• Song:

    Naive

  • Artist:

    The Kooks

  • Album:

    Naïve

Artist: The Kooks
Title: Naive
Album: Inside In/Inside Out

Good song! This is the way I play it, sounds pretty good.
I think he has a capo on the 4th fret for the real thing, but this sounds
good anyways.

Standard Tuning, EADGBe

Intro/Verse 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------9x99-9xxxxx----------------7-7xxx77-7xxxx--|
g|---666x6p4--9x99-9xxxxx---6xxx66-6xxxxx8-8xxx99-9xxxx--|
d|---666x6p4-99x99-9xxxxx---4xxx44-4xxxxx9-9xxx88-8xxxx--|
a|-6---------7-x77-7xxxxx---4xxx44-4xxxxx9-9xxx99-9xxxx--|
e|-4---------------------4h6-xxx66-6xxxxx7-7xxx77-7xxxx--|

Chorus 1
(This riff for the first two lines of the chorus)
e|---------------7~--------------6~--------------------|
b|-9~------------7~--------------7~--------------------|
g|-9~------------8~--------------6~--------------------|
d|-9~------------9~--------------8~--------------------|
a|-7~------------9~--------------6~--------------------|
e|---------------7~--------------6~--------------------|
     I know, she knows, that I'm not fond of asking etc.

(Then this riff for the third line ONLY)
e|---------------4~--------------6~--------------------|
b|-9~------------4~--------------7~--------------------|
g|-9~------------4~--------------6~--------------------|
d|-9~------------6~--------------8~--------------------|
a|-7~------------6~--------------6~--------------------|
e|---------------4~--------------6~--------------------|
     I know, she knows, that I'm not fond of asking

(This last line is the ending of the chorus)
e|-------------------------7~------------------6~------------|
b|-9~----------------------7~------------------7~------------|
g|-9~----------------------8~------------------6~------------|
d|-9~----------------------9~------------------8~------------|
a|-7~----------------------9~------------------6~------------|
e|-------------------------7~------------------6~------------|
     True or false, it may be, but she's still out to get me

e|--7---------|
b|--7---------|
g|--9-(Strum)-
d|--9---------|
a|--7---------|
e|--7---------|

Verse 2

(For this verse just strum these chords really funky)
e|---------------7---7---|
b|------9---11---7---7---|
g|--6---9---11---8---9---|
d|--6---9---11---9---8---|
a|--6---7---9----9---9---|
e|--4------------7---7---|

Chorus 2
(Chorus 2 is exactly the same chords as the first, just strum them instead
of letting them ring)

Bridge
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------0-----------------7---------------------|
b|----------------------------------0-----------------7---------------------|
g|-4-4-44s6-66-66s8-88-88s9--9-9-9--16-(strum this----9-(On the second time-|
d|-6-6-66s8-88-88s9-99-99s11-111111-16-last chord)----9-round do this one)--|
a|----------------------------------------------------7---------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------7---------------------|

Guitar 2 (Second time round)
e|------------------------------------12------------------------------------|
b|-19-19-1919-17-14-17-16-12-12h14-14----1414-x-11-(In time with last chord-|
g|----------------------------------------------11-of Guitar 1)-------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3
(Same as verse 2)

Outro
e|--7---6---4---7---|
b|--7---7---4---7---|
g|--9---8---4---8---|
d|--9---8---6---9---|
a|--7---6---6---9---|
e|--7---6---4---7---|

End on G#m and WAHEY!

The Kooks - Naive.

h     = Hammer On
p     = Pull Off
x     = Hit String But Do Not Ring
~     = Let Ring
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