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I Can't Wait Guitar Tablature
The White Stripes – I Can’t Wait

i’m sure this is 99,9% correct, if you find mistakes send me a mail to 
dschohennes@web.de . it’s only the lyrics i don’t no for shure because they 
are wrong everywhere... even on whitestripes.com there are some parts 
missing... doesn’t matter... :)
Have fun!

Intro/Verse (little variations each time)

     A       F        G
E||------------------|-------------------||
A||------------------|--------------—----||
D||o-----2-----------|-------0-----0----o||
G||o---2---2-----3---|----0----0----0---o||
B||--0---------3---3-|--2---2-----2--2---||
E||----------1-------|3------------------||

Verse 1

|  A       F                          G          |
|   I can't wait till you try to come back girl  |  w/ verse-riff
|  A                 F                  G        |
|   when things they don't work out for you      |

Pre-Chorus

|  A           F                     G           |
|o  who do you think you're messing with girl   o|  1x w/ verse-riff
|o A           F                      G         o|  1x w/ strumming
|   what do you think you're trying to do?       |

|  A              F                     G        |
|   do you really think i wanna be left out girl |  w/ strumming
|  A           F                      G          |
|   who do you think you’re tryin‘ to fool?      |

Chorus

| B (hold 3 1/2 measures)                        |
|  First you said I was blind                    |  w/ strumming
|                                        G       |
|  and it’s gonna be different this time         |
|                                                |
| E              G            D          A       |
|  I thought you made up your mind               |
| E              G            D          A       |
|  I thought you made up your mind               |
| E              G       D              A        |
|  I thought you made up, I thought you made up  |
| E              G            D          A       |
|  I thought you made up your miiiiind           |

Interlude

     G                A
E||--3----------------5--| 
B||--0----------------5--| 
G||--0----------------6--| 
D||--0------3----5----7--| 
A||--2-----3----5-----7--| 
E||--3----1----3------5--| 

Verse 2

|  A        F                 G                        |
|   So many times I've gotten used to this             |  w/ verse-riff
|  A           F                 G                     |
|   this old idea of being all alone                   |
|  A            F                   G                  |
|   tell me how I'm supposed to get through with this? |
|  A            F                 G                    |
|   I wish this house felt like a home                 |


Pre-Chrous

|  A           F                     G           |
|   who do you think you're messing with girl    |  w/ strumming
|  A           F                      G          | 
|   what do you think you're trying to do?       |

|  A              F                     G        |
|   do you really think i wanna be left out girl |  w/ strumming
|  A           F                      G          |
|   who do you think you’re tryin‘ to fool?      |


Chorus

| B (hold 3 1/2 measures)                        |
|  First you said I was blind                    |  w/ strumming
|                                        G       |
|  you suddenly took your tiiiime                |
|                                                |
| E              G            D          A       |
|  I thought you made up your mind               |
| E              G            D          A       |
|  I thought you made up your mind               |
| E              G       D               A       |
|  I thought you made up, I thought you made up  |
| E              G            D          A       |
|  I thought you made up your miiiiind           |


Ending

| E             G            D           A       |  4x strummed 
|  Instrumental                                  |     powerchords

     G                A
E||--3----------------5--| 
B||--0----------------5--| 
G||--0----------------6--| 
D||--0------3----5----7--| 
A||--2-----3----5-----7--| 
E||--3----1----3------5--|

There are some feedback/harmonic-effects in between... it depends on your 
equipment, just try different „dirty“ techniques until it sounds well.
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