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Intimate Secretary Bass Tab

Send "Intimate Secretary" Ringtone to your Cell Phone


in the intro you just let high G ring... if you dont know what G 
is it's


G----
D-5--
A----
E----

then it goes into some riff like 

G-------------
D-3-5-5-3-5-5
A-------------
E-------------

do that a few times then pause for a bit, then go back to it

increadibly easy song

thanks for learning

_terp

Intimate Secretary Bass Tab

Send "Intimate Secretary" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/r/raconteurs,_the/166534.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture luke Rhythm Player	#1 by luke dont play bass with a pick! at Sep 8, 2006 at 5:48 AM EST
	http://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/md/md07.htm ?

No Picture Tyler Average	#2 by Tyler Green at Sep 14, 2006 at 11:08 PM EST
	I've been puzzled by this song since the day I heard it (it is an AMAZING tune btw, listen to Zane Lowe version if you can), you can see my April 5th try here http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:idPhS_8eh0IJ:dhost.info/andeh88/phpBB2/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D391%26start%3D0%26postdays%3D0%26postorder%3Dasc%26highlight%3D%26sid%3D70b2de804d2df0be3195a7fec387e4ef+secretary+raconteurs+alexis&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3 I'm convinced it has a deeper meaning, I'm simply unable to hear all the words :) I've been amused by all the comments in all the reviews about the supposed "playfulness" and "goofiness" of these lyrics, is anyone aware of any comment by the band on this topic?

No Picture [matt] Average	#3 by [matt] Anderson at Dec 3, 2006 at 10:48 AM EST
	ome people on other forums, have worked out the freemason's reference, but a lot of people are still guessing at these lines so here's what I think they are with references: Venerable obscurist malarkey a doulocracy ecclesiarchy The exarchy's inspector inquisitor I dare mock an illustrious master Venerable http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/venerable Obscurist http://membres.lycos.fr/coupland/coupgx.html though possibly independently derived from obscure, using artistic license, with reference to the esoteric nature of the Freemasons and for self-reference to the song itself. Doulocracy http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Doulocracy Ecclesiarchy http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/d0004916.html Exarchy http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exarchy Inspector Inquisitor http://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/md/md32.htm Illustrious Master http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22illustrious+master%22+freemason&btnG=Search&meta= Freemasons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasons Fellow Craft http://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/md/md03.htm Intimate Secretary http://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/md/md07.htm Kakistocracy http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kakistocracy "I had an uncle but he got shot" and "This ringing in my ears won't stop" http://www.rickross.com/reference/freemen/freemen8.html http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/masonic_initiation.html "The other foot looks like it won't drop" and "is this greeting the type that's meant for me" are secret handshake references. I think that Benson plays the role of a freemason sponsoring White in this song. The seemingly inane things that he's "got" surely has relevance too, but I'm not sure what that is. Perhaps it's a device used such that, the initial impression that this song gives is designed to portray the superficial daftness of the Freemasons whereas closer inspection reveals it's esoteric, "obscurist" nature, or perhaps this is just an elegant coincidence. Sorry for the many edits, I think I'm finished now. I hope this enriches someone's enjoyment of the song. Whatever the full meaning, it is in my humble opinion, a masterpiece, that we're not really expected to understand, very reminiscent of the way Cobain used to write. "He's the one, who likes all the pretty songs, and he likes to sing along, and he likes to shoot his gun, but he knows not what it mean"

No Picture Shayne Wanna Be	#4 by Shayne Marchand at Dec 20, 2006 at 8:57 AM EST
	A Beatles moment.

No Picture juleon Average	#5 by juleon at Dec 27, 2006 at 3:37 AM EST
	Jack white fucking rocks

No Picture Old Jigi Average	#6 by Old Jigi at Jan 16, 2007 at 5:15 AM EST
	oohh I LOVE these guys, and this song! but i think it's malarkey, not malarchy..? cause I looked it up, and to my surprise, malarchy isn't a word (I thought it was..?) and yeah that last verse is pretty hard to understand haha "i've got so many things you haven't got" I like taht

No Picture tracey Wanna Be	#7 by tracey grimes at Jan 16, 2007 at 5:59 AM EST
	well. the bit there should be: "Is this greeting the type that's meant for me? Are you part of this kakistocracy?" this doesn't sound right: "Then on rubble of malarchy Down with luck we'll see Ecclesiarchy" There was a St. Malachy. But as far as I know malarchy isn't an actual word. I tried it on urban dictionary and it defines it as "Something that generates a lot of work or fuss." Soo...I dunno. Maybe Jack White reads UD. xD BUT. I don't hear anything like 'malarchy' anyways. I heard 'obscurest (somethingsomething)'. And as for the last verse. I've got nothing. Can't figure it out at alllll.

No Picture FUCK Average	#8 by FUCK at Feb 7, 2007 at 1:01 PM EST
	ok, so it IS something to do about the Freemasons, definitely. That's enough to know, thanks!

No Picture benji Wanna Be	#9 by benji 182 at Mar 8, 2007 at 8:45 AM EST
	Sorry the site seems to have posted that multiple times and it won't let me delete.

No Picture tony Average	#10 by tony lambiase at Apr 7, 2007 at 3:23 AM EST
	As kakistocracy is a system of governing where the least able have power as opposed to - and for example - a democracy where those who have been selected by the people have power.

No Picture DrUnk Idi0t #1 Average	#11 by DrUnk Idi0t #1 at Apr 19, 2007 at 6:51 PM EST
	This entire ablum contains refrences to the Freemasons. Intimate Secretary is a degree, "Our fellow's craft is just not for sharing" this says it all right here

No Picture chris Average	#12 by chris nagel at Jul 20, 2007 at 10:55 AM EST
	whats with the rabbit?

No Picture Link Average	#13 by Link at Sep 10, 2007 at 8:16 PM EST
	Wow, I was actually pretty close with the lyrics, save for the malarkey part. It all makes sense now...

No Picture no more mohawk Average	#14 by no more mohawk :( at Sep 13, 2007 at 1:22 AM EST
	er....have you heard aluminum? broken boy soldiers? blue orchid?

No Picture sean (jello bia Average	#15 by sean (jello biafra incognito) griffin at Sep 25, 2007 at 7:24 AM EST
	"are you part of this Kakistocracy?" haha brilliance. this is a super catchy song! jack white's voice sounds so unique in this song. more unique than i've ever heard it.

No Picture bootsy's Average	#16 by bootsy's lovechili at Oct 17, 2007 at 11:09 PM EST
	I thought it was Khakistocracy, like the pants... And googling 'Intimate Secretary' just gives pages of links about this song ;)