Artist: The White Stripes
Song: Baby Brother
Album: Icky Thump Single

Tabbed by: Julian Habenicht
EMail: letszapago@gmail.com

Note: I won't bother tabbing all the chord timings, so go ahead and listen to the 
song ;)....thanks!

b    bend less than a half step
n.c. no chords played
p.m. palm muting
T    Tremolo picking


Intro

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B---------11b-11b---------11b-11b--|
G--12-12-----------12-12-----------|
D--11-11-----------11-11-----------|
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Hey!

G5 (355xxx@1)Verse 1  P.m. (mainly the whole song is played with a slight palm muting)
G5My (355xxx@1)little baby brother used to play down on the floor
G5But (355xxx@1)now he's not satisfied to do it anymore
C5He's (x355xx@1)got a funny habit and I don't know why
G5 n.c.
He walks around the ceiling now, stepping on the flies


Chorus p.m.
C5 (x355xx@1)              G5Baby (355xxx@1)brother, baby brother
           C5Well (x355xx@1)he learned to crawl
          D5On (xx023x@1)the kitchen wall
         G5Baby (355xxx@1)brother 


Verse 2 p.m.
G5Well (355xxx@1)just the other day, well-a bless-a my soul
G5I (355xxx@1)found him swimming round in the goldfish bowl
C5Since (x355xx@1)nobody told him that he hadn't oughta
G5 n.c.
He swam around for hours, with his head underwater


Chorus p.m.
C5 (x355xx@1)              G5Baby (355xxx@1)brother, baby brother
          C5no (x355xx@1)p.m.        
Well you may swim all you wish
    D5no (xx023x@1)p.m.      
But don't eat the fish
        G5no (355xxx@1)p.m.
Baby brother


Break
Note: The whole break is played one octave up (whammy pedal)

e--3-3-3-3---------3-3-3-3-------4-----5-----6-----7------8---9---|
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G----------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----0---0-|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|

            T-------------|
e--10b-10b--10b-10b-10b-10b--15b16-15b16-15b16-15b17-15b17-|
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e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--13-13-13-13-11-13--11-11-12-12-12--------------------------------|
G------------------------------------12--12-12-0--------------------|
D------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12--12-12-|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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G--10-10-10-10b--|
D-----------12b--|
A----------------|
E----------------|

G5 Yeah!

G5 n.c. Yeah  G5 n.c Ah Yeah G5 n.c. Ohh  G5 n.c. Ahh G5 n.c. 

Verse 3
n.c.
Well, my little baby brother, he's a cute little cuss
n.c.
But it's plain to see that he's not one of us
C5 n.c.
Where did we get him? I know you're gonna ask it
G5 n.c.
We found him on the porch in a crazy little basket


Chorus  no palm muting
C5 (x355xx@1)               G5Baby (355xxx@1)brother, baby brother
                C5Although (x355xx@1)your hair is blue
             D5We (xx023x@1)think the world of you
        G5Baby (355xxx@1)brother


Verse 4
         G5n.c. (355xxx@1)Well, I bought my baby brother a toy balloon
G5 n.c.
He let it get away and it floated toward the moon
C5 n.c.
Instead of crying he climbed up on the fence
G5 n.c.
Started flapping his arms and we ain't seen him since


Chorus
C5 (x355xx@1)                G5Baby (355xxx@1)brother, baby brother
               C5p.m. (x355xx@1)Although he's out in outer space
         D5p.m. (xx023x@1)I can still see his face
         G5p.m. (355xxx@1)Baby brother

                C5p.m (x355xx@1)Although you're out in outer space
          D5p.m. (xx023x@1)I can still see your face
         G5p.m. (355xxx@1)Baby brother

G5 (355xxx@1)              n.c.
Although you're out in outer space
n.c.
I can still see your face
n.c.
Baby brother

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G5   G5 n.c.