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The Nurse by White Stripes
The Nurse
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-2-2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14-(basically as high as you can)-| not necessary
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1: Main Riff (the marimba)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-2--2-2-3-5-7--7-8-8-5-2--2-2-3-5--2-2-3-5-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: Rhythm (the piano). Play at the point it shows.
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------2-------------|
D|-----------------------------2-2-----------|
A|------------------------2--2-0-2-2---------|
E|------------------------2--2---0-2---------|
Guitar 2: Second variation of rhythm
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2-2-----------|
A|------------------------2--2-2-2-2---------|
E|------------------------2--2-0-0-2---------|
Guitar 2: Third rhythm
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2---------------|
A|------------------------2--2-2-------------|
E|------------------------2--0-2-------------|
Guitar 1: second riff
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-2-then go back to rhythm---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1: "no I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down"
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 just plays: x x x x x x x
A|-2--2-2-3-5--5-7-7-7--2--2-2-3-5--5-7-7-7-| x x x x x x x
E|------------------------------------------| x x x x x x x
Guitar 2: solo
e|---4b-4b-4b-4b-hold------4b-4b-5b-hold-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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version 2
Marimba:
T: G C G C D G C G
P: G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 G /b C G/d G C G/d
e|----------------------0----0---1---1--1---3--------------------------------------------|
B|-0----0---1---1---3---1----1---1---1--1---3----0---0---1---3---0----0---0---1---3---0--|
G|-0----0---0---0---0----------------------------0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0------|
D|------------------0---2----2---3---3--3--------------------0--------------------0------|
A|------2---3---3------------------------------------2---3--------------------3----------|
E|-3----------------------------------------3----3---------------3----3---3-----------3--|
Piano:
G C D G
e|-------------------------|
B|-0--------1-----2-----0--|
G|-0--------0-----3-----0--|
D|-0--------2-----0-----0--|
A|-2--------3-----------2--|
E|-3--------------------3--|
(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
VERSE 1:
G G G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 Csus4 Csus4 G G G /b C G G G (X~)
The nurse should not be the one who puts salt in your wounds
/b C G G G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 Csus4 Csus4 G G G /b C G G G
But it's always with trust that the poison is fed with a spoon
G/b C Bb Eb5 D5 G
(X~)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0----1----------3----3-------3---3--4----4---4---3----3--3---------------0--0---------|
G|-0----0----------3----3-------3---3--3----3---3---2----2--2----0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
D|-------------------------------------1----1---1---0----0--0----------------------------|
A|-2----3------1-------------1-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------3---3--3---3--3---3--3--|
When you're helpless with no one to turn to, a - lone in your room
VERSE 2:
(X~)
You would swear that the one who would care for you never would leave
(X~) (X~) (X~)
She promised and said, "You will always be safe here with me"
(X~)
But promises open the door to be broken to me
Played 2x: (X~) (X~) (X~) (X~) (X~) (X~) (X~) (X~)
CHORUS: P.M. G5 increases throughout
Played 2x:
G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 G /b C G/d C/e Csus4
e|----------------------------------------------0---1---1---3----------------------0---1--|
B|------0----------0---0--1--------3------------1---1---1------------0---0--1--3---1---1--|
G|------0----------0---0--0--------0---------------------------------0---0--0--0----------|
D|---------------------------------0------------2---3---3----------------------0---2---3--|
A|---------------------2--3----------------------------------------------2--3-------------|
E|------3----------3----------------------------------------3--------3--------------------|
No, I'm never, no, I'm ne-ver, no, I'm never gonna let you down now
Csus4 G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 G /b C G/d C/e Csus4
e|-1---------------------------------------------0---1---1---3-----------------0---1----|
B|-1------0---------0---0--1--------3------------1---1---1-------0---0--1--3---1---1----|
G|--------0---------0---0--0--------0----------------------------0---0--0--0------------|
D|-3--------------------------------0------------2---3---3-----------------0---2---3----|
A|----------------------2--3-----------------------------------------2--3---------------|
E|--------3---------3----------------------------------------3---3----------------------|
No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down
G5 (X~) (X~) (X~)
Bb Eb5 D5 G
BREAK: Guitar and Marimba played simultaneously:
Marimba:
G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 G /b C G/d G C G/d
e|----------------------0----0---1---1--1---3--------------------------------------------|
B|-0----0---1---1---3---1----1---1---1--1---3----0---0---1---3---0----0---0---1---3---0--|
G|-0----0---0---0---0----------------------------0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0------|
D|------------------0---2----2---3---3--3--------------------0--------------------0------|
A|------2---3---3------------------------------------2---3--------------------3----------|
E|-3----------------------------------------3----3---------------3----3---3-----------3--|
(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
Guitar:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------8b-8b--8b9-8b10-------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Marimba:
G /b C G/d C/e Csus4 G /b C G/d G C G/d
e|----------------------0----0---1---1--1---3--------------------------------------------|
B|-0----0-------1---3---1----1---1---1--1---3----0---0---1---3---0----0---0---1---3---0--|
G|-0----0---0---0---0----------------------------0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0------|
D|------------------0---2----2---3---3--3--------------------0--------------------0------|
A|----------2---3------------------------------------2---3--------------------3----------|
E|-3----3-----------------------------------3----3---------------3----3---3-----------3--|
(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
Guitar:
e|-----------------------------------------------------8b---8b9---9b10-------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2:
(X~)
The maid that you've hired could never conspire to kill
She's to mother, not quietly smother you when you're most ill
(X~)
The one that you're trusting suspiciously dusting the sill
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