The Black Keys performed this new song off of Turn Blue at their gig for BBC Radio 1
with Zane Lowe. I can´t transcribe the official studio version of "Bullet In The Brain"
because the album is not out yet, so this is just the live version (although I don´t
think the studio version will be VERY different from this.) It is a pretty cool and psychedelic
track and very easy to play:
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
Dan does some random finger-picking, which I don´t wanna figure out because I´m quite
sure this part will be a bit different on the album version. Also, Dan is known to change
finger-picking parts every time he plays one (see Little Black Submarines, he does a different
kind of picking almost every time). The chords are correct, though.
6x:
e|--5-------------------------------3-----------------1----|
B|--6-------------------------------3-----------------1----|
G|--7-------------------------------4-----------------2----|
D|--7-------------------------------5-----------------3----|
A|--5-------------------------------5-----------------3----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Then the other instruments join the guitar and Dan brings in some fuzz. The chords are
the same, until the main keyboard theme comes in. From then on, Dan plays this:
Chorus/Intro 2:
4x:
e|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--x--x--x-|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
A|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--x--x--x-|
E|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------------------------------|
I was able to figure out the keyboard part, too (2x):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------br-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7----/10----/12----/12-----12----------7----/10----/12----\3----\5-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
Richard "Dick" Swift plays a funky bass line, that you can play like this on guitar (it
remains the same throughout the whole verse, just repeat):
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|----5--3----3----------------------------|
E|--3------------5--3--3----1----3----1----|
The rest of the song is just a repeating of the parts.
Chorus/Intro 2
Verse Bass line
Chorus/Intro 2
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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