Artist: The Strokes
Song: Hard To Explain
Album: Is This It
Tabbed by: Dave (Mouth02)
Standard Tuning: EADGBe
Verse (Rythem) Am C D
----------------------0000000000000000--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--
----------------------1111111111111111--1111111111111111--3333333333333333--
--00000000--00000000--2222222222222222--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--
--55555555--44444444--2222222222222222--2222222222222222--0000000000000000--
----------------------0000000000000000--3333333333333333--0000000000000000--
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"Was an honest man..." x1
C (palm-muted)
--0000000000000000--0000000000000000--33333333333333333333333333333333--
--1111111111111111--1111111111111111--33333333333333333333333333333333--
--0000000000000000--0000000000000000--00000000000000000000000000000000--
--2222222222222222--2222222222222222------------------------------------
--3333333333333333--0000000000000000------------------------------------
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"I don't see it that way..."
After you play this once, you play the verse again, and hold -0-, then go to the bridge -1-
-0-
-2-
-0- x16
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Verse (Lead)
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--88888888--77777777--8888888888888888----------------------7---------------7-5--
--00000000--00000000--0000000000000000---5/7/9------7-5-9-5---5-9---7-5-9-5------
-----------------------------------------------7-5----------------7--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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"Was an honest man..."
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--00-22/3-2--00-22/3-2---------------------
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------------------------1717171717171717---
------------------------1515151515151515--x8
"I don't see it that way..."
After you play this once, you play the verse again, and hold ---, then go to the bridge ---
-2-
--- --- x16
---
Bridge (Rythem)
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------4444444444444444--7777777777777777--
--55555555555555555--5555555555555555--4444444444444444--7777777777777777-- x2
--55555555555555555--5555555555555555--2222222222222222--5555555555555555--
--33333333333333333--0000000000000000--------------------------------------
"Raised in Carolina..."
Bridge (Lead)
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--1717171717171717-- x8
--1717171717171717--
--1515151515151515--
Chorus (Rythem)
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--9-12-9-10-9-9-12-9-10-9----9-------------9------------------------- x4
--------------------------10---10-12-10-10---10-12-10----------------
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"I missed the last bus..."
Chorus (Lead)
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-------------------------- x8
--1717171717171717-------- It seems too easy, but if you watch them live,
--1515151515151515-------- thats what the lead guitarist plays.
Then you play the whole over again, and thats it. If you have any questions, comments, or corrections, you can e-mail me at MasterHamfast22@aol.com or IM me on
MasterHamfast22. Amen
