]Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F .... E
Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F G F E
Repeat above 2 lines
C C C C D D D D
Back in - just bass riff first x 2
Then bass drum with riff x 2
[Verse 2- Just bass drum and bass to begin with - snare on "catch" bit] Don't want
[Am] to hear about it
[F] [E] Every single
[Am] ones got a story to tell
[F] [E] Everyone
[Am] knows about it
[F] [E] From the Queen of
[Am] England to the hounds of Hell
[F] [E] And if I
[Am] catch it coming back my way
[F] I'm gonna
[E] serve it to you
[Am] ........
[F] [E] And
[Am] that ain't what you want to hear
[F] But that's what
[E] I'll
[Am] do ........
[F] [E] And a
[C] feeling coming from my
[D] bones says find a home
[Instrumental]Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F .... E
Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F G F E
Repeat above 2 lines x 3
C C C C D D D D
Back in - just bass riff first x 2
Then bass drum with riff x 2
[Verse 3- Just bass drum and bass to begin with - snare on "bleeding" bit] I'm going to
[Am] Wichita .........
[F] [E] Far from this
[Am] opera, forever more
[F] [E] I'm going to
[Am] work the straw
[F] [E] Make the sweat
[Am] drip out of every pore
[F] [E] And I'm
[Am] bleeding and I'm bleeding and I'm
[F] bleeding right be
[E] fore the
[Am] Lord ............
[F] [E] All the
[Am] words are going to bleed from me
[F] And I will think
[E] no
[Am] more ..........
[F] [E] And the
[C] stains coming from my blood
[D] tell me go back home
[Instrumental]Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F .... E
Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F G F E
Repeat above 2 lines
Then just finish on Am
[End]Additional Notes
[Verse Riff]G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5-----------------5-----------------5-----------------5---------| (x10)
A|-7--7---7-5-3-2--/-7--7---7-5-3-2--/-7--7---7-5-3-2--/-7--7---7-5-3-2-|
E|-0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0--------------|
[Pre/Post-Chorus Riff] e|------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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------------------|
(Bass)
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
[Chorus Riff](Gtr w/Distortion + 3 string slide)
e|-0----------------------|
B|-8--8/-12-\-8-\7-\5--\4-|
G|-9--9/-12-\-9-\7-\5--\4-|
D|-9--9/-12-\-9-\7-\5--\4-|
A|-7--7/-10-\-7-\5-\3--\2-|
E|-0----------------------|
(Bass)
G|----------------|
D|------5---------|
A|-7--7---7-5-3-2-|
E|-0--------------|
(Gtr)
e|-0----------------------------|
B|-8--8/-12-\-8-\7-\5-/7-\-5-\4-|
G|-9--9/-12-\-9-\7-\5-/7-\-5-\4-|
D|-9--9/-12-\-9-\7-\5-/7-\-5-\4-|
A|-7--7/-10-\-7-\5-\3-/5-\-3-\2-|
E|-0----------------------------|
(Bass)
G|--------------------|
D|------5-------------|
A|-7--7---7-5-3-5-3-2-|
E|-0------------------|
Playing riff with backbeat - between 3 & 0 slight pause
(XxxX) (X X X) Xxxx Xxxx
B S B S
A - 0 0 3 0
E - 3 1 0
Then the extra G F bit play S B over
XxxX (X X X) (X X X) Xxxx
B S B S B S B B
A - 0 0 3 0
E - 3 1 3 1 0