Black Keys

Turn Blue(Chords)

Black Keys

Key: Bm

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                                                  Turn Blue  
                                               The Black Keys 
                                                  Turn Blue 
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Tabbed by: Connor O. 
Tuning: Standard 



The song is pretty straight-forward and without much variation. I showed cues for  
verse 1 and Chorus lyrics by placing the first letter of each lyric above  
it's appropriate location in the beat. There is a little bit of variation in  
the 2nd verse, but I don't really feel like going through and tabbing it all out 
and I'm sure you don't want to read miles of tab to see a muting rhythm 
you probably could have figure out yourself. If there's something in particular 
in the 2nd verse that you want to play that I didn't tab out LET ME KNOW and I'll  
tab out the 2nd verse for you. 

Two quick things. It's difficult to tell what's going on in the Am to Bm transition 
at 0:12, 0:33, 0:53 etc. It sounds like there's some type of modulation going on.  
You can hear a dip in the sound. Finally, the beat quickens after the 1st Chorus.  
Throughout the entire song Pat plays a beat at ~90 bpm, switching between the snare  
and cymbal. After the first Chorus, the beat is split, which is evident in the  
faster strumming Dan does. Listen at closely at 1:22 & 1:33 to hear this strumming. 

Last thing. If you're having technical difficulties, here's how I play the main riff: 

   1 2 3 4   5   6   7   8     9 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---6---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    
1.) Barred with ring finger. Arpeggiated with thumb. 
2.) Fretted with pointer. Picked with middle. 
3.) Barre three bottom strings with ring finger again. Sweep up with pointer. 
4.) Fretted with ring. Picked with thumb. 
5.) Barred with ring. Strummed with thumb. 
6-7.) Barre bottom two strings with pointer. Fret G string with middle. Strummed with thumb. 
8-9.) Barre with pointer. Strum with thumb.  

If it doesn't sound right, try playing softer. 

Comment or message any ideas or corrections. Please rate my tab. If you've got 
problems with the tab, I'd encourage you to contact me with those problems so I 
can fix the tab or provide advice for playing. Don't just give me a poor rating 
and not give me any feedback. The idea is for us all to work together to create 
a perfect finished product. This tab just represents the best I can do. It's  
definitely up for peer review. PLEASE DON'T RATE THE TAB LESS THAN 5/5 UNLESS YOU 
CAN TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG.  



Key: 
where # represents a fret number 

/ \ - slides, up and down respectively. 
 x  - mute 
 *  - time keeper. if you played a steady 
      baseline, you'd see the notes are  
      displayed in the tab in the correct  
      chronological order.  

              

Intro: 

                                           
  0:02 
   Bm            Am   
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---6---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    

  0:07 
                     C#m 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---9---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   

  0:12 
                 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5-----x-7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5-----x-7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6-----x-7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    


verse 1: 


  0:17 
                               In the 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---9---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   

  0:23 
   d o t n   I   s   t   l   con-trol 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---6---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    

  0:28 
                             b I s 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---9---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   

  0:33 
   c   t w   L I al -  w d    be-fore 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5-----x-7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5-----x-7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6-----x-7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    

  0:38 
                             I g s 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---9---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * 

  0:43 
   h v a t   but whatmorecan I 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---5---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---6---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    

  0:48 
   do                        I gotta               
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---9---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   

  0:53 
   s   on  t   j l  p    t  m    to 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5-----x-7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5-----x-7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6-----x-7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    

  0:58 
                         I r d t y 
e|-7-5-7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
B|-7---7-----7---5---9---7-----7---| 
G|-7-----7-------6---9---7-----7---| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * 


Chorus: 


  1:03 
   know       -ow              t   c     be    hell            below 
e|-7-------x---5-----------x---5---5-------x---7-7---------x-------| 
B|-7-------x---6-----------x---5---5-------x---7-7---------x-------| 
G|-7-------x---6-----------x---6---6-------x---7-7---------x-------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    

  1:08 
                       be      low     ow            I r   d   h y 
e|---------x-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------x-----------------------------------7-------------------| 
G|---------x-----------------------------------7-------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *     

  1:14                                                 
   know       -ow              t   c     be    hell            below 
e|-7-------x---5-----------x---5---5-------x---7-7---------x-------| 
B|-7-------x---6-----------x---5---5-------x---7-7---------x-------| 
G|-7-------x---6-----------x---6---6-------x---7-7---------x-------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *        

  1:19    
                       be      low     ow             
e|---------x-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------x-------------------------------------------7-------7---| 
G|---------x-------------------------------------------7-------7---| 
D|---------------------------------------------8-----------8-------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *       


verse 1: 
In the dead of the night I start to lose control 
But I still carry the weight like I've always done before 
It gets so heavy at times but what more can I do 
I gotta stay on track just like Pops told me to. 

Chorus: 
I really don't think you know 
This could be Hell 
Below 
Below 
I really do hope you know 
This could be hell 
Below 
Below 

verse 2: 
When the music is done and all the lights are low 
I will remember the times when love would really glow 
If I could trade my happy for my world turned blue  
Then the light inside would only shine for you 

Chorus:  x2 
I really don't think you know 
That could be Hell 
Below 
Below 
I really do hope you know 
That could be hell 
Below 
Below
	        

Written by Dan Auerbach/Brian Burton/Patrick Carney

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