I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself The White Stripes
White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
NOTE: This is a very simple song, sort of a classic rock
sound overall. Though the song actually has three guitars,
it can easily be played with just one, as long as you own
a distortion pedal of some sort. In the middle of the chorus
there's a part which may seem a bit confusing. In this part
Jack White yells "Sweet. - Love. - " and there is some feedback,
and it generally sounds very rough but cool. To get that feedback
and that sound you have to have a ton of distortion so that when you
lift your finger up from that Fsus4, there's a ringing
which will create the effect Jack uses in this song. The lifting
is shown by the pull off in the tab. Enjoy!
Legend:
x - mute
~ - vibrato
Pm - Palm mute
p - pull off
(#.#) - harmonic
^ - bend
0:00
Intro:
Gtr. 1 (*very slight distortion)
[G] [C] [G] ~~~
e------3--3-0----0--0-0----------------------| b------0--0-0----1--1-0----------------------| g------0--0-0----0--0-0----x-----------------| d---0--0------2--2------0--x-------------0---| a---x---------3---------x--x--5--5-3-2---0---| e---3-------------------3--x-----------------|
0:12
Bridge:
Gtr. 1
[G] [C] [G]
e------3--3-3----0--0-0-----3-3---| b------0--0-0----1--1-0-----0-0---| g------0--0-0----0--0-0-----0-0---| d------0--0-0----2--x-------0-0---| a-------------3-------------x-x---| e---3-------------------3---3-3---|
Pm|.....................|
Gtr. 2 (*)
[G]
e---------------------------3-3---| b---------------------------0-0---| g---------------------------0-0---| d---------------------------0-0---| a---------------------------x-x---| e---------------------------3-3---|
0:23
Verse:
Gtr. 1
[Am] [F]
e---------0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-------------------------------| b---------1-1-----1-----1-1-----1-------------------------------| g------2--2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2---| d------2--2-2-----2-----2-2-----2--3--3-3-----3-----3-3-----3---| a------0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--3--3-3-----3-----3-3-----3---| e---(0)----------------------------1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1--1--1---|
Pm |..| |.| |.| |.| |.| |.| |.| |.|
(continued)
[Em] [Am] [G] [C] [G]
e----------------------3-0----0-0------| b--------0-1----1------0-0----1-0------| g------0-0-2----2----0-0-0----0-0-0----| d------2-2-2---------0--------2---0----| a------2-2-0---------------3------x----| e---0-------------3---------------3----|
Gtr. 2
[Am]
e--------------------------------------------------| b--------1--------1--------1-----------1-----------| g-------2--------2--------2-----------2------------| d------2--------2--------2-----------2-------------| a-----0--------0--------0-----------0--------------| e--------------------------------------------------|
Pm|................................................|
(continued)
[F]
e----------------------------------------------------------| b-------1------------1------------1------------1-----------| g------2------------2------------2------------2------------| d-----3------------3------------3------------3-------------| a----3------------3------------3------------3--------------| e---1------------1------------1------------1---------------|
Pm|........................................................|
(continued)
[G]
e----------------------------------------------------------| b----------------------------------------------------------| g---(2)-----------------------------------------------0----| d-----------------------------------------------------0----| a-----------------------------------------------------x----| e-----------------------------------------------------3----|
Pm|....|
1:11
Pre-Chorus:
Gtr. 1
e---------| b---------| g---------| d---------| a---x-0---| e---x-0---|
1:13
Gtr. 1 and 3 (w/ heavy distortion)
[G5] [F5]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------| b------------------------------------------------------------------------| g------------------------------------------------------------------------| d---5--5--5-5-5-5-0--5--5--5-5-5-5-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0---| a---5--5--5-5-5-5-0--5--5--5-5-5-5-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0---| e---3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--1--1--1-1-1-1-0--1--1--1-1-1-1-0---|
(continued)
[Fsus4] [Fsus4] [F5] [G5]
fdbk. fdbk. dist. out
e---------------------------------------------------------| b-----------------------------------------------------5---| g---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| d---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| a---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| e---------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------|
Harm. Harm.
2:19
Pre-Outro Fill:
Gtr. 1
e----------------| b----------------| g----------------| d---x--x--x------| a---x--x--x--0---| e---x--x--3^-0---|
2:21
Outro:
Gtr. 1 and 3
[G5] [F5] ~~~
e-------------------------------------| b-------------------15--15-13-12------| g-------------------------------------| d---5--5--0-3--3-x--------------------| a---5--5--0-3--3-x----------------0---| e---3--3--0-1--1-x----------------0---|
2:35
End On:
[G5] [F5] [G]
e----------------------------| b-------------------0--------| g-------------------0--------| d---5--5--0-3--3--0-0--------| a---5--5--0-3--3--0-x--------| e---3--3--0-1--1--0-3--------|
Order of Song:
Intro x2
Bridge x2 ("I don't know what to do with myself...")
Verse x1 ("Planning ev'rything for two...")
Bridge x2
Verse x1
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus x1 ("Like a summer rose")
Bridge x2
Verse x1
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus x1
Pre-Outro x1
Outro x3
Ending x1
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