• Song:

    Barely Legal

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

  • Album:

    2002-08-23: Reading Fes...

Barely Legal - The Strokes

Intro chords:  G - C - G - C
Intro solo: 
A|-5-5-5-7-------------
E|---------7-7-7-7-5-7- x4

G
 I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
C
 Oh, Momma running out of luck
Like my sister, don't give a fuck
G
 I wanna steal your innocence
To me, my life, it don't make sense
C
 Your strange manners, I love 'em so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat?

    G               (x2) C              (x2)
D|-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9---|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
A|--8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------|------------------|

G
 I should've worked much harder
I should've just not bothered
C
 I never show up on weekdays
That's something that you learned yesterday
G
 Drive you to work ah you will be on time
These little problems they're not yours their mine,
C
 Come on and listen to what I say
I've got some secrets that'll make you stay
Dm7
 I just want to turn you down
I just want to turn you around
Dm7/E
 Oh, you ain't never had nothin' I wanted, but...
I want it all     
                    Am
I just can't figure out...
Nothin'

G-GG - G-GG - G-GG - G-GG

    G/D
And all together it went well
   Em 
We made pretend we were best friends
G/D
Then she said, 'Oh, you're a freak'
       Em
They ordered me to make mistakes
  G/D
Together again, like the beginning
   Em
It all works somehow in the end
    G/D
The things we did, the things you hide
Em
 Oh for the record it's between you and I

[Play this whole thing twice:]
  G               (x2) C              (x2)
D|-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9---|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
A|--8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------|------------------|


G
 Oh, I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
C
 Oh, Momma running out of luck
Like my sister, don't give a fuck
G
 I wanna steal your innocence
To me my life, it just don't make any sense
C 
 Your strange manners, I love 'em so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat?

Dm7
 I just want to mis-a-behave
I just want to be your slave
Dm7/E
 Oh, you ain't never had nothing I wanted, but...
I want it all
                    Am
I just can't figure out...
Nothin'

G-GG - G-GG - G-GG - G-GG

    G/D
And all together it went well
   Em
We made pretend we were best friends
G/D
Then she said, 'Oh, I can wait'
      Em
They ordered me to make mistakes
  G/D
Together again like the beginning
   Em
It all works somehow in the end
    G/D
The things we did, the things you hide
Em                                        G(hold)
And for the record, it's between you and I

Chords:
Dm7: x57565
Dm7/E: x77565
Am(12): x12 14 14 13 12
G/D: 10 10 12 12 12 10
G: 355433
C: 8 10 10 9 8 8
Em: x79987
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