"Death Letter" / "Grinning in Your Face" Slide Acoustic White Stripes Cover

For my one year YouTube anniversary...

"Death Letter" / "Grinning in Your Face"
by The White Stripes
From the LP De Stijl (the "Death Letter" part, at least)
Tuning: Open G (DGDGBD)

This one is a pretty basic slide cover, based mostly on the laid back nature of the album version, but adding a 'live' opening and "Grinning" break toward the end.

Chords:
3rd fret riff
Fifth fret (C)
Seventh fret (D)
Occasionally up to 12th fret during breaks (G)

Notes:
1. I tried to use a mix of slide and finger barre for the chords.
2. I'm hitting the guitar just below and a little in front of the bridge--sometimes I actually hit the bridge itself (but not the strings)--it helps to keep the open chord ringing, which you can hear if you listen closely.
3. I really like the 'slightly buzzy' sound of this in points, but the action is really low on this guitar so you can hear me rub a fret at a couple points when I really get going...
4. ENJOY!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• death
• letter
• white
• stripes
• slide
• open
• learn
• to
• play
• jack
• and
• meg
• de
• stijl
• son
• house

[IamDUFF]

I like this. i really do, actually because of your simple camera i've actually learned the majority of this song, but you haven't mentioned the original author anywhere in the tags or description =(

[WonderLure42]

@IamDUFF I just assume everyone knows it's a Son House song, given it's a blues standard. I can add it, though.

[jakesmoge]

oh dear god! notes (or tabs) PLEASE!!!!

[WonderLure42]

@jakesmoge Search my vids. I have two tutorials for this song.

[mclosed]

this was a really good cover what's the tunning?

[WonderLure42]

@mclosed

Open G in this one.

[almostneverJayd]

geez! that's realllllly good. <3

[fngrpkn06]

Nice rendition!

[Colin2720]

god dammit this is just tasteful.

[georgesanchezpage]

Do you tune the acoustic to open A? cuase im scared to snap my b string

[qwerrik]

I have a question if anyone knows: when playin i open g do you allways play the G ,C & D chord blues, i mean you never go up to like A, D, E or whatever? know what I mean? great playin by the way :)

[shutup69er]

sweet man! i'll definately hit up the how to's..

perform it at college in front of 20 metalheads hahaa!!