Death Letter Tab

by The White Stripes
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Tuning: D G D G B D
Capo: no capo
Author Chunkielunchbox [a] 141.
1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 2, 2016
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I tune my guitar down to Open G Tuning, anyone who doesnt know....
E -> D (Down)
B - B (Same)
G - G (Same)
D - D (Same)
A -> G (Down)
E -> D (Down)
 
 
[Intro]
 
D|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--------|
D|---------0---------------- -----|  4x
G|-0----0-------------------------|
D|---3b---------------------------|
"I got a letter this mornin
What do ya reckon it read?
It said, "The gal you love is dead"
 
 
[Verse]
 
D|--------------------|------5--------------|
B|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|---------------------|
G|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|------------0-0---0--|
G|-5----5-3-3----5-0--|------------0-0---0--|
D|--------------------|----------------3----|
"I got a letter this mornin
What do you reckon it read?
Said, "Hurry, hurry, because the gal you love is dead"
 
D|------5--------------|------5--------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-3-0--------0-0---0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
G|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
D|----------------3----|----------------3----|
 
Well, I packed up my suitcase
I took off down the road
When I got there she was
Layin' on the coolin' board
I packed up my suitcase
And I took off down the road
When I got there she was
A-layin' on the coolin' board
 
D|----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G|-----------------------------------0-/7--7/0--|
D|-----------------------------------0-/7--7/0--|
G|----5-5-----3-3------2-2----1-1------/7--7/0--|
D|-5-------3-------2--------1------0------------|
 
D|--------5-------------------------------------|
B|--------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0--------|
G|-3-0-----0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0--3-0--|
D|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------|
G|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
 
D|--5-------------5----------------------|
B|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
G|----3-3-0--3-0-----0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
D|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
G|-------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--|
D|---------------------------------------|
 
D|------5--------------|------5--------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-3-0--------0-0---0--|-3-0--------0-0---0--|
D|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
G|------------0-0---0--|------------0-0---0--|
D|----------------3----|----------------3----|
 
D|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--------|
D|---------0---------------- -----|  4x
G|-0----0-------------------------|
D|---3b---------------------------|
 
It looked like ten thousand people
Standin' 'round the buryin' ground
I didn't know I loved her
'Til they began to let her down
Looked like ten thousand
People standin' 'round the buryin' ground
I didn't know that I loved her
'Til they began to let her down
 
 
You know, it's so hard to love
Someone that don't love you
Ain't no satisfaction
Don't care what you do
So hard to love
Yeah, someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, and I don't care what you do
 
D|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
D|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--|
G|----5-5-----3-3-----2----1--1-----0---/7--7/0--|
D|-5-------3-------2-----1-------0---------------|
                                                                        C
D|------3-3---------------3-3------------------------------------------------------------3-|
B|-----------------------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
G|-3-0------0-3/2-0--3-0-------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0--3-0----|
D|----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
G|----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                                            Repeated 8x:
D|---------------3----------------------------------------------------5/0-----|
B|-0-3/5-0--3-0--3---------/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
G|-0-3/5-0--3-0-----0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
D|------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
G|------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
D|------3-----------------3---------------------|
B|--------------------------------/7-7--/10-10--|
G|-3-0---------------3-0----------/7-7--/10-10--|
D|----------------------------0---/7-7--/10-10--|
G|--------0-0-0---0---------0---0-/7-7--/10-10--|
D|--------------3-------------------------------|
 
 
Well, I got up this mornin', the break of day
Just huggin' the pillows where she used to lay
Got up this mornin', leave the break of day
Just huggin' the pillows where my baby used to lay
 
 
D|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0--/7--/12--|
D|--------------------------/7--/12--|
G|-----3-----2-----1-----------------|
D|--3-----2-----1-----0--------------|
 
 
 
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| b  Bend
| /  Slide up
 
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adio_blacklabel
D--------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------| G----------------------------------- ---| D--------------------------------------| G----5-5-----3-3-----2----1--1-----0---| D-5-------3-------2-----1----- --0------| should be D--------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------| G----------------------------- ---------| D----5-5-----3--3----2-----1--1-----0--| G--------------------------------------| D-5-------3-------2----- 1-------0------|
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Ndrummer
the tab sounds good, but it's a half step down then how it's played on the cd. You can play it with his tuning if you put a capo on the first fret, or you can tune your strings up a half step from what he has, but other than that the tab looked okay to me
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lifeishockey26
Great Tab, is it played with a sldie?
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