The Lengths Tab

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                             The Lengths (Slide Guitar) - The Black Keys
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Tabbed by: fretman96
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Tuning: Standard
 
Here is the tune to The Black Keys Lengths slide guitar parts.
 
For this you will need a guitar slide, Dan tends to use a brass slide.
 
The way to make this sound best is to listen to the song and add your own feelings to it.
 
Good luck!
 
 
[Main Riff]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/14--16\11-----7/14--16/11--11/14\11--\7--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[verse 1]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------/4--\2v-------------------------/9--/9-/4\2v--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Tell me where you're goin'                What is goin' wrong
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------/9---11/12\11---------------/9--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      I felt you leavin'                         Before you'd even gone
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/14--16\11--------------------------------------------7/9\7---------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Hold me now                                 Or never, ever
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----/4\2v----------------/9\7--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
     Hold me again,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------/9--/9-7----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    No more talk,          Could take me from this,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---/4\2-------------------------------/4v---4\2------[Main Riff Repeats]---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Pain I'm in,                              Pain I'm in,
 
 
 
[verse 2]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------/4--2----------------------------------7/14v-------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    See the moonlight shinin'             On your window pane,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------/16----------------\11v--------/9-7---------/4\2-7v--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    See it leave you,                     As faithful as it came,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------/9--9--7/11v-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Please yourself,   So you don't have to,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------/9---------/4-2--9-7v-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Be afraid,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------/4--2v---------------------/4--7\2-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Make amends,                         Or carry on another way,
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/14--16\11-9---7/14--16/11--11/14\11-9-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|    x3
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
    Another way, Oh~oh,
e|--------------------------|
B|----/9----/4-\2v----------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
 
 
[verse 3]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---7/14v-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Tell me what you were thinkin',        To treat somebody so,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--4\\2v--------------------------------------9\\7-------9\7--------9\7-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   The care he took,                       The lengths to which he'd go,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--9\7/11v-----------7/9\7----7/9\7/9/7-------9\7/11v-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    The coals are hot,                       To walk across,
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------16\-----11/14\11--14v-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
     Without your shoes,
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------16/11v-------------------/9\7--/4\2---------4//2|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     But in the end,                    Know that you've got nothing to lose,
e|-------------------|
B|--/4---7\2v--------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/14--16\11-9-7----/14--16/11--7/9\7--/4\2---4\\2---4\\2v--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
     Nothin' to lose,                   Oh~oh, oh~oh.
 
 
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| /   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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