Jawbreaker Tabs & Lyrics by The Dead Weather

Jawbreaker

guitar tabs lyrics

The Dead Weather

Originally this song is mainly played on a synthesizer, but I've arranged it for guitar here...
Tuning is drop D.

Jawbreaker
The Dead Weather
Sea of Cowards

Guitar 1: Dean Fertitia
Guitar 2: Allison Mosshart

INTRO:
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-0-5-6-7-3-0-|
|-0-5-6-7-3-0-|
|-0-5-6-7-3-0-|

VERSE 1 (Guitar 2/Rhythm only)
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---7-5-2-2-------|---7-5-------------|
|-0-7-5-2-2-5-3-0-|-0-7-5-0-5-6-7-3-0-|
|-0-5-3-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-5-3-0-5-6-7-3-0-|
|-0---------5-3-0-|-0-----0-5-6-7-3-0-|

CHORUS:
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-|

|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-7-3-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-7-3-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-7-3-0-|

VERSE 2 (Guitar 1/Lead. Guitar 2 plays VERSE 1 behind Guitar 1):
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------5------------3------------0-------------|
|-5h8p5--8p5--3h5p3---5p3--0h3p0---3p0---------|
|--------------------------------------5h7p3-0-|

GUITAR SOLO 1 (this isn't 100% accurate, but it's just to give you an idea):
|---20br20--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------22p20p18-20--20p18-------|---------18-20b20b20b20br20p18----|
|-----------------------------19-19-|---17-19-----------------------19-|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------|-0--------------------------------|

|---20br20--------------------------|---20b-20b-(20)---|
|----------22p20p18-20--20p18-------|------------------|
|-----------------------------19-19-|------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|
|-0---------------------------------|-0----------------|

INTERLUDE:
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|---5br5-------------|---5br5--------------|
|-0------0-5-5-7-3-0-|-0-----0-5-6-7-3-0---|
|-0------0-5-6-7-3-0-|-0-----0-5-6-7-3-0---|
|-0------0-5-6-7-3-0-|-0-----0-5-6-7-3-0---|

|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|---13br13-------------|---13b-13b-(13)---|
|-0--------0-5-6-7-3-0-|-0----------------|
|-0--------0-5-6-7-3-0-|-0----------------|
|-0--------0-5-6-7-3-0-|-0----------------|

BRIDGE: play the intro repeatedly

GUITAR SOLO 2:
|----------------------|------------------|
|-6p3-6----6p3---3-3/0-|-6----6p3---3-3/0-|
|--------------5-------|----------5-------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|

The next part I'm pretty sure Dean Fertitia uses a whammy pedal and solos over the
minor pentatonic scale in the G form or the C form...not exactly sure what he plays
though.

INTERLUDE 2: just play what Guitar 1 plays in the second and third verse.