Death Letter Chords
Death Letter by White Stripes is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. 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.
Notes: OK, first off, what you see on this page is not 100% accurate, it is
simply the basics for this song. The actual thing is full of more notes,
slides, etc, and you should take what is written here and change and edit
it as you see fit. The modifications are the different riffs that appear in
the song. Work out the order yourself, it's not hard. Oh crap, nearly forgot,
play some of this with a slide, i.e. the barred parts, and the song is tuned
to open D, that is DADGBD. And lastly, importantly,improvise. It's better to
improvise on some parts because a)the song sounds more you b)it helps you
develop artistically and c)it saves me having to tab the whole *** thing out.
Main riff
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|----------3--0--3-3-3-3-3----------3--0--3b3-3-3-3--|
|----------0-(0)-0------------------0--0--0----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5--3--5------------------5--3--5-------------------|
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|Modification 1
|----------------5------------------------5----------|
|----------------5--5-5-5-5-5-------------5--5-5-5-5-|
|----------3b-0-----0---0-----------3b-0-----0-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5--3--5---------------------3--5-------------------|
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|Modification 2
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|----------3--0--3-3-3-3-3----------3--0--3-3-3-3-3--|
|----------0--0--0------------------0-(0)-0----------|
|--------------------------5--3--0-------------------|
|-5--3--0------------------5--3--0-------------------|
Other riff
|------------------7----/7--7-----7--------------------5--5---5----------------5----------
|-7-----7-------7--7----/7--7--7--7--7-----------------5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5-
|-7--7--7--7----7--7--7-/7--7--7--7--7--7--------3b-0--------------------3b-0-------5-----
|-7--7--7--7----7--7--7-/7--7--7--7--7--7-------------------------------------------------
|-7--7--7--7----7--7--7-/7-----7--7--7--7-------------------------------------------------
|-7-----7--7----------7-/7--------7--7--7--3--0--------------------3--0-------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--7----|
-/7--7--7r-7----7-----7-/5--5--5r-5----5------------------------------------/7--7--7--7-|
-/7--7--7r-7----7--7--7-/5--5--5r-5----5--5--5------------------------------/7--7--7--7-|
-/7--7--7r-7----7--7--7-/5--5--5r-5----5--5--5-----5-5----3-3----2-2---1-1--/7--7--7--7-|
-/7--7--7r-7----7--7--7-/5--5--5r-5----5--5--5------------------------------/7--7-----7-|
-/7-----7r------7--7--7-/5--5--5r-5-------5--5--5------3------2------1-----0/7--7-----7-|