Ball And Biscuit Chords

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Ball And Biscuit by White Stripes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, G# and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Standard Tuning EADGBe  


Just the chords for this one,  
other tabs have the riffs and the (insane solos) down pretty well.  


Intro: E 


verse 1:  

E 
It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl, but it's a fact that I'm the seventh son  
E 
It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl, but it's a fact that I'm the seventh son  
A                                                                                     E 
Right now you could care less about me, but soon enough you will care by the time I'm done  

E             
Let's have a ball and a biscuit sugar and take our sweet little time about it  
A 
Let's have a ball girl and take our sweet little time about it  
B                                           A 
Tell everybody in the place to just get out and we'll get clean together   
E        G# G#    A A    Bb Bb       B B        E     
And I'll find me soapbox where I can shout it, Yeah  

(solo) 

verse 2: 

E 
Read it in the newspaper ask your girlfriends and see if they know  
E 
Read it in the newspaper ask your girlfriends see if they know  
A                                                                            E 
That my strength is ten fold girl I'll let you see if you want to before you go  

E 
Let's have a ball and a biscuit sugar and take our sweet little time about it  
A 
Let's have a ball and take our sweet little time about it  
B                                          A 
Tell everybody in the place to just get out we'll get clean together  
E        G# G#    A A    Bb Bb       B B        E     
And I'll find me soapbox where I can shout it, Yeah  
add libbed 
Yeah I can think of one or two things to say about it, Ah listen  

(solo) 
(solo) 

verse 3: 

E 
Yeah it's quite possible that I'm your third man but it's a fact that I'm the seventh son  
E 
It was the other two which made me your third but it was my mother who made me the seventh son  
A                                                                                    E 
Right now you could care less about me but soon enough you will care by the time I'm done  
E 
Just wait, stick around, you'll figure it out 


(end) 
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante