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The Hardest Button to Button Guitar Tablature
band: the White Stripes               
song: The Hardest Button To Button 
album: Elephant (2003 Third Man Records)                        
written by: Jack White
tabbed by: Jose Calderon               

Standard Tuning (E A D G B e)
~=let ring 
()= notes in here are to be slid to, not played. 
Note: This is generally how to play the song w/o 
      a bass or another guitar. Just one guitar. 

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Song starts...:

Pre-“bass” Intro: using an octave divider.
e----------------------------------------------|     
B----------------------------------------------|     
G----------------------------------------------|      
D----------------------------------------------|     
A----------------------------------------------|     
E--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|

Intro:x2 
e--------------------|     --------------------|
B--------------------|     --------------------|
G-------------5------|(x3) ----4--------7------|
D----7----------5----|     ------4--------7----| 
A------7----3-----3--|     --2-----2--5-----5--|
E--5-----5-----------|     --------------------|

Verse:
pt.1
e--------------------|     --------------------|
B--------------------|     --------------------|
G-------------5------|(x3) ----4--------7------|
D----7----------5----|     ------4--------7----| 
A------7----3-----3--|     --2-----2--5-----5--|
E--5-----5-----------|     --------------------|
We started living...          ...and it was 1981

pt.2       
e--------------------|     --------------------|
B--------------------|     --------------------|
G-------------5------|(x3) ----4--------3------|
D----7----------5----|     ------4--------3----| 
A------7----3-----3--|     --2-----2--1-----1~-|
E--5-----5-----------|     --------------------|
We named him baby...        ...little pins in it                              

Pre-Chorus:
e----------------------|     ---------------------|
B----------------------|     ---------------------|
G------------5-5--555--|(x3) --4-4--444--3-3--333-|
D--7-7--777--5-5--555--|     --4-4--444--3-3--333-| 
A--7-7--777--3-3--333--|     --2-2--222--1-1--111-|
E--5-5--555------------|     ---------------------|
Now were a family...            ...else to show you

Chorus:
e----------------------|     ---------------------|
B----------------------|     ---------------------|
G-----------5-5-5-5----|(x3) --4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3---|
D--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5----|     --4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3---| 
A--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3----|     --2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1---|
E--5-5-5-5-------------|     ---------------------|

Bass intro

Introx1

Verse
pt.2

Pre-chorus 

End Chorus (just a little different, but
             really easy to figure out:)
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