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Intro/Verse:
G|------0-5-10-0------|-------3----3------|
D|-----2---------2----|-----3----3----3---|
A|----2---------------|--1----------------|
E|--0-----------------|-------------------|
Bridge:
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|----2-----------1----------|
E|----------3-----------0----|
Chorus:
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|---------1----|
E|----0---------|
At the end of "there is a man, a certain man.." Jack hits this chord
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|----7----|
E|---------|
Verse 2:
He picks out the chords rather ramdomly in this verse but this is roughly how it goes
G|-----------------|--------3---3-----|
D|-------2---2-----|------3---3---0---|
A|-----2---2---0---|---1--------------|
E|---0-------------|------------------|
heres is the order:
intro/verse x8
bridge
verse x4
bridge
verse x6
chorus x4
bridge
"there is a man, a certain man.."
verse 2 x6
chorus x4
bridge
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Adam Wanna Be |
#1 by Adam Martinez at Dec 29, 2005 at 11:43 AM EST |
| I downloaded this a long time ago, then last year, i had a film class, and we watched Citizen Kane. And it slapped me in the face. i had no idea what the stuff was from, but then i noticed it when he started, at the beginning, where he's talking to the guy who (kind of) adopted him is offering mines or something to kane, and he says he's not interesting in it. (well, i'm sorry, i'm not interested in gold mines...) excellent song. | |
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jeph Wanna Be |
#2 by jeph howar at Jan 25, 2006 at 2:15 PM EST |
| anyone who thinks a song is about jesus is a dick. even if it actually IS about jesus, you're still a dick for implicating a fictional character into every fucking song you listen to. maybe if you spent some time absorbing REAL culture instead of willingly filling your head with bullshit indoctrination, you might have known what it was really about. now piss off. | |
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BOOKER Average |
#3 by BOOKER at Apr 12, 2006 at 5:24 AM EST |
| This song is a tribute to the Orson Welles classic film, "Citizen Kane." Almost every line is taken from the film - including the wonderful little song about Charles Foster Kane (C.F.K.) that is actually sung in the film too. It made me appreciate The White Stripes a little more, being that I'm a filmmaker and to see a movie be inspiration for a song is just blue jeans cool... PS - go rent the movie. | |
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Maverick Average |
#4 by Maverick at May 4, 2006 at 1:50 AM EST |
| well, jack white got off the phone one day, and the first thing out of this mouth was "i blew it", and it took off from there. true story. but i'm pretty sure that the rest is just about a serious commitment. oh, rebelwithoutacause, that reminds me (about OC) on that 70's show, donna told eric that she loved him, and eric replied "i love.. cake." XD | |
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Charlie Average |
#5 by Charlie Palmer at Aug 31, 2006 at 7:45 AM EST |
| This song is about committment, like artslut said. The man in a relationship is afraid of committing, because when you are married 'to death do we part'. He realises that forever is a long time, and that he will never be able to honestly be with another woman again. He stuffed up at a crucial part, like (I can't believe I'm about to compare a work of art to a crappy TV show, but here goes) on the OC, when Marissa says 'I love you' to Ryan, and Ryan can't say it back, and instead says 'Umm...thankyou?' He blew it. Big time. | |
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morgasmo Wanna Be |
#6 by morgasmo at Nov 20, 2006 at 11:44 PM EST |
| It's all about Citizen Kane. The part about true love is sung by the band during Kane's party in the Everglades. The bit about oil wells and shipping and being everything you hate is spoken by Kane when he loses his empire. His second wife speaks the lines about "you gotta love me." The "There is a man..." part is taken verbatim from a song about Kane sung in the movie. But "shure"? What the hell? There's no 'h' in 'sure.' Also, it's traction MAGNATES, not magnets. | |
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Tim Rhythm Player |
#7 by Tim Jessop at Jan 19, 2007 at 12:01 PM EST |
| cool, hella weird song though!! | |
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qaz1 Average |
#8 by qaz1 qaz1 at Feb 24, 2007 at 12:28 AM EST |
| This masterful song clearly refers to "Citizen Kane", directed by Orson Welles. As liarsclub said, this song is practically taken from the movie. If anyone who reads this has not seen the movie, go see it. It truly is the greatest movie of all time, and this band might become the greatest of all time. The bit about "there's no true love" comes from the picnic scene in the movie, near Xanadu. The song in the middle of the song about Kane comes from Kane's celebratory party for his newly acquired newspaper staff. The union forever refers to the words the young Charles Foster Kane shouts as he plays in the snow with his sled (Rosebud) outside his mother's boarding house. The stuff about the oil and gold refers to the scene where Kane insults his guardian, Thatcher, who simply cannot understand him. Someone else here said it, but the thing about having to love him is said by his second wife, Susan Alexander in the same scene as the "there can't be love". It's an amazing movie. This is an amazing band. | |
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C.J. Wanna Be |
#9 by C.J. Donnelly at Mar 17, 2007 at 12:58 PM EST |
| true that | |
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xavier cassel Average |
#10 by xavier cassel no nazis at Apr 27, 2007 at 6:45 AM EST |
| Really ? If thats true, then i am going to increase my respect for the white stripes lyrics ten fold... | |
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i wanna play do Average |
#11 by i wanna play docter with u after the amber alert is off at Jul 3, 2007 at 5:11 PM EST |
| its even better live | |
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Ayush Average |
#12 by Ayush K at Oct 14, 2007 at 12:17 AM EST |
| This song is about really wanting to shag someone, and them either not wanting the same thing or not being ready. Its a very pretty song though :) | |
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