----------------------------------- | The Hardest Button To Button | | Words and Music by Jack White | | Tabbed by Patrick Ferris | ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tab Definitions: | | A5: x022xx | | C5: x355xx | | B5: x244xx | | D5: x577xx | | Bb5: x133xx | | b: Bend note less than a half step | |N.C.: No Chord played | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I added the extra string "Ba" to represent the bass line (the A string of a bass, or a guitar using an octave divider). If you would rather use Drop A tuning, simply transpose Ba to your low A string. INTRO: (Jack plays the bass note on the low E string, 5th fret with an octave divider. I tabbed it open on the A string so that it could all fit on one string.) Played 4x: Octave divider OR Drop A tuning e|---------- e|---------- B|---------- B|---------- G|---------- G|---------- D|---------- D|---------- A|-0-0-0-0-- A|---------- E|---------- A|-0-0-0-0-- Played 2x: A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|---2---------------5---------------2---------------5---------------2---------------5----------- D|-----2---------------5---------------2---------------5---------------2---------------5--------- A|-0-----0---------3-----3---------0-----0---------3-----3---------0-----0---------3-----3------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ba|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3- B5 D5 e|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|---4---------------7------------ D|-----4---------------7---------- A|-2-----2---------5-----5-------- E|-------------------------------- Ba|-2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5-- VERSE 1: A5 C5 A5 We started livin' in an old house C5 My ma gave birth and we were checkin' it out A5 It was a baby boy C5 So we bought him a toy B5 It was a ray gun D5 And it was 1981 VERSE 2: We named him "Baby" He had a toothache He started crying It sounded like an earthquake It didn't last long Because I stopped it I grabbed a rag doll And stuck some little pins in it VERSE 3: Full strumming A5 Now we're a family C5 And we're all right now A5 We got money and a little place C5 To fight now A5 We don't know you C5 And we don't owe you B5 But if you see us around Bb5 I got something else to show you BREAK 1: Played 3x: A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. B5 B5 B5 B5 N.C. Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 N.C. INTRO VERSE 4: Now, it's easy when you don't know better You think it's sleazy? Then put it in a short letter We keep warm But there's just somethin' wrong when you Just feel that you're the hardest button to button VERSE 5: I had opinions That didn't matter I had brain that felt like Pancake batter I got a backyard With nothin' in it Except a stick, a dog and a box with something in it CHORUS: A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button, uh-oh A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button, uh-oh A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button B5 B5 B5 B5 N.C. Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 N.C. BREAK 2: A5 C5 A5 C5 BASS RIFF e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|-2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5-----------2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5--------------- D|-2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5-----------2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-5--------------- A|-0-0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3-----------0-0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3--------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ba|---------0-0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-5-5b-- CHORUS: A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. The hardest button to button C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. BASS RIFF The hardest button to button A5 A5 A5 A5 N.C. The hardest button to button C5 C5 C5 C5 N.C. The hardest button to button, uh-oh A5 A5 A5 A5