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 C G
~~~
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 C G
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
e---------------------------3-3---|
b---------------------------0-0---|
g---------------------------0-0---|
d---------------------------0-0---|
a---------------------------x-x---|
e---------------------------3-3---|
0:23
Verse:
Gtr. 1
Am F
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 Am G C G
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
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
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
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 F5
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 Fsus4 F5 G5
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 F5
~~~
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 F5 G
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
