Black Jack Davey tab by The White Stripes

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|              Black Jack Davey               |
|                 By:                   |
|              The White Stripes               |
|              Key of A minor                |
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🏷Legend: (-)g = grace note  h = hammer on  p = pull off PM = palm mute
    NM = no mute  s = slide  X% = repeat previous measure X times
    VR = verse rhythm
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Intro: distortion             E major
N.C. (Am)                 PM NM
e|---------------------------|--------------0-0-|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------0-0-|-------------------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------1-1-|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------2-2-|-------------------------|
A|------------5-(5)g-7-------|-----------5--2-2-|------------5-(5)g-7-----|
E|--5--5--5-8----------8--5--|-5--5--5-8----0-0-|--5--5--5-8----------8-5-|

        D (Dsus4)         G  Am Am(PM)
|---------------2-3-3-2--|---------------3-3s-5--|---0--0-0---0--0-0-|
|---------------3-3-3-3--|---------------3-3s-5--|---1--1-1---1--1-1-|
|---------------2-2-2-2--|---------------4-4s-5--|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|
|---------------0-0-0-0--|--7-5----------5-5s-7--|-2--------2--------|
|------------------------|------7-5------5-5s-7--|-0--------0--------|
|--5--5--5-8-0-----------|----------8-5--3-3s-5--|-------------------|


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|----2%-----|------------------1%-------------------|
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(drums enter) 1.Black Jack Davey come run along then

 Am (PM)         E E (PM)     Am
[same rhythm as before] [similar rhythm]  [same rhythm as before]
|--0--------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
|--1--------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------------|-1-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------------|-2-----------------|-----------------|
|--0--------------------|-2-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
 wishin' to the lord and mary       (inaudible lyrics) and he

            E  D D            E  Am
----------------------|-0----2-|-----------------------|-0----0-|
----------------------|-0----3-|-----------------------|-0----1-|
----------------------|-1----2-|-----------------------|-1----2-|
----------------------|-2----0-|-----------------------|-2----2-|
----------------------|-2------|-----------------------|-2----0-|
----------------------|-0------|-----------------------|-0------|
charmed the heart of a la - dy charmed the heart of a la - dy

second and third verse are played the same:

2. [Am] How old are you my pretty little miss?
    How old are you my
  [E] honey?
  [Am] she answered him wtih a lovin' smile, said, "I'll be sixteen come
  [E]sun- [D]day."
       said, "i'll be sixteen come
  [E]sun-[Am]day."

3. [Am] come and go with me my pretty little miss
    come and go with me my
  [E] honey
  [Am] I'll take you where the grass grows green and you never will want for[E]mon- [D]ney
       you never will want for
  [E]mon-[Am]ney  Hey!

back to intro riff with some adjustments and a heavy fuzz tone
                        E
|------------------------|--------------------|-0---0-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-0---0-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-1---1-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-2---2-|--------------------|
|-----------5-(5)g-7-----|-----------5-(5)g-7-|-2---2-|-----------5-(5)g-7-|
|-5--5--5-8----------8-5-|-5--5--5-8----------|-0---0-|-5--5--5-8----------|

                 D         G  Am  Am VR
------|------------------------|-2--|-------------|-3-3s-5--||-------||
------|------------------------|-3--|-------------|-3-3s-5--||.-----.||
------|------------------------|-2--|-------------|-4-4s-5--||-------||
------|------------------------|-0--|-7-5---------|-5-5s-7--||-------||
------|-----------5-(5)g-7-----|----|-----7-5-----|-5-5s-7--||.-----.||
-8-5--|-5--5--5-8----------5-8-|----|---------8-5-|-3-3s-5--||-------||

4. [Am] Pull off, pull of your long blue gloves
    made of spanish
  [E] leather
  [Am] give to me your lily white hand and we'll ride off
  [E]to- [D]gether
     said we'll both ride off
  [E]to- [Am]gether

5. [Am] well she pulled off her long blue gloves
    made of spanish
  [E] leather
  [Am] and gave to him her lily white hand and bid farewell
  [E]for- [D]ever
       and they both rode off
  [E]to- [Am]gether

  back to intro riff 1 time

6. [Am] well late last night the boss came home inquiring 'bout his
  [E] lady
  [Am] the servant spoke before she thought, "She's been with Black Jack
  [E]Da- [D]vey
       ran off with Black Jack
  [E]Da- [Am]vey."

7. [Am] come on, come on my old black hose you're skinnier than the
  [E] grain
  [Am] I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night 'til I overtake my
  [E]la- [D]dy
       and I'll over take my