'Thickfreakness' by Black Keys - Guitar Tutorial

            Thickfreakness - The Black Keys
Transcribed by Ryan Wiggans
If you have any comments or questions e-mail me at [email protected]

In the intro I think he uses a slide to make that effect, which I don't have so
you'll have to figure that out by yourself.  It sounds like a lot of the slides
in this song are played with an actual slide instead of just your finger which
makes it sound better, but you can do it without one.

Key:

p=pull b=bend /=slide (2)=harmonic v=vibrato
2b>4=bend 2nd fret to 4


Order:

Intro - A - B - C - B(v2) - C - B(v3) - D - A - 

Solo - C - B(v2) - C - B(v3) - D(v2) - A - Outro


A:

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-7-5----------------------------------------|
A|-----7-6p5-3-5---5p3p0----------------------|
E|-----------------------3-5------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-7-5----------------------------------------|
A|-----7-6p5-3-5---3/5-3/5-5p3p0--------------|
E|-------------------------------3------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-7-5----------------------------------------|
A|-----7-6p5-3-5---5p3p0----------------------|
E|-----------------------3-5------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-7-5-------------5--------------------------|
A|-----7-6p5-3-5/7----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


B:

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2---2p0--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2p0----|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0-------------3b-|
E|---------------------0-3-4------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0----|
E|---------------------0-3-4------------------|

B(v2):

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2---2p0--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2p0----|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0-------------3b-|
E|---------------------0-3-4------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2-2---|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0-----0-|
E|---------------------0-3-4---------------------|

B(v3):

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2---2p0--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2p0----|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0-------------3b-|
E|---------------------0-3-4------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2-2---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0-----0-------|
E|---------------------0-3-4---------------------3-2-0-|


C:

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------8-5--------------|
G|-2-5/7-5-----5-----------5-----7b>9>7-p5----|
D|---------5h7---7-------7-----------------7--|
A|-----------------3-3-5----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


D:

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-5-3-----3-1---5----------------------------|
G|-----------------7p5------------------------|
D|---------------------7----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----0-3b-----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2-2-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0-----0---|
E|---------------------0-3-4---------------------3-|

D(v2):

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-5-3-----3-1---5----------------------------|
G|-----------------7p5------------------------|
D|---------------------7----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----0-3b-----------------------------------|
                    Not sure about the 7's part>
e|---------------------------------------------(7)------|
B|---------------------------------------------(7)-3b>5-|
G|---2---2---2---2-2---------------2---2---2-2-(7)------|
D|---------------------------------------------(7)------|
A|-0---0---0---0-------------0---0---0---0--------------|
E|---------------------0-3-4----------------------------|


Solo:
A second guitar plays this part to back up the solo:
gtr2
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7-5---5-7------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5---5-7------------------------------|
E|-5-0-5-3-0-3-5------------------------------|

gtr1
e|-----------5--------------------------------|
B|-------------8p5----------------------------|
G|-----7b(9)-------7b(9)(7)p5-----------------|
D|-5/7----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

gtr1
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------7b(9)(7)p5-7p5-7b(9)(7)p5----------|
D|-5/7-5/7---------------------------5/7------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

gtr1
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------8-----------------------------------|
G|-----7/9--------5---------------------------|
D|-5/7--------5/7---5/7---5-5/7---------------|
A|----------------------7---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
gtr2
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------5--------------|
G|-----------------------------7b(9)----------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

gtr1