• Song:

    The Hardest Button To Button

  • Artist:

    The White Stripes

  • Album:

    Hardest Button to Butto...

The White Stripes - Hardest Button to Button
Regular E Tuning, with distortion

At the start and during most of the song this background is being played:
E------------------------                  E------------
B------------------------                  B------------
G------------------------                  G------------
D------------------------                  D------------
A-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-                  A-3--3--3--3-
E------------------------ And occasionally E------------

It plays that for a bit then comes in with:                            Played 3 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------7---
D----2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------7--
A-0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------2---2------5---5-
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------3---
D----2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------3--
A-0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------2---2------1---1-
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And then:             3 times        With this after the third time:
E----------------------------        E---------------------------
B----------------------------        B---------------------------
G---------------5--5---5-4-5-        G-4--4---4-3-4--3--3---3-2-3
D-7--7---7-7-7--5--5---5-4-5-        D-4--4---4-3-4--3--3---3-2-3
A-7--7---7-6-7--3--3---3-3-3-        A-2--2---2-2-2--1--1---1-1-1
E-5--5---5-4-5---------------        E---------------------------

The background stops and this is played:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3-
D-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3-
A-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2----1-1-1-1-
E-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Background starts again and is played for a while and carries on through this:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------7---
D----2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------7--
A-0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------2---2------5---5-
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------3---
D----2----------5----------2----------5----------2----------5----------4----------3--
A-0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------0---0------3---3------2---2------1---1-
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      3 times
E----------------------------        E---------------------------
B----------------------------        B---------------------------
G---------------5--5---5-4-5-        G-4--4---4-3-4--3--3---3-2-3
D-7--7---7-7-7--5--5---5-4-5-        D-4--4---4-3-4--3--3---3-2-3
A-7--7---7-6-7--3--3---3-3-3-        A-2--2---2-2-2--1--1---1-1-1
E-5--5---5-4-5---------------        E---------------------------

The background stops and this is played:                           
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5
D-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5
A-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3
E-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3-
D-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3-
A-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2----1-1-1-1-
E-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   |
With a lot more space between chords:    Background continues here |
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5
D-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5
A-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3
E-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Finally, without background,
E--------
B--------
G-2-2-2-2
D-2-2-2-2
A-0-0-0-0
E--------

Have fun with this song, it's pretty simple.
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