White Stripes-Seven Nation Army - BPM - 124
BPM 124 - Guido Key - See "playing riff with backbeat" at endStrum 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