CREAM - "white room" Tablature

Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:24:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Halfdan Baadsvik <halfdan@eskobar.nu>
Subject: c/cream/white_room.tab

White Room
(Jack Bruce/Pete Brown)
By The Cream
From the album "Wheels of Fire" 1968
Transcribed by Halfdan Baadsvik
halfdan@eskobar.nu

"White Room", one of the great Cream anthems, and
among the best rock 'n' roll songs ever.
Clapton makes some small changes to the main riff
when he playes it. Here it is written with all notes
he leaves out or puts in. Listen to the record to see
what I mean. If you have the remastered version of
the album, it's easier to hear.
The solo tab is not complete, 'cause I don't wanna
bother tabbing the whole thing. But it should give
you some good guidelines on how to make your own solo
to the song and to play fills in the second verse. As
you might see, it's all based on the pentatonic scale
in Dm.

Cadd9 - X32030 and 335533
G/B - X20033
Am7 - 002010

Intro(clean):
Gm F Dm C Am7
e|---3~~~~--1~~~~--1~~~~--0~~~~--:|---0~~~~--|
B|---3~~~~--1~~~~--3~~~~--1~~~~--:|---1~~~~--|
G|---3~~~~--2~~~~--2~~~~--0~~~~--:|---0~~~~--|
D|-------------------------------:|----------|
A|-------------------------------:|----------|
E|-------------------------------:|----------|

Verse(fuzz):
D Cadd9 G/B
... white room with black curtains
e|-------------2----------x--------------x---|
B|-------------3----3-----3----3---------3---|
G|-------------2----------0--------------0---|
D|-------0----------------2--------------0---|
A|--------------------3-3------------2-2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Bb Cadd9 D Cadd9 G/B Bb Cadd9
near ... station Blackroof ...
e|-------------------2----------x-------x------------|
B|---3---3-----------3----3-----3-3-----3---3---3----|
G|---3---5-----------2----------0-------0---3---5----|
D|---3---5--------0-------------2-------0---3---5----|
A|-2---1---3----------------3-3-----2-2---2---1----3-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Chorus(wah wah):
C G/B Bb A
I'll wait ... place ... sun ... shines
e|-0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-1-----------------3---------------3---------2-----|
G|-0-----------------0---------------3---------2-----|
D|-2-----------------0---------------3---------2-----|
A|-3-----------------2---------------3h5-------2h4---|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
C G/B Bb C D
Wait ... place ... shadows run ... themselves
e|-0---------------------------------------------2-----|
B|-1------------3---------------3-------5--------3-----|
G|-0------------0---------------3-------5--------2-----|
D|-2------------0---------------3-------5--------2h4---|
A|-3------------2---------------3h5-----5h7------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Verse w/ fills,

Chorus,

Intro chords,

Verse w/ solo in background,

Chorus,

Intro chords,

Solo(wah wah):
e|-------10----------10-----------10-------------------------------|
B|-----------13----------13-----------13---------------------------|
G|--b12~~~~~~~---12~~~~~~~---b12~~~~~~~---b12--12p10h12------10~~--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------12--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------10------10------------------|
B|---------------------------------b13------13~~~---13--------------|
G|--12p10--12p10h12--10h12p10---------------------------b12--12p10--|
D|-----------------------------12-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat many times
e|----------------|--------13------------|----------------------|
B|----------------|-13h15-----(13)-13h15-|-13-------------------|
G|------10--12/14-|----------------------|-----14\12--10--------|
D|--12------------|----------------------|----------------12~~--|
A|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|

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