THE BLACK KEYS
I'll Be Your Man (LIVE)
Key
b : Bend
r : Release
/ : Slide into
\ : Slide out of
h : Hammer on
p : Pull off
(-): Ghost note
~ : Vibrato
x : Mute
u : Up stroke
d : Down stroke
T : Fret with thumb
. : Staccato
Based on the live version, which is a bit more intricate than what's on the
studio record. A good version can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZOaIXtmeos
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Intro/Bridge
Fingerstyle using only thumb and index.
e|--|--5------5---5---|--7------7---7---|--9------12----12----|
B|--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------0--|
G|4/|6------6---6---6/|7------7---7---7/|9---9/12----12----0--|
D|--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------0--|
A|--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------0--|
E|--|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
e|-----------------5----------|
B|5--pb7r5-----------------0--|
G|------------4b6-----6r4--0--|
D|-------------------------0--|
A|-------------------------0--|
E|----------------------------|
hold
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Verse
This is the main version; sometimes he varies it by leaving out notes,
rarely he'll also throw in some fills in A major pentatonic.
e|---------------------------|
B|--------2------------2-----|
G|--------2------------2-----|
D|---2h4--2-------4----4-----|
A|0--------------------------|
E|-----------2--2---2-----0--|
T .
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Chorus
Mute the strings with the index finger of fret hand.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/black-keys/280633.html ]
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|------0----------0--|------0----------0--|
G|x--x--0--x----x--0--|x--x--0--x----x--0--|
D|x--x--0--x----x--0--|x--x--0--x----x--0--|
A|5--5--0--7----7--0--|5--5--0--7----7--0--|
E|x--x-----x----x-----|x--x-----x----x-----|
e|------------------------|--------------------------|
B|------0-----0-----0-----|0-----0--------0-------0--|
G|x--x--0--x--0--x--0--x--|0--x--0--x--x--0-------0--|
D|x--x--0--x--0--x--0--x--|0--x--0--x--x--0-------0--|
A|5--5--0--7--0--5--0--7--|0--5--0--7--7--0-------0--|
E|x--x-----x-----x-----x--|---x-----x--x-----17\-----|
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Bridge
Here's an alternate version of the bridge that he started doing recently,
pedaling a bass line on the open A string.
e|--|--5--------5-----5-------|--7--------7-----7-------|
B|--|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|4/|6-------6-----6-----6--6/|7-------7-----7-----7--7/|
D|--|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E|--|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|---9----------12-------14----|-----------------5-------------|
B|--------------------------0--|5--pb7r5-----------5-----------|
G|9--------9/12----12/14----0--|------------6b7------7r6-------|
D|--------------------------0--|--------------------------4p2--|
A|0--0--0--0----0--0-----0-----|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
hold
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The outro is the same as the verse but with more aggressive strumming, it
ends on a basic A chord.
