white stripes - this protector
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| This Protector |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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The difficulty behind this transposition is that Jack plays D and C lower on the piano than he does F and E, which are the
low notes when played on guitar. You could use an octave divider (and some quick footwork) or you could use Open C tuning.
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| Tab Definitions (Standard Tuning): |
| D: xx0232 |
| F: 133211 |
| C: x577xx |
| E: 022100 |
| *: does not apply |
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| Tab Definitions (Open C Tuning: CGCEGC): |
| D: 222222 |
| F: 555555 |
| C: 000000 (or 054000) |
| E: 444444 |
| E7: 444474 (use little finger for 7) |
| D*: Octave higher (hard to make it sound good on guitar: 14|14|14|14|14|14 you could just play |
| the high strings of D) |
| E*: See above (16|16|16|16|16|16) |
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INTRO:
2x
D F C D* (mime note - D* = G works fine)
Spoken (Meg):
D F
I never thought that
C D* D
I had to be this protector
F
So many thoughts are in my head
C D*
A strange collector
CHORUS:
D F C D*
But now
D F C D*
But now
D F C D*
But now
E
Now, now, now, now, now
E* E* D F C
You thought you heard a sound
D* D F C
There's no one else around
D* D F C
Looking at the door
D* D F
It's coming through the floor
E E7 E E7
VERSE/BRIDGE/NOT THE CHORUS:
D F
Three hundred people
C D* D
Living out in West Virginia
F
Have no idea of
C D*
All these thoughts that lie within ya
CHORUS
D D*