White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) NOTE: This is a very simple song, sort of a classic rock sound overall. Though the song actually has three guitars, it can easily be played with just one, as long as you own a distortion pedal of some sort. In the middle of the chorus there's a part which may seem a bit confusing. In this part Jack White yells "Sweet. - Love. - " and there is some feedback, and it generally sounds very rough but cool. To get that feedback and that sound you have to have a ton of distortion so that when you lift your finger up from that Fsus4, there's a ringing which will create the effect Jack uses in this song. The lifting is shown by the pull off in the tab. Enjoy! Legend: x - mute ~ - vibrato Pm - Palm mute p - pull off (#.#) - harmonic ^ - bend 0:00 Intro: Gtr. 1 (*very slight distortion) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) ~~~ e------3--3-0----0--0-0----------------------| b------0--0-0----1--1-0----------------------| g------0--0-0----0--0-0----x-----------------| d---0--0------2--2------0--x-------------0---| a---x---------3---------x--x--5--5-3-2---0---| e---3-------------------3--x-----------------| 0:12 Bridge: Gtr. 1 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) e------3--3-3----0--0-0-----3-3---| b------0--0-0----1--1-0-----0-0---| g------0--0-0----0--0-0-----0-0---| d------0--0-0----2--x-------0-0---| a-------------3-------------x-x---| e---3-------------------3---3-3---| Pm|.....................| Gtr. 2 (*) G (320003@1) e---------------------------3-3---| b---------------------------0-0---| g---------------------------0-0---| d---------------------------0-0---| a---------------------------x-x---| e---------------------------3-3---| 0:23 Verse: Gtr. 1 Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) e---------0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-------------------------------| b---------1-1-----1-----1-1-----1-------------------------------| g------2--2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2---| d------2--2-2-----2-----2-2-----2--3--3-3-----3-----3-3-----3---| a------0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--3--3-3-----3-----3-3-----3---| e---(0)----------------------------1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1--1--1---| Pm |..| |.| |.| |.| |.| |.| |.| |.| (continued) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) e----------------------3-0----0-0------| b--------0-1----1------0-0----1-0------| g------0-0-2----2----0-0-0----0-0-0----| d------2-2-2---------0--------2---0----| a------2-2-0---------------3------x----| e---0-------------3---------------3----| Gtr. 2 Am (x02210@1) e--------------------------------------------------| b--------1--------1--------1-----------1-----------| g-------2--------2--------2-----------2------------| d------2--------2--------2-----------2-------------| a-----0--------0--------0-----------0--------------| e--------------------------------------------------| Pm|................................................| (continued) F (133211@1) e----------------------------------------------------------| b-------1------------1------------1------------1-----------| g------2------------2------------2------------2------------| d-----3------------3------------3------------3-------------| a----3------------3------------3------------3--------------| e---1------------1------------1------------1---------------| Pm|........................................................| (continued) G (320003@1) e----------------------------------------------------------| b----------------------------------------------------------| g---(2)-----------------------------------------------0----| d-----------------------------------------------------0----| a-----------------------------------------------------x----| e-----------------------------------------------------3----| Pm|....| 1:11 Pre-Chorus: Gtr. 1 e---------| b---------| g---------| d---------| a---x-0---| e---x-0---| 1:13 Gtr. 1 and 3 (w/ heavy distortion) G5 (355xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) e------------------------------------------------------------------------| b------------------------------------------------------------------------| g------------------------------------------------------------------------| d---5--5--5-5-5-5-0--5--5--5-5-5-5-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0---| a---5--5--5-5-5-5-0--5--5--5-5-5-5-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0---| e---3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--1--1--1-1-1-1-0--1--1--1-1-1-1-0---| (continued) Fsus4 (113311@1) Fsus4 (113311@1) F5 (133xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) fdbk. fdbk. dist. out e---------------------------------------------------------| b-----------------------------------------------------5---| g---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| d---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| a---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| e---------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------| Harm. Harm. 2:19 Pre-Outro Fill: Gtr. 1 e----------------| b----------------| g----------------| d---x--x--x------| a---x--x--x--0---| e---x--x--3^-0---| 2:21 Outro: Gtr. 1 and 3 G5 (355xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) ~~~ e-------------------------------------| b-------------------15--15-13-12------| g-------------------------------------| d---5--5--0-3--3-x--------------------| a---5--5--0-3--3-x----------------0---| e---3--3--0-1--1-x----------------0---| 2:35 End On: G5 (355xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) G (320003@1) e----------------------------| b-------------------0--------| g-------------------0--------| d---5--5--0-3--3--0-0--------| a---5--5--0-3--3--0-x--------| e---3--3--0-1--1--0-3--------| Order of Song: Intro x2 Bridge x2 ("I don't know what to do with myself...") Verse x1 ("Planning ev'rything for two...") Bridge x2 Verse x1 Pre-Chorus x1 Chorus x1 ("Like a summer rose") Bridge x2 Verse x1 Pre-Chorus x1 Chorus x1 Pre-Outro x1 Outro x3 Ending x1