white stripes - why can't you be nicer to me? – night light

white stripes - why can't you be nicer to me?

----------------------------------- | Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me? | | Words and Music by Jack White | | Tabbed by Patrick Ferris | ----------------------------------- MIME's NOTES: Tune half step down. or play x44, xx22, x44, x22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tab Definitions: | | G5: 355xxx | | F5: 133xxx | | G: 355433 | | p: Pull off of note | | b: Bend to note | | /: Slide to note | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO: (Left channel) One, two, three G5 e|---------------------------------- B|---------------------------------- G|------3-b4-------3-b4-------3b/0-- (3-b4 is a delayed but sharp bend, with no relax) D|-5-5--------5-5--------5-5-------- A|-5-5--------5-5--------5-5-------- E|-3-3--------3-3--------3-3-------- (Both channels) G5 F5 G5 F5 RIFF 1: Played 4x e|------------ B|------------ G|------3-b4-- D|-5-5-------- A|-5-5-------- E|-3-3-------- VERSE 1: RIFF 1 RIFF 1 F Somebody's screaming RIFF 1 4x Lookin' at the ceiling oh-oh RIFF 1 RIFF 1 F Everything's so funny RIFF 1 4x I don't have the money oh-oh RIFF 1 RIFF 1 F Ah, people don't even know me RIFF 1 4x (/) But they know how to show me oh-oh CHORUS: Played 3x: G5 ELECTRIC VIOLIN e|------------------------- B|------------------------- G|---------12-12-10p0-3-0-- D|-5-5--5------------------ A|-5-5--5------------------ E|-3-3--3------------------ F5 Why can't you be nicer to me? INTRO riff VERSE 2: My pride is dying I think I'm all done lying oh-oh Nobody's sharing So I stop caring oh-oh All alone and walking Nobody's talking oh-oh Hey! CHORUS VERSE 3: Well the wind is blowing Where am I going? oh-oh Off a bridge and falling Nobody's calling oh-oh On the ground and laying Nobody's praying oh-oh CHORUS ELECTRIC VIOLIN SOLO: e|------------------------------- B|------------------------------- G|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-- D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-- this string is not in the violin part, but it makes the guitar more like it A|------------------------------- E|------------------------------- G (clean)