White Stripes - Hotel Yorba

i think i was the only person i know to instantly love this song when the video first appeared on late nite mtv around 3 years ago.

i still love it, and now i can play it :) will kinda anyways.

oh, i still cant get the intro or how to play it, so if anyone wants to tab that out for us that'd be nice

ok, here goes....oh this is played fairly fast (bpm = 196 i think)

VERSE (PLAY x2) - sorry if the layout is confusing, but trying to make letters fit over numbers was really bugging me....so if the beat is in brackets, play the chord.

G    (1) + (2) + 3 + (4) +

G    (1) + (2) + 3 (+) (4) (+)

C    (1) + (2) + (3) (+) (4) +

C    (1) + (2) + (3) (+) (4) (+)

D    (1) + (2)+ (3) (+) (4) +

D    (1) + (2) + (3) (+) (4) (+)

G    (1) + (2)+ (3) (+) (4) +

G    (1) + (2) + (3) (+) (4) (+)

CHORUS - i play this part all downstrokes, and the F as a powerchord...also on beats 1 and 3 if you just hit the first 2/3 strings of the chord it gives a nice rythm to the song

G G G G     C C C C      D D D D       G G F F       G G G G
1 2 3 4  ||  1 2 3 4  ||  1 2 3 4  ||  1 2 3 4  ||  1 2 3 4

PLAY A GCDG PROGRESSION FROM THE VERSE ONCE, THEN PLAY THE VERSE AND CHORUS AGAIN

BRIDGE

let each of these ring for the full 4 beats

G C D G x2

then back to verse strumming

G C D G

FINALLY, ONE MORE CHORUS AND FINISH ON

C G C G

LYRICS:

VERSE 1:
G
I was watching
        C
With one eye on the other side
     D
I had fifteen people telling me to move
     G
I got moving on my mind
G
I found shelter
       C
In some thoughts turning wheels around
      D
I said thirty-nine times that I love you
      G
To the beauty I had found

CHORUS:
G
Well, it's one, two, three, four

Take the elevator
      C
At the Hotel Yorba
                             D
I'll be glad to see you later
                           G  F G
All they got inside is vacancy

G C D G

VERSE 2:
I've been thinking
Of a little place down by the lake
They got a dirty old road leading up to the house
I wonder how long it will take 'til we're alone
Sitting on the front porch of that home
Stomping our feet on the wooden boards
Never gotta worry about lockin' the door

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
G (let ring) C (let ring) D (let ring) G (let ring)
(continue in a similar fashion)
              G
It might sound silly
               C          
For me to think childish thoughts like these
   D
But I'm so tired of acting tough
       G
And I'm gonna do what I please

(back to normal strumming...)
             G
Let's get married
        C
In a big cathedral by a priest
         D
'Cause if I'm the man that you love the most
       G
You can say "I do" at least

CHORUS
        G
And it's four, five, six, seven

Grab your umbrella
C
Grab hold of me cause
                       D          
I'm your favorite fella
                           G
All they got inside is vacancy

C G C G

Thats it, hope you enjoy and i didnt make any mistakes :)

despite what anyone might think about the stripes, i love em and id love to post 'hardest button to button', another cool tune.....except for the fact that if you dont have a octave divider you gotta play in drop a tuning and it sounds horrible

oh well, good luck with this one :)

mord