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SEVEN NATION ARMY
As recorded by The White Stripes
(From the 2003 Album ELEPHANT)
Words and Music by Jack and Meg White
Transcribed by gaddorm420
G5 A E G
3 5 x x x x 0 0 0 0 0 x 7 7 7 7 7 x 10 10 10 10 10 x
D C B
5 5 5 5 5 x 3 3 3 3 3 x 2 2 2 2 2 x
Gtr I (E A E A C# E) - 'w/ Octave Pedal'
Gtr II (E A E A C# E) - 'gtr2'
Gtr III (E A E A C# E) - 'gtr3'
Gtr IV (E A E A C# E) - 'gtr4'
Intro
Q=124
E G E D C B E G E D C B
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E e S S E e H Q Q Q. E e S S E e H Q Q
||--------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------||
||o-------------------|------------|-------------------|------------o||
||--------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------||
||--------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------||
||o-7----7-10---7---5-|-3----2-----|-7----7-10---7---5-|-3----2-----o||
||--------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------||
Verse
E G E D C B E G E D C B A5
Gtr I
Q. E e S S E e H Q Q 7x Q. E E S S E E H Q E E
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|--------------||
||o-------------------|------------o||--------------------|--------------||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|--------------||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|---------0-0--||
||o-7----7-10---7---5-|-3----2-----o||-7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--0-0--||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|---------0-0--||
Pre-Chorus
G5 A
Gtrs II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
E G E D C B
Gtrs II, IV
PM|
Q. E E S S E e H Q E E
||----------------------|-------------|
||o-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2------|
||--/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2------|
||--/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2------|
||o-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--x-x-|
||--/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--x-x-|
E G E D C D C B A
Q. E e S S E e E. S +E E Q Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--0---o||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--0----||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--0----||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--0---o||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--0----||
Pre-Verse
G5 A
Gtrs II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E5 G E D C B
Gtr I
Q. E e S S E e H Q Q
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|-7-----7-10---7---5-|-3----2-----||
|--------------------|------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q H W
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|-7------------------|------------||
|-7------------------|------------||
|-7------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
Verse
E G E D C B E G E D C B A5
Q. E e S S E e H Q Q 10x Q. E E S S E E H Q E E
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|--------------||
||o-------------------|------------o||--------------------|--------------||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|--------------||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|---------0-0--||
||o-7----7-10---7---5-|-3----2-----o||-7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--0-0--||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|---------0-0--||
Pre-Chorus
G5 A
Gtrs II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Solo/Chorus
E G F# A
Gtr III
~~~
Q E E E. S +E E H Q +E E
|------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------|-10s===9--(9)s0-|
|--------12--12----12-(12)-12-|----------------|
|------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| PM-|
| Q. E E S S E e H Q E E
|------------------------------|----------------|
|-/7------7-/10-----7-------5--|--3----2--------|
|-/7------7-/10-----7-------5--|--3----2--------|
|-/7------7-/10-----7-------5--|--3----2--------|
|-/7------7-/10-----7-------5--|--3----2---x--x-|
|-/7------7-/10-----7-------5--|--3----2---x--x-|
A5 A G A G G A G F# A
~~
Q. E e S S E e E. S E E Q. E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------10---12---10-|-10--/12-----10-9-----0-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-/12----12---------------|------------------------|
|-/12---------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q. E e S S E e E. S +E E Q Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3---/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3---/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3---/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3---/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3---/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
A5 G E G F#
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~
Q E E e S S E e H Q +Q
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------10------|-/10s===9--(9)---|
|-/12---12-12--12--------12-|------------------|
|-/12---12-12--12-----------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| PM--|
| Q. E E S S E e H Q E E
|---------------------------|------------------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3----2---------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3----2---------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3----2---------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3----2---x---x-|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3----2---x---x-|
A5 A5 G A G G A G F# A
~~
Q. E e S S E e E. S E e Q. E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|------------10---12---10-|-10s12-----10-9-----0-|
|-/12----12---------------|----------------------|
|-/12----12---------------|----------------------|
|-/12---------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q. E e S S E e E. S +E E Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3-2---0---|
E E G E G F# C#m
Gtr III
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~PM
Q E E e S S E e H Q +E E
|-/12---12-12-/15---12---12-|-/15----14--(14)-0-|
|---------------------------|-------------------0-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| PM--|
| Q. E E S S E e H Q E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3------2----------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3------2----------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3------2----------|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3------2----x---x-|
|--/7-------7-/10----7----5-|---3------2----x---x-|
E G A G A G F# E
~~~~~~~~~
Q. E e S S E e E. S E e Q +E E
|-/12----12-/15---17---15-|-15s17-----15-14--(14)-0-||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Q. E e S S E e E. S +E E Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3--2----0-----||
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3--2----0-----||
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3--2----0-----||
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3--2----0-----||
|--/7-----7-/10----7----5-|--3-/5-(5)--3--2----0-----||
E F# E A F# E
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~
Q. S S e S S E e H Q +E E
|-/12----12-12--14---/12---12-|-/17s===14--(14)-0-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| PM-|
| Q. E E S S E e H Q E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7----5-|---3-----2---------|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7----5-|---3-----2---------|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7----5-|---3-----2---------|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7----5-|---3-----2----x--x-|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7----5-|---3-----2----x--x-|
F# E F# E C B A
~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
Q. S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E +Q E
|-/12----12-12-/14----12-(12)-12-|-/14--12-(12)-----------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------11-10-(10)-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q. E e S S E e E. S +E E Q Q
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7-------5-|---3--/5--(5)--3--2-------0---|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7-------5-|---3--/5--(5)--3--2-------0---|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7-------5-|---3--/5--(5)--3--2-------0---|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7-------5-|---3--/5--(5)--3--2-------0---|
|--/7-----7----/10-----7-------5-|---3--/5--(5)--3--2-------0---|
Pre-Verse
G A
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|--------------------------|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
|--------------------------|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
|--------------------------|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
E G E D C B E G E D C B
Gtr IV
W +W W +W
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)----------|-0------------------|-(0)----------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q. E e S S E e H Q Q Q. E e S S E e H Q Q
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-7----7-10---7---5-|--3-----2-----|-7----7-/10---7---5-|--3-----2-----|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
Verse
E E G E D C B E G E D C B A5
Gtr I
Q. E e S S E e H Q Q 7x Q. E E S S E E H Q E E
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|--------------||
||o-------------------|------------o||--------------------|--------------||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|--------------||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|---------0-0--||
||o-7----7-10---7---5-|-3----2-----o||-7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--0-0--||
||--------------------|-------------||--------------------|---------0-0--||
Pre-Chorus
G5 A
Gtrs II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
E G E D C B
Gtrs II, IV
PM|
Q. E E S S E e H Q E E
||----------------------|-------------|
||o-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2------|
||--/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2------|
||--/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2------|
||o-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--x-x-|
||--/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3----2--x-x-|
E G E D C D C B
Q. E e S S E e E. S +E E Q Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--2/-o||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--2/--||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--2/--||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--2/-o||
|-/7----7-/10---7---5-|-3--/5-(5)-3-2--2/--||
E B E5 E
Gtr II
> <
W +H. Q Q +Q H
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-7-----------|-(7)-------2------|-7---(7)-------*|
|-7-----------|-(7)-------2------|-7---(7)-------*|
|-7-----------|-(7)-------2------|-7---(7)-------*|
|-7-----------|-(7)-------2------|-7---(7)-------*|
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +H +H. +E S S Q Q H
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-7-----------|------------------|----------------*|
|-7-----------|--------------7-7-|-7-------------*|
|-7-----------|--------------7-7-|-7-------------*|
|-7----(7)----|-(7)------(7)-7-7-|-7-------------*|
|-7-----------|------------------|----------------*|
|
| Gtr IV
| W +W W
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-------------|------------------|----------------*|
|-0-----------|-(0)--------------|----------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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