• Song:

    Barely Legal

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

  • Album:

    2002-08-23: Reading Fes...

Artist: The Strokes
Track: Barely Legal
Album: Is This It
Guitarist(s): Albert Hammond Jr. (gtr1)
              Nick Valensi (gtr2)
Tabbed By: Tomsk

Intro

Guitar 1

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------| x 3
A|--5-5-5-7-------------|
E|----------7-7-7-7-5-7-|

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------| x 1
A|--5-5-5-7---------0---|
E|----------7-7-7-7-----|

Guitar 2

     G         C
e|---3---------6--------|
B|---3---------6--------|
G|---4--(X 4)--7--(X 4)-|
D|---5---------8--------|
A|---5---------8--------|
E|---3---------6--------|

Verse

Guitar 1

Down then Upstroke.

   G      G      C      C
e|-33-----33-----66-----66----|
B|-33-----33-----66-----66----|
G|-44-----44-----77-----77----|
D|-55-----55-----88-----88----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Guitar 2 - Same chords as in intro.

G "I didn't take no shortcuts"
G "I spent the money that i saved up"
C "Oh Moma runnin' outta luck"
C "But like my sister don't give a fuck"

Bridge

Guitar 1

     G         C
e|---3---------6--------|
B|---3---------6--------|
G|---4--(X 4)--7--(X 4)-|
D|---5---------8--------|
A|---5---------8--------|
E|---3---------6--------|

Guitar 2

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4---|
D|---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--| X 2
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0----|
D|---3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2---| X 2
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

Verse
Same as first

Pre-Chorus

Guitar 1

    C
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|--12--(X 8)-| X 8 Bars
D|--14--------|
A|--15--------|
E|------------|

Guitar 2

    C
e|--6--------|
B|--6--------|
G|--7--(X 8)-| X 8 bars
D|--8--------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

Guitar 1 

    Am
e|--------|
B|--14----|
G|--13----| X 4 bars
D|--X-----|
A|--12----|
E|--------|

Guitar 2

    Am
e|--5--|
B|--5--|
G|--5--|
D|--7--|
A|-----|
E|-----|

Guitar 1

e|--3--33---|
B|--3--33---|
G|--4--44---|
D|--5--55---| X 4
A|--5--55---|
E|--3--33---|

Guitar 2

e|------------|
B|--12--1212--|
G|--12--1212--| X 4 
D|--X---X-X---|
A|--10--1010--|
E|------------|

Chorus

Guitar 1

e|--10---|
B|--12---|
G|--12---|
D|--12---| X 8
A|-------|
E|-------|

Guitar 2 - With slight variations

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--7-7---------------|
D|------9-9-7-7-9-9---|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--9-9---------------|
D|------9-9-7-7-9-9---|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Last Time....

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

End

Guitar 1 

e|--10--|
B|--12--|
G|--12--|
D|--12--|
A|--10--|
E|--10--|

Guitar 2

e|--3--|
B|--3--|
G|--4--|
D|--5--|
A|--5--|
E|--4--|

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