Jack White - Shedding My Velvet Chords

[Intro]
Em Esus2   x8
Em D       x2
 
  Intro riffs (clean tone):
e|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-------7--------------7-9b-9b11r9-7-|------------7---------------------|
D|-7h9p7---9------7h9p7---------------|-9----7h9p7---9-----/9-7----------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------10-9-5-7-|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------10/12-10-------------|
G|-------7--------------7-9b-9b11r9-7-|-9---9h11p9-12b-9-7/9------------12-11-7-7/9-|
D|-7h9p7---9------7h9p7---------------|---------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|-8-----------------------------------------------|
G|-7h9p7---------------------------7h9p7-|---9-7h9-----7h9p7-------------------------------|
D|-------9-----7h9p7\5---5h7p5\4---------|-------------------9-7h9p7\5-----5h7p5\4-4-------|
A|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------5-5/7-|
E|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------|--------------|
B|----------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-2/4----------------------------------7-|-9~~~~~~~~~~~-|
D|-----7-4---7---4-------4----------9-9---|--------------|
A|---------5---------5-----7--------------|--------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------|
 
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em                D
I'm shedding my velvet, can't you see?
Em                  D
This is the real me
Em                      D
I'm not as bad as I was, but I'm not as good
Em          D
As I can be, as I can be
 
 
[Instrumental]
Em Em Em D Em   x4
Em Esus2        x2
 
  Distorted riff:
e|----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------10-----------|
B|----|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------10b12------12r10p8---|
G|----|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------9-|
D|----|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-|-10p9\7---10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7------10-|-10p9\7---10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7----------------------|
E|----|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------pb11r10---10---------|
G|---------------------------------------12----12b14-9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
Clean riff (plays through the verse too):
e|-------------------------|
B|-----------------0-------|
G|-7---7-------------------|
D|-7h9-7h9-7-5-----5h7-5-4-|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em                  D
Think horses, not zebras when you hear the sound
Em                      D
Of hooves on the ground
Em             D
You are a heliotrope who loves the sun
Em                           D
As it goes 'round and 'round, 'round and 'round
 
e|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-7b9---7b9-|-7b9---7b9--7b9---7/9-7\5-|-7b9---7b9--7b9---7/9-7\5-|
A|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------pb18r17-15-17-15----------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------17-15b17-|
G|-7-9-7---7-------7---7-------7-------7-----------------------------------|
D|-------9---9-8-----9---9-7-9---9-8-9---9-9-8-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7h7p5-------------------------7h7p5-----------------------|
A|-------5-7---5h7p5-------------------5-7---5h7p5-----------|
E|-------------------5-6---5\3---------------------5-6---5\3-|
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em                 D
The noblesse oblige you sense is mine
Em
When I convey my lines
Em                         D
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine"
Em                       Em/G
You say this all the time and you're right
 
  Fill:
e|-pb19r17-15-------------------------------|
B|------------17-15-17b19r17-15-------------|
G|------------------------------16-15-16-15-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
  Acoustic/clean electric riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7-------------------------------------------7-7h9-|
D|-7h9-7h9-7-5-5h7---4-------5---4---------7h9-7h9-------|
A|-----------------------5---------5\7-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Outro]
Em                         D
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine"
Em                        Emadd9
You say this all the time
 
and you're right