Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground Uke tab by The White Stripes

6 Chords used in the song: A, G, C, D, Am7, F

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Difficulty: 
2.67
(Beginner)
Key: unknownChords and Tablature
Transcribed on a low G chordG Tenor uke. 
Play the C* and D* chords as barre chords (i.e. Play C* as 5411 and D* as 7633)

Intro:

A|-----------------------------0-0-0-0-0-----------|
E|-----------------------------0-0-0-0-0-----------|
C|-9-9-9-4-7-7-7-4-6-6-4-5-5-4-1-1-1-1-0-----------|
G|-----------------------------2-2-2-2-0-----------| x4



A|-----5p4p0---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------5h7-----7-------3-------5---0-0-0-0-0--|
C|---4-------4h7-------7---7---4-------6-----1-1-1-1-0--|
G|-2-----------------7-------5-----5/7----7--2-2-2-2-0--| x2

Verse:
A chordA G chordG
Dead leaves and the dirty ground

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA Am7 chordAm7
When I know you're not around

A chordA G chordG
Shiny tops and soda pops

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA
When I hear your lips make a sound

F chordF G chordG A chordA Am7 chordAm7
When I hear your lips make a sound

Verse 2:
A chordA G chordG
Thirty notes in the mailbox

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA Am7 chordAm7
Will tell you that I'm coming home

A chordA G chordG
And I think I'm gonna stick around

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA
For a while so you're not alone

F chordF G chordG A chordA Am7 chordAm7
For a while so you're not alone

Break: Heavy distortion on guitar
A chordA A chordA G chordG G chordG C chordC* D chordD* A chordA Am7 chordAm7
A|-0-X-X-0-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-3-X-5-X-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-0-X-X-0-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-5-X-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-1-X-X-1-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-4-X-6-X-1-1-1-1-0-|
G|-2-X-X-2-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-5-X-7-X-2-2-2-2-0-| X2


If you can hear a piano fall...down the hall
A chordA Am7 chordAm7
A|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
C|-9-7-6-5-1-1-1-1-0--|
G|---------2-2-2-2-0--| Let notes ring


A chordA G chordG
If I could just hear your pretty voice

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA
I don't think I need to see at all

F chordF G chordG A chordA Am7 chordAm7
I don't think I need to see at all

A chordA G chordG
Soft hair and a velvet tongue

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA Am7 chordAm7
I want to give you what you give to me

A chordA G chordG
And every breath that is in your lungs

C chordC* D chordD* A chordA
Is a tiny little gift to me

F chordF G chordG A chordA Am7 chordAm7
Is a tiny little gift to me


Break: Heavy distortion on guitar
A chordA A chordA G chordG G chordG C chordC* D chordD* A chordA Am7 chordAm7
A|-0-X-X-0-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-3-X-5-X-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-0-X-X-0-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-5-X-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-1-X-X-1-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-4-X-6-X-1-1-1-1-0-|
G|-2-X-X-2-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-5-X-7-X-2-2-2-2-0-| X2



I didn't feel so bad till the....
D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD
A|-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-|
E|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|
C|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|
G|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|

....sun went down
A chordA A chordA A chordA A chordA Am7 chordAm7A chordA A chordA A chordA A chordA
A|-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-0-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-|
E|-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-0-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-|
C|-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-0-1-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|
G|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-0-2-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-|

Then I come home No one to wrap my arms...
D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD D chordD
A|-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-5-X-X-|
E|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|
C|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|
G|-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-|

F chordF
...around
G chordG
Wrap my arms around


Well any man with a microphone...the most
A chordA Am7 chordAm7
A|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
C|-9-7-6-5-1-1-1-1-0--|
G|---------2-2-2-2-0--|

A chordA G chordG
And you know why you love at all
C chordC* D chordD* A chordA
If you're thinking of the Holy Ghost
F chordF G chordG A chordA Am7 chordAm7
If you're thinking of the Holy Ghost


Outro: Heavy distortion on guitar
A chordA A chordA G chordG G chordG C chordC* D chordD* A chordA Am7 chordAm7
A|-0-X-X-0-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-3-X-5-X-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-0-X-X-0-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-5-X-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-1-X-X-1-X-X-2-X-X-2-X-X-4-X-6-X-1-1-1-1-0-|
G|-2-X-X-2-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-5-X-7-X-2-2-2-2-0-| X2


A|-----5p4p0---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------5h7-----7-------3-------5---0-0-0-0-0--|
C|---4-------4h7-------7---7---4-------6-----1-1-1-1-0--|
G|-2-----------------7-------5-----5/7----7--2-2-2-2-0--| x2

Finish on an open A chordA chord

Uke tab by , 09 Feb 2021

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About this song: Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground

"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is a single by The White Stripes from their album White Blood Cells. It was released in August 2002. The song features a very raw guitar tone produced by an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi.In 2006, a cover of the song appeared on Chris Thile's album How to Grow a Woman from the Ground. Jack White originally planned for this song to be much softer and done with an acoustic guitar.The video for this song, directed by Michel Gondry Read more on Last.fm.

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