By: Tom Hull
White Stripes
Little Acorns
Elephant
This is pretty easy song to play, the beginning bit is played on the piano
with the guy talking about the girl and the acorn then when he finishes the
guitar comes in:
Chorus:
E-|---------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------|
G-|--------6b7---------6b7---------6b7----| In the song, every time
D-|-8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7----| Jack plays the c#5
A-|-8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5----| chord with the bend
E-|-6-4-3-------6-4-3-------6-4-3---------| he sings "Hey!"
E-|---------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------|
G-|-------6b7--------------------------6b7|
D-|8-6-5--6b7--8-6-88888888/777/666/5--6b7|
A-|8-6-5--4b5--8-6-88888888/777/666/5--4b5|
E-|6-4-3-------6-4-66666666/555/444/3-----|
E-|---------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------|
G-|--------6b7---------6b7---------6b7----|
D-|-8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7----|
A-|-8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5----|
E-|-6-4-3-------6-4-3-------6-4-3---------|
E-|---------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------|
D-|8-6-88888888/777/666/5--5--------------|
A-|8-6-88888888/777/666/5--5--------------|
E-|6-4-66666666/555/444/3--3--------------|
Verse:
The only real lyrics in this song are sung over this bit:
(Palm Muted)
E-|-------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------|
D-|-5555555555555555--3333333333333333--|
A-|-5555555555555555--3333333333333333--|
E-|-3333333333333333--1111111111111111--| Repeat 4 times
E-|------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------|
G-|------------------------------------------|
D-|5--5/88-6-5--5/88-6-3--3/88-6-3--3/88-6-5-|
A-|5--5/88-6-5--5/88-6-3--3/88-6-3--3/88-6-5-|
E-|3--3/66-4-3--3/66-4-1--1/66-4-1--1/66-4-3-|
E-|------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------|
G-|------------------------------------------|
D-|-5/88-6-5--5/88-6-3--3/88-6-3--3/88-6-5---|
A-|-5/88-6-5--5/88-6-3--3/88-6-3--3/88-6-5---|
E-|-3/66-4-3--3/66-4-1--1/66-4-1--1/66-4-3---|
Chorus
Verse
(last time chorus is played it is slighted shorter):
E-|------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------|
G-|--------6b7---------6b7---------6b7---------6b7-|
D-|-8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7--8-6-5--6b7-|
A-|-8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5--8-6-5--4b5-|
E-|-6-4-3-------6-4-3-------6-4-3-------6-4-3------|
E-|----------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|
G-|----------------------------|
D-|8-6-88888888/777/666/5------|
A-|8-6-88888888/777/666/5------|
E-|6-4-66666666/555/444/3------|
The End
