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Same Boy You Ve Always Known Tab

Send "Same Boy You Ve Always Known" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist: The White Stripes
Song: Same boy you’ve always known
Tabber: Samuel Scheideman
Comments: N/A
E-mail addy: klayfeather@hotmail.com

Intro:
e--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------
D—7/9-7-------------7/9-7------------
A----------5/7-5-------------5/7-5---
E--------------------------------------


Verse:
   A              D                  A                  D
E--5--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--
B--5--5--5--5--5--7---7--7--7--7--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--7---7--7--7--8--7--
G--6--6--6--6--5--7---7--7--7--7--5--6---6--6--6--6--5--7---7--7--7--7--7--
D--7--7--7--7--5--7---7--7--7--7--5--7---7--7--7--7--5--7---7--7--7--7--7--
A--7--7--7--7--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--7---7--7--7--7--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--
E--5--5--5--5--5---------------------5---5--5--5--5--5--5------------------



Chorus:
     C                  G                  A             
e--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--5--
B--5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3---5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--5--
G--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4---6--6--6--6--6--5h6--6--6--6--
D--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--7--5h7--7--7--7--
A--3--3--3--3---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--7--5h7--7--7--7--
E---------------3--3--3--3---5--5--5--5--5--5h5--5--5--5--
Chorus: continued
   C            G
e--3--3--3--3---3--3--
B--5--5--5--5---3--3--
G--5--5--5--5---4--4--
D--5--5--5--5---5--5--
A--3--3--3--3---5--5--
E---------------3--3--

Bridge:
                   Hope you know a strong man……
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------6--6--6--6--5--6--6--6--6--------------------------
D-7--7--6--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--7--6--5--5--5--5--5--5--5
A-7--7--6--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--7--6--5--5--5--5--5--5--5
E-5--5--4--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--3--3--3--3--3--3--3

Bridge: continued
E------------------------------5--5--5--5---
B------------------------------7--7--7--7---
G------------------------------7--7--7--7---
D--6--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---5--7--7--7--7---
A--6--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5---
E--4--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3---------------


Solo: As near as I can figure out
e-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G------7-------7----------------------
D—7/9-----7/9-----9----9--8--7--5-----
A----------------------------------7--
E-------------------------------------

With all this you should be able to figure out everything else, Its just the chorus after 
the solo if I’m not mistaken. =)

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Same Boy You Ve Always Known Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Chuck Average	#1 by Chuck Norris at Nov 7, 1971 at 1:39 AM EST
	I think the voice of this song is of a guy who was in a relationship that had a rocky, on-again-off-again period, and then was finally dumped - I hear it especially in the last verse when he says he thought she'd be returning, he feels lonely and rejected, etc. In any event, even if I'm wrong, I still love this song. Beautifully written. One of their best.

No Picture Elizabeth Wanna Be	#2 by Elizabeth Greer at Jul 3, 1973 at 12:56 PM EST
	...and if there's anything good about me I'm the only one who knows Wow, this line alone makes me love this song. Long live the White Stripes!

No Picture Laurence Average	#3 by Laurence Alam at Nov 29, 1975 at 5:33 AM EST
	jurgamund, your theory is excellent!!! "Well I guess I haven't grown" - Yeah we realized Jack is an eternal kid...

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#4 by More Cowbell at Apr 30, 1980 at 9:28 AM EST
	Great song from the White Stripes ... I see it as a kind of a screw you song after the end of a relationship. The last line "if there's anything good about me I'm the only one who knows" seems like a you don't know what you're missing message. But there is also a hopeful aspect in saying "I guess I haven't grown, the same boy you've always known." It's as though he's saying I'm not going to change, but I'll be here if you need me.

No Picture Zac Wanna Be	#5 by Zac Fielder at Sep 2, 1980 at 9:02 PM EST
	i must admit i'm a bit confused about this song. but my theory is that HE broke up with HER (or maybe, having recently broken up with someone myself, i am twisting his words to fit my meaning) for the first few stanzas and then it seems to reverse at the end. so i'm still trying to decide which one is right... "you fell dowm of course/and then you got up of course/ and you started over/ forgot my name of course" that makes sounds as if he broke up with her, and she took it rough but eventually got over him completely "think of what the past did/ it could've lasted/ so put it in your basket/ i hope you know a strong man/ who can lend you a hand/ lowering my casket" sounds like after she started to remember she still couldn't get over him, so he's basically saying, "stop thinking about what could have been, find yourself someone else who will help you forget me." but then the entire final stanza makes me question whether it was really he that broke up with her... "i thought this is just today/ and soon you'd be retuning/ the coldest blue ocean water/ cannot stop my heart and mind from burning/... and if there's anything good about me/ i'm the only one who knows" anyone else confused about the meaning or anyone else thinks HE broke up with HER?

No Picture Dylan Rhythm Player	#6 by Dylan Fitzgerald at Aug 17, 1983 at 2:54 AM EST
	This song is brilliant. I'm almost positive this is how it goes: These two were together and very close, and she had an accident or something, and lost her memories. (fell down, forgot my name, started over, pretty tough to think about) In the middle he ironically talk about how he is the same person, but she of course cant realize that. Jack is of course terribly saddened, and realises that this is forever. (I thought this is just today, and soon youd be returning.) Then at the end with the best lyrics ever he tells how he is the only one that remembers their time together. (I'm the only one that knows) Sad subject, talks about how they have to start over now.

No Picture Secondhand Smok Wanna Be	#7 by Secondhand Smoka at Jul 13, 1990 at 1:16 AM EST
	Exactly... I agree with Thymothman.... the lyrics are short & too the point but hold a world of meaning. That's the power of the White Stripes. It's incredible.

No Picture amy Average	#8 by amy at Aug 14, 1990 at 12:03 PM EST
	This is a great song about addiction. The girl and guy (Jack or whoever) were together, one or probably both of them had a problem - drugs, alcohol, whatever. In any event, the girl hit rock bottom (you fell down, of course). Then she was rehabilitated (you got up of course and started over). Afterwards she "forgot" about her old life, including the guy, meaning that her rehab forced her to abandon the life she had before. He still wanted her, but hadn't "changed" - that is, he still liked to party, get high or drunk, "the same boy you've always known". When he talks about knowing a strong man who can lend her a hand lowering his casket he means a strong-willed man - likely another reformed addict, able to resist the tempation of drugs and alcohol, because he's going to keep up his ways until he's dead (he hasn't "grown", or matured out of the party years). The end of the song talks about how his feelings for her will keep "burning" despite her abandoning of him, and how she can no longer see anything good in him because of his abuses. His friends have seen this before and let him know "that's exactly how it goes". Brilliant song, great riff. It just proves that these two are the best rock band in the last 20 years.

No Picture little Average	#9 by little emo at Jul 17, 1991 at 9:09 PM EST
	the last line is just...powerful you know what I mean?

No Picture The REAL Godfat Average	#10 by The REAL Godfather at Feb 2, 1993 at 7:51 PM EST
	I love these lyrics, especially the last verse... to me it's feeling something so strong and so terrible at the same time... really powerful. these guys rock

No Picture A.K.A. Steven Average	#11 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Sep 22, 1993 at 10:15 PM EST
	I love the line about "Laying down on a blanket in the clover" - reminds me of lazy summer days back when I didn't have exams and jobs to worry about...

No Picture Aleksandar Average	#12 by Aleksandar Radošević at Jun 3, 1994 at 10:39 AM EST
	i like when he sings "Everyone in the know says,thats exactly how it goes"

No Picture Jimmy "Hoffa" Average	#13 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at May 26, 1996 at 4:38 PM EST
	Jack has a way of saying a thought or feeling that would take forever to describe in one line, its amazing. i would give anyhting to be able to write like him I mean, "And if theres anything good about me, Im the only one of knows" Hes just amazing.

No Picture Alex Average	#14 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Oct 20, 1998 at 5:02 AM EST
	I always thought this was a guy who has known this girl, seperated, then got back together. She doesn't remember him at first, but does after some time. He tells her to find someone to "lend a hand lowering my casket" because he's going to be with her until he dies

No Picture Ryan Rhythm Player	#15 by Ryan Ruegemer at May 31, 1999 at 8:16 PM EST
	I like this song sooooo much .... it's perfect, and I agree with Snips on the last verse. My favorite line is 'and if there's anything good about me I'm the only one who knows' because thats how I feel sometime ... like everyone else just doesnt care and I'm the only one who knows me ... great song :-)

No Picture Frost Wanna Be	#16 by Frost Bite at Sep 16, 2000 at 10:12 PM EST
	i think it is about death and he is a ghost preserved as the age that his girl remembers him. and when he says "lowering my casket" it's just a dead give away and the line "forgot my name of coarse" means he's been dead for so long when she reminisces about him she forgets his name, then she starts to remember.

No Picture M Average	#17 by M K-O at Nov 11, 2002 at 11:25 PM EST
	jack's vocals sound just like paul mccartney on a lot of this song

No Picture anthony Average	#18 by anthony clark at Apr 7, 2007 at 9:12 PM EST
	If theres anything good about me, I'm the only one who knows... wow....just, wow, what a line