Boys In The Band - The Libertines From The Album 'Up The Bracket' Standard Tuning - Capo on 1st fret Tabbed in relation to capo, ie. 3rd fret actually means 4th Intro: ------ f¦¦--------------2-------2---¦----------¦ C¦¦--3-------------3-------3-¦-----3----¦ G#¦¦--2---------2-------2-----¦---2---2--¦ Repeat 8 times D#¦¦--0-------0-------0-------¦-0--------¦ A#¦¦--------------------------¦----------¦ F¦¦--------------------------¦----------¦ Main Riff: ---------- e¦¦------------------------------¦ B¦¦------------------------------¦ G¦¦------0-2-2/3-2-0---1-1--4-4--¦ x2 D¦¦--2-2-0-2-2/3-2-0---2-2--5-5--¦ A¦¦--2-2---------------2-2--5-5--¦ E¦¦------------------------------¦ e¦¦------0--0-0--------------------¦ B¦¦------3--3-3--------------------¦ G¦¦--1---1--1-1---1-1-1--4-4-4--1--¦ x2 D¦¦--2---2--2-2---2-2-2--5-5-5--2--¦ A¦¦--2---2--2-2---2-2-2--5-5-5--2--¦ E¦¦--0--------------------------0--¦ Verse: ------ E You're talking like you've never seen the light... etc. e¦¦---------------¦ B¦¦-----3--3-3-3--¦ G¦¦--1--1--1-1-1--¦ x3 I think there's about 3 guitars here, D¦¦--2--2--2-2-2--¦ each doing this or variations of the main riff A¦¦--2--2--2-2-2--¦ E¦¦--0------------¦ C#5 B5 But I've never seen you dance and I've never heard you sing G#5 So how could it mean a... ...single thing? e¦¦---------------¦------------------------------------------¦ B¦¦---------------¦--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-¦ G¦¦-6--6--6-------¦--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-¦ D¦¦-6--6--6-------¦--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-¦ A¦¦-4--3--2-------¦---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---9-¦ E¦¦---------------¦------------------------------------------¦ B It's all so rudimentary e¦¦--2-------7-----¦ B¦¦----3-------8---¦ G¦¦------4/------9-¦ D¦¦----------------¦ A¦¦----------------¦ E¦¦----------------¦ Main riff + another verse Chorus: ------- E G#m Tell me baby, how does it feel? C#m A G#m I know you like the roll of the limousine wheel E G#m And they all get them out A B For the boys in the band E G#m They scream and they shout A B For the boys in the band Then comes a messy version of the main riff and another verse Bridge: ------- e¦¦------4-4-4-4-4--10-10-10-10--¦ B¦¦------0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10--¦ G¦¦------------------------------¦ Repeat over the main riff D¦¦------------------------------¦ A¦¦------------------------------¦ E¦¦------------------------------¦ Solo: ----- e¦¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B¦¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G¦¦--14^16--(14)16-(14)16--14-12----12----12----12----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12- D¦¦------------------------------14----14----14----14------------------------- A¦¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E¦¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------- e¦¦---------12--¦ B¦¦---------12--¦ G¦¦--14^16------¦ Repeat this last part a few times. D¦¦-------------¦ A¦¦-------------¦ E¦¦-------------¦ Then do a harmonic across the strings at the 12th e¦¦----------------------------------------------¦ B¦¦----------------------------------------------¦ G¦¦--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------¦ D¦¦--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2-2-0-2-2/3-2-0-¦ A¦¦--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-0-2-2/3-2-0-¦ E¦¦------------------------------0-0-------------¦ Then back into the chorus and end on e¦¦--0- B¦¦--3- G¦¦--1- D¦¦--0- A¦¦--2- E¦¦--0-