The Strokes
Under The Cover Of Darkness
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B -     x24442
C#m  -  x46654
Ebm -   x68876
Abm -   466444
E -     022100
F# -    244322
B7 -    x21202
G -     320033
F#/Bb - x143xx


Intro: B--C#m-- x2


Verse 1:
 B
Slip back out of whack
        B7
At your best
       Ebm
It's a nightmare
   Abm             E
So I'm joining the army
B
Know how folks back out
        B7
I still call
     Ebm
Will you hate for me now? 
E
We got the righteous 
  C#m
advice to use it
Abm
Got everything but 
C#m
you can just choose it
  B
I won't just be a 
puppet on a string


Refrain 1:
Abm   E       B  F#
Don't go that way
Abm  E        B  F#
I'll wait for you


Chorus 1:
        Abm
And I'm tired of 
all your friends 
E
Listening at your door 
      B
And I won't
         F#
I better call you. 
Abm     E
So long my friend
B          F#
And adversary
But I will call you


Post Chorus: B--C#m--


Verse 2:
B
Get dressed jump out of bed
          B7
And do it best
Ebm
Are you OK?
E
I've been out 
 Abm
around this town 
    B
And everybody's been singing 
    E         B
the same song ten years


Refrain 2:
Abm  E        B  F#
I'll wait for you
     Abm E        B  F#
Will you wait for me too? 


Chorus 2:
         Abm
And they sacrifice their lives
       E
In our land are all closed eyes
          B
I've been saying we're beaten down
                F#
I won't say it again
Abm     E
So long my end
B           F#
The sorry embrace


Guitar Solo: C#m--Ebm--C#m--B---G--B--Abm
C#m--Ebm--C#m--B-F#/Bb


(Repeat Refrain 1)


Chorus 3:
        Abm
And I'm tired of 
all your friends 
E
Listening at your door 
      B
And I won't
         F#
I better call you. 
Abm     E
So long my friend
B          F#
And adversary
for you


Outro: B--(hold)