White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

[face__man]

I haven't seen one correct tab for this song yet. It is very obvious that the chorus and solo is played with a slide. You can clearly hear Jack using the slide on the recording and I once saw him on Conan O'Brien performing with a slide during the chorus and solo. Since he uses a slide it is obvious that he is playing in an open tuning. E i believe. So i can't understand why people have it tabbed in standard tuning and without a slide. This is beyond me.

P.S. If anyone has found a correctly tabbed version including the slide then please notify me and forget this message

[i_finlayson37]

Originally posted by face__man
I haven't seen one correct tab for this song yet. It is very obvious that the chorus and solo is played with a slide. You can clearly hear Jack using the slide on the recording and I once saw him on Conan O'Brien performing with a slide during the chorus and solo. Since he uses a slide it is obvious that he is playing in an open tuning. E i believe. So i can't understand why people have it tabbed in standard tuning and without a slide. This is beyond me.

P.S. If anyone has found a correctly tabbed version including the slide then please notify me and forget this message

I tried to work out the tuning myself and what I came up with was alright in parts but in others it sounded terrible or was really hard to actually play

[darkstar54mm]

its in the new guitar world i think its open A and he uses and octavier and brings down one i think i hope im right i dont own the book a friend told me

[ParanoidKidA]

Yes, its in open A (E A E A C# E) and he uses a digitech whammy pedal for the main riff.



=Steve=

[Mr. Slippery]

Yeah its open A.

verse riff is - 5th string- 7-7-10-7-5-3-2
pre chorus is just a G5 chord followed by the open A
then chorus is E E G E D C B then E E G E D C D C B A
then you go through the prechorus pattern again and back into verse.

You could play everything but the solo in standard tuning without a slide if you wanted to by using the x0222x type bar chord and playing the chorus chords. It wouldnt be exact but if you dont like tuning a guitar to open A to play this song it will work.

[Sean White III]

I tabbed this song out, but I think the best interpretation of the song I've seen is in this month's issue of Guitar World. Led Zeppelin is on the cover.

It's in open A. Use a Digitech Whammy set to one octave down for the main riff. Use Electro Harmonix Big Muff and a slide during the chorus and solo parts. Plain and simple.

:)

Or you can go to www.brokenbricks.com . They specialize in White Stripes tabs. Their Seven Nation Army tab is pretty accurate.

[Wir-Click-Wir]

It can be played in standard with the low E string tuned down to B.