Chords by: justins03

Standard Tuning

The Strokes
Ize of The World

   C#m5  E5  Eb5  A5  B5   C#m  F#m  Abm  E   E Open   A 

e | --x----x----x---x---x-----4----2----4---7---o--------5-------------------- | 
B | --x----x----x---x---x-----5----2----4---(b9)--o--------5-------------------- | 
G | --6----(b9)---8---x---4-----6----2----4---(b9)--1--------6-------------------- | 
D | --6----(b9)---8---7---4-----6----4----6---(b9)--2--------7-------------------- | 
A | --4----7----6---7---2-----4----4----6---7---2--------7-------------------- | 
E | --x----x----x---5---x-----x----2----4---x---o--------5-------------------- | 


Intro:

C#m5 - E5 - Eb5   A5 - C#m5 - B5


C#m                     F#m       Abm           E
I think I know what you mean but watch what you say
 C#m                         F#m      Abm          E
'cause they'll be trying to knock you down in some way
 C#m                         F#m      Abm      E
Sometimes it feels like the world is falling asleep
 C#m                    F#m       Abm       E
How do you wake someone up from inside a dream?

 C#m                        F#m            Abm          E
Your mind would wander and search for its place in the night
 C#m                      F#m         Abm       E  
Your body followed this feeling like following light
 C#m                     F#m       Abm          E
Once that your music was born it followed you 'round
 C#m                     F#m                 Abm          E
And then it gave your activities, meaning and let you be loud

F#m                 Abm 
You're sad but you smile
A               E
It not in your eyes
F#m                  Abm
Your eyeballs won't change
          A                  Open E 
It's the muscles around your eyes

Open E in Chorus

Abm             E
An egg to fertilize
Abm              E
A pulse to stabilize
Abm             E
A body to deodorize
Abm              E
A life to scrutinize
Abm              E
A child to criticize
Abm                  E
Young adults to modernize
Abm               E
Citizens to terrorize
Abm                    E
Generations to desensiti


Solo: C#m - F#m - B - E   I think 3 times


C#m                           F#m         Abm      E 
You're dreams are sweet and obsessed and your overworked
 C#m                 F#m        Abm       E
You're overtaken by visions of being overlooked
  C#m                           F#m
How disappointed would D.(ead) I.(dealistic)
             Abm                               E 
D.(esperate)I.(nventor)P(ioneer)P.(hilosophers)Be
 C#m                      F#m        Abm       E 
to see such power in our hands all wasted on greed
 C#m                  
Am I a prisoner to instincts?
     F#m              
Or do my thoughts just live
               Abm
As free and detached
                 E
As boats to the dock?
C#m                      F#m        Abm               E
Just like when music was born and detached from your heart
C#m                      F#m          Abm       E
Is your free time to free minds or for falling apart?

F#m         Abm
Night after night
A                E
You turn out the light
F#m              Abm         A
You don't fall asleep right away
                Open E
"Are we... are we done?"

Abm            E
A desk to organize
Abm                E
A product to advertise
Abm                E
A market to monopolize
Abm                 E
Movie stars you idolize
Abm               E 
Leaders to scandalize
Abm               E
Enemies to neutralize
Abm              E
No time to apologize
Abm             E
Fury to tranquilize
Abm                E
Weapons to synchronize
Abm             E
Cities to vapor-i