The Denial Twist
The White Stripes
From the Album "Get Behind Me Satan" 2005
Tabbed by Matthew Taylor (mrt577@hotmail.com or mrtaylor@ucsd.edu)
Please email me if you have any comments or suggestions...
DROPPED D TUNING
(note - I think this song is actually either in dropped C tuning or
White uses a whammy bar for the fills during the chorus. He only plays
the low C twice during the entire song though, so I've omitted one
which isn't really necessary and changed the other to keep it
dropped D.)
CHORDS -
C5 D#5 A#5 Bb5 G5
e 0 0 0 0 0
B 0 0 0 0 0
G 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 8 0 3 0
A 3 6 8 1 5
D 0 0 8 0 5
FILL
e-----
B-----
G-----
D-----
A-1h3-
D-----
VERSE
C5 D#5
If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
A#5 C5
cmon, you got it all wrong man
C5 D#5
and if you think that our dance was all in the hips
A#5 FILL
oh well, then do the twist
C5 D#5
If you think holdng hands is all in the fingers
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
grab hold of the soul where memory lingers and
D#5
make sure to never do it with them fingers
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
cause I'll tell everyone in the world, but he was
PRECHORUS
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5
thinking about the girl
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
ya but he's thinking about the girl, oh
VERSE
D#5
a lot of people get confused and they bruise
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
real easy when it comes to love
D#5
they start puttin on their shoes and walkin out
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
and singing boy I think I had enough
D#5
just because she makes you feel wrong
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
she don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose boy
D#5
take a tip and do yourself a little service
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
take a mountain turn it into a mole, just by
PRECHORUS
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5
playin a different role
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
ya by playin a different role, oh
CHORUS
G5
the boat ya you know she's rockin it
Bb5
and the truth well ya know there's no stoppin it
e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A-3-3-1-3-1---1h3-1h3---1h3-1h3-1---1h3-1---1h3--1---|
D-----------5---------------------5-------5--------3-| (use pinky here)
G5
the boat ya you know she's still rockin it
Bb5
the truth well you know there's no stoppin it
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A-1h3-1---------------------|
D-------3-1-1h3-1-3b5-1-3-1-|
VERSE
C5 D#5
So, so what, somebody left you in a rut
A#5 C5
and wants to be the one who's in control
C5 D#5
but the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder
A#5 FILL
how the hell she can be so cold
C5 D#5
So now you're mad, denying the truth
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
and it's gettin in the wisdom in the back of your tooth, ya need ta
D#5
spit it out, in a telephone booth
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
while ya call everyone that you know, and ask 'em
PRECHORUS
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5
where do you think she goes
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
oh ya, where d'ya suppose she goes, oh
CHORUS
G5
the truth well you know there's no stoppin it
Bb5
and the boat well ya know she's still rockin it
C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
G5
the boat ya you know she's still rockin it
Bb5
and the truth ya you know there's no stoppin it
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|
A-3-------1-3-3p1--3b5b3~~~~~~~~~~-|
D---1-3-5--------------------------|
VERSE
C5 D#5
you recognize with your back in the back?
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
that it's colder when she rocks the boat, but it's the
C5 D#5
cause hittin on the Cardinal Laws?
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
'bout the proper place to hang her coat,
C5 D#5
So to you, the truth is still hidden
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 C5
and the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten but
D#5
you should know that the dark is one kitten?
A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
she's been singing it all along, but you were
OUTRO
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5
hearin a different song
D#5 A#5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5
ya you were hearin a different song
D#5 A#5 C5
but you were hearin a different song
