High Ball Stepper Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays533

High Ball Stepper by Jack White is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dm
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Tabs Drop D 
Riff 1 
E-----------------| 
B-----------------| 
G-----------------| 
D-----------------| 
A-5-4-3-----------| 
D---------5-3-0---| 

Riff 2 
E---------------------------------------| 
B---------------------------------------| 
G---------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------| 
A-5-3-5----5-3-5------------------------| 
D---------------------5-3-5-----5---3---| 

Small riff added at the end of Riff 2 at 1:25 (add vibrato on the 10) 
E-----------------| 
B-----------------| 
G----12--10-------| 
D-----------------| 
A-----------------| 
D-----------------| 

Riff 3 
E---------------------------------------­-------------------| 
B---------------------------------------­-------------------| 
G---------------------------------------­-------------------| 
D---------------------------------------­-------------------| 
A-=5-3-5-----5-3-5---------------5-5-5-5-5­-5-5-5-5---------| 
D----------0----------0-3-5------5-5-5-5­-5-5-5-5-5---------| 

Riff before solo at 1:46 (bend up and come back down on second 9 and vibrato on the last note) 

E---------------------| 
B-9-9b--7----7--------| 
G--------7-7----7-7-7-| 
D---------------------| 
A---------------------| 
D---------------------| 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante