I Just Dont Know What To Do With M... Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

Elephant [Bonus Tracks] Tabs:

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White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself



Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

NOTE:  This is a very simple song, sort of a classic rock
sound overall.  Though the song actually has three guitars,
it can easily be played with just one, as long as you own
a distortion pedal of some sort.  In the middle of the chorus
there's a part which may seem a bit confusing.  In this part
Jack White yells "Sweet. - Love. - " and there is some feedback,
and it generally sounds very rough but cool.  To get that feedback
and that sound you have to have a ton of distortion so that when you
lift your finger up from that Fsus4, there's a ringing 
which will create the effect Jack uses in this song.  The lifting
is shown by the pull off in the tab.  Enjoy!

Legend:

x - mute
~ - vibrato
Pm - Palm mute
p - pull off
(#.#) - harmonic 
^ - bend


0:00

Intro:


Gtr. 1 (*very slight distortion)

         G         C    G
                                     ~~~

e------3--3-0----0--0-0----------------------|
b------0--0-0----1--1-0----------------------|
g------0--0-0----0--0-0----x-----------------|
d---0--0------2--2------0--x-------------0---|
a---x---------3---------x--x--5--5-3-2---0---|
e---3-------------------3--x-----------------|

0:12

Bridge:

Gtr. 1

         G         C         G


e------3--3-3----0--0-0-----3-3---|
b------0--0-0----1--1-0-----0-0---|
g------0--0-0----0--0-0-----0-0---|
d------0--0-0----2--x-------0-0---|
a-------------3-------------x-x---|
e---3-------------------3---3-3---|
Pm|.....................|

Gtr. 2 (*)

                             G
   

e---------------------------3-3---|
b---------------------------0-0---|
g---------------------------0-0---|
d---------------------------0-0---|
a---------------------------x-x---|
e---------------------------3-3---|

0:23

Verse:

Gtr. 1 

                     Am                         F


e---------0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-------------------------------|
b---------1-1-----1-----1-1-----1-------------------------------|
g------2--2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2---|
d------2--2-2-----2-----2-2-----2--3--3-3-----3-----3-3-----3---|
a------0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--3--3-3-----3-----3-3-----3---|
e---(0)----------------------------1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1--1--1---|
Pm |..|       |.|   |.|     |.|   |.|     |.|   |.|     |.|

(continued)

       Em    Am      G      C     G


e----------------------3-0----0-0------|
b--------0-1----1------0-0----1-0------|
g------0-0-2----2----0-0-0----0-0-0----|
d------2-2-2---------0--------2---0----|
a------2-2-0---------------3------x----|
e---0-------------3---------------3----|

Gtr. 2

                       Am


e--------------------------------------------------|
b--------1--------1--------1-----------1-----------|
g-------2--------2--------2-----------2------------|
d------2--------2--------2-----------2-------------|
a-----0--------0--------0-----------0--------------|
e--------------------------------------------------|
Pm|................................................|

(continued)

                       F


e----------------------------------------------------------|
b-------1------------1------------1------------1-----------|
g------2------------2------------2------------2------------|
d-----3------------3------------3------------3-------------|
a----3------------3------------3------------3--------------|
e---1------------1------------1------------1---------------|
Pm|........................................................|

(continued)
 
                                                      G
 
                  
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g---(2)-----------------------------------------------0----|
d-----------------------------------------------------0----|
a-----------------------------------------------------x----|
e-----------------------------------------------------3----|
Pm|....|

1:11

Pre-Chorus:

Gtr. 1




e---------|
b---------|
g---------|
d---------|
a---x-0---|
e---x-0---|

1:13

Gtr. 1 and 3 (w/ heavy distortion)

                   G5                                F5


e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---5--5--5-5-5-5-0--5--5--5-5-5-5-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0---|
a---5--5--5-5-5-5-0--5--5--5-5-5-5-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0---|
e---3--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--3--3-3-3-3-0--1--1--1-1-1-1-0--1--1--1-1-1-1-0---|

(continued)

 Fsus4     Fsus4            F5               G5

       fdbk.    fdbk.                               dist. out
e---------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------5---|
g---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
d---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
a---3-p(3.0)-3-p(3.0)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e---------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------|
       Harm.    Harm.

2:19

Pre-Outro Fill:

Gtr. 1




e----------------|
b----------------|
g----------------|
d---x--x--x------|
a---x--x--x--0---|
e---x--x--3^-0---|

2:21

Outro:

Gtr. 1 and 3

     G5      F5
                              ~~~

e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------15--15-13-12------|
g-------------------------------------|
d---5--5--0-3--3-x--------------------|
a---5--5--0-3--3-x----------------0---|
e---3--3--0-1--1-x----------------0---|

2:35

End On:

     G5      F5     G


e----------------------------|
b-------------------0--------|
g-------------------0--------|
d---5--5--0-3--3--0-0--------|
a---5--5--0-3--3--0-x--------|
e---3--3--0-1--1--0-3--------|

Order of Song:

Intro x2

Bridge x2 ("I don't know what to do with myself...")

Verse x1 ("Planning ev'rything for two...")

Bridge x2

Verse x1

Pre-Chorus x1

Chorus x1 ("Like a summer rose")

Bridge x2

Verse x1

Pre-Chorus x1

Chorus x1

Pre-Outro x1

Outro x3

Ending x1

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture cody Rhythm Player	#1 by cody watts at Apr 14, 1971 at 12:31 AM EST
	This is a Burt Bacharach song. Yep......

No Picture chris the pirat Lead Player	#2 by chris the pirate. arr at Feb 18, 1974 at 3:24 PM EST
	Does anybody else think this is a song about masturbation? Great video, by the way. Although, now that I know that it's a Bacharach song I'm doubting it.

No Picture Chris Average	#3 by Chris H... at Feb 12, 1978 at 4:10 PM EST
	It is a Hendrix song, but as to the song of topic, I love the WHite Stripes and I love this song.

No Picture Dr. Average	#4 by Dr. Funkinstein at Dec 9, 1978 at 5:31 PM EST
	Elvis Costello also covered this song.

No Picture D.J Wanna Be	#5 by D.J Mortensen at Jun 2, 1982 at 9:37 PM EST
	ya, the meaning is pretty obvious- sooo deep in love, once it's over you can't seem to let go. the video tho... lol. wow- does it have anything to do with the song? oh well, it's a sight to behold! black and white glory.

No Picture Damien Wanna Be	#6 by Damien Pritchard at Jul 10, 1987 at 11:15 PM EST
	this song makes me think of suicide. like this person broke up with their lover or their lover died, and this person is depressed and does not know what to do exept suicide maybe. i always picture someone holding a gun against their own head at the end of this song

No Picture Rich Average	#7 by Rich Frazer at Aug 29, 1988 at 3:54 AM EST
	I love that song so much. I think the meanings pretty obvious though.

No Picture Luke Professional	#8 by Luke Goudreault at May 7, 1989 at 7:11 PM EST
	so basically ive been listening to this song alot. not because i broke up with my bf.. because my friend has been ditching me alot to hang out with this fagget stoner. and all of my plans have been with her.. and now that she has this new guy in her life.. we dont hang out anymore. so now i dont know what to do with myself. pretty gay if you ask me.

No Picture Jamie Wanna Be	#9 by Jamie Smith at Oct 26, 1989 at 12:21 AM EST
	it just shouldn't happen...nobody should get that lost in a relationship, so lost that then' you don't know what to do with yourself'. I know that NOW.

No Picture Jordan Rhythm Player	#10 by Jordan at Oct 29, 1995 at 1:02 PM EST
	Kate Moss totally pole dances to this song in their film clip, and this song capsulates the image of lonely singledom.

No Picture Tony Wanna Be	#11 by Tony Danza at Aug 20, 1997 at 4:42 AM EST
	They should do a cover of "all along the watchtower" by bob dylan.

No Picture Sam Average	#12 by Sam at Nov 18, 1999 at 1:35 AM EST
	I thought "all along the watch tower" was a Hendrix song?

No Picture Goat Average	#13 by Goat Screwer at Mar 19, 2003 at 11:46 PM EST
	First off i wanna say...there are a lot of songs i think the white stripes could do kickass covers off. Most of the song is pretty straight forward and easy to understand. I was confused by the "beat love away" part at first, but i think what hes sayin is any love he would feel that wasnt for the girl would seem pointless and seeing love pains him, so he needs her sweet love to push away his feelings of longing.

No Picture [ßĩη& Average	#14 by [ßĩηŁ@Ðэń] at Jun 23, 2003 at 2:13 PM EST
	it just shouldn't happen...nobody should get that lost in a relationship, so lost that then' you don't know what to do with yourself'. I know that NOW.