Bullet In The Brain Tab

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                             The Black Keys - Bullet In The Brain
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Tabbed by: muffin97
 
 
UPDATE: I've recently listened to the studio version of the song and it seems like
they pitched the song down for 2 half steps for the live version (maybe because it's
difficult for Auerbach to reach the high notes with his falsetto). So this tab is just
the live version. If you want to play the studio version, just go up 2 half steps (yeah,
I know it's a bit lazy of me). Have fun!
 
 
 
The Black Keys performed this new song off of Turn Blue for the first time at their gig for BBC Radio 1
with Zane Lowe (this is where I transcribed it from). It is a pretty cool and psychedelic track and very easy 
to play:
 
 
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Intro:
 
Dan does some random finger-picking, which I don´t wanna figure out because I´m quite
sure this part will be a bit different on the album version. Also, Dan is known to change
finger-picking parts every time he plays one (see Little Black Submarines, he does a different
kind of picking almost every time). The chords are correct, though.
 
 
6x:
 
e|--5-------------------------------3-----------------1----|
B|--6-------------------------------3-----------------1----|
G|--7-------------------------------4-----------------2----|
D|--7-------------------------------5-----------------3----|
A|--5-------------------------------5-----------------3----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Then the other instruments join the guitar and Dan brings in some fuzz. The chords are
the same, until the main keyboard theme comes in. From then on, Dan plays this:
 
 
Chorus/Intro 2:
 
 
4x:
 
e|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--x--x--x-|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
A|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--x--x--x-|
E|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
I was able to figure out the keyboard part, too (2x):
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------br-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7----/10----/12----/12-----12----------7----/10----/12----\3----\5-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Verse:
 
Richard "Dick" Swift plays a funky bass line, that you can play like this on guitar (it
remains the same throughout the whole verse, just repeat):
 
 
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|----5--3---------------------------------|
E|--3---------5--5--3--3----1----3----1----|
 
 
The rest of the song is just a repeating of the parts.
 
 
Chorus/Intro 2
 
Verse Bass line
 
Chorus/Intro 2
 
 
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
 
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