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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:
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   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:
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   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:
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           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:
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              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:
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    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-
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