The White Stripes – I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mothers Heart (Guitar Tab)

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INTRO/VERSE This tune starts with piano playing D, C and G.
|----2--|-----0--3--|
|----3--|-----1--3--|
|----2--|-----0--0--|
|-0--0--|-----2--0--|
|-------|--3--3--2--|
|-------|--------3--|
  D        C     G
A clean guitar plays a little arpeggio over the top, something like:
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------7-------------7-------|-------5---------------------|
|---------7-------------7-----|---------5-----------4-------|
|----7------7------7------7---|----5------5-----------5-----|
|-5-------------5-------------|-3----------------5------5---|
|-----------------------------|---------------3-------------|
  D                             C             G
RIFF TWO ('What kind of cartwheels...')
 w/ overdriven guitar                  (* see note -------------------)
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----7----------|----7------7---|
|-----2-------2-----|-----4-------4---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7------7---|
|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7----7-7---|
|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5-----5-3-/|-5--5----5-5---|
|-1---1---1---1--1-/|-3---3---3---3---|----------------|-------------0-|
  F                   G                 D                D

                                       (*2 see note ------------------)
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----2-------2-----|-----4-------4---|-----6---------/|----6------6---|
|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7------7---|
|-3---3---3---3--3-/|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7-----7-5-/|-7--7----7-7---|
|-1---1---1---1--1-/|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5-----5-3--|-5--5----5-5---|
  F                   G                 A                A
* NB: This two bar D bitty is accompanied by piano playing something like:
  (let ring)
 |---------2-----------2h3---2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2-------|
 |---------3-----------3-----3-----|-1h3-1-----3---3---3-----3p1---3-|
 |---------2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2-----2-|
 |-0-----------0---0---------------|-0-------0-------------0---------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x   1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x
*2 NB: Similar thing in these two bars:
  (let ring)
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------2-----------2h3---2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-------------|
 |---------2-----------2-----2-----|-0h2-0-----2---2---2-----2p0-0h2-|
 |---------2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2-----2-|
 |-0-----------0---0---------------|-0-------0-------------0-----0---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x   1 x x x 2 x x x 3 x x x 4 x x x
FILL This is played before 2nd verse and is also the rhythm for the slide guitar lead. Basically, we're back to the D, C, G progression... with a twist:
(piano)                                           *3
|-------------------------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------7-----8p7-------8p7----|--------5-------|------------------|
|--------7---------7-----7---7--|----------5-----|-----4--4-\-2-----|
|-7------------------7---7------|----5-------5---|-----5--5-\-3-----|
|-5---5------5------------------|-3--------------|-----5--5-\-3-----|
|-------------------------------|----------------|-0h3-3--3-\-1-----|
*3 NB: This bar has a distorted guitar playing the same chords. Back to verse, with a more prominent overdriven guitar playing the basically the same chords as the initial verse riff. Then to Riff Two again . . . then the dreaded slide guitar. SLIDE LEAD If there is a note in brackets/parentheses after or before a slide, this means don't pick the note, just slide to it (a legato slide). Make all these slides as long and slow as possible (or use a slide, I suppose).
(last bar of Riff Two)
------------------------------|
---------------------------7--|
-----7-------7-------7-----7--|
-5/7-----5/7-----5/7---5/7----|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|

 (let ring)                                                         x4
||---------------------------5-\-|------------------------------------||
||/-7---7------\(5)/(7)---7------|/-----5---/--(12)-12--12-\(10)-\----||
||/-7-----7----\(5)/(7)---7------|/---5----/---(12)-12--12-\(10)--\--*||
||/-7-------7--\(5)/(7)----------|/-5-----/----(12)-12--12-\(10)---\-*||
||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
This is the general idea. There variations on each repeat. So, I think all the components to play the song are here. Just put 'em all in the right order. The tune finishes on a D.