• Song:

    Last Nite

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

  • Album:

    2002-08-23: Reading Fes...

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                             LAST NITE - The Strokes
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Tabbed By: Chris Parker (Chris_Parker)

This is my fourth tab, though one wasn't published.

Anyway, I recently got into The Strokes, and I love them. This is probably
my favorite song by them. In fact, the first time I heard it was at my cousin's wedding, 
I'm sure you care about.

A general rule of them for indie EQ: Have more treble than bass, keep mids
fairly high, or to taste (like reverb), and use a light amount of gain.


This is really fun to sing along with, so I'll try to time the guitar with
the vocals as best as I can. I think the verse chorda are about four beats
per second, so I guess the tempo is like 120 bpm. (They're eigth notes by
my "calculations")

Okay, here we go, have fun and enjoy!

Chords Used:

Guitar 1:

  C  Dm7  G  Em  F
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|-8---10--12--12--10--|
|-9---10--12--12--10--|
|-10--10--12--14--10--|
|-10------10------8---|
|---------------------|

Guitar 2:
         (Use mostly upstrokes; you can switch between the 7 and 9 Dms to
                                                          your discretion)
  C   Dm7 Dm9 G or G   Em or Em
|-8---10--12--7----10---7-----12--|
|-8---10--10--8----12---8-----12--|
|-9---10--10--7----12---9-----12--|
|-10--12--12----------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


Last Nite - The Strokes

INTRO (0:00)

Guitar 1
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| x3


(0:10)
Guitar 1
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| x4
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------------------------------| x4
Guitar 2

VERSE 1 (0:28)

Guitars 1 & 2

C                                 Dm7
Last nite, she said, "Oh, baby, I feel so down.

       G                    Em7
Oh, it turns me off, when I feel left out."

C                                     Dm7
So I, turned around, "Oh, baby, don't care no more.

       G                        Em7
I know this for sure, I'm walkin' out that door."

C
Well, I've been in town for just about fifteen minutes now,

            Dm7                 G
And Baby, I feel so down, and I don't know why

       Em7
I keep walkin' for miles.


CHORUS 1 (1:02)

See, people they don't understand
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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No, girlfriends, they can't understand
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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Your Grandsons, they won't understand
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand...
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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VERSE 2 (1:21)

C                                    Dm7
Last nite, she said, "Oh, baby don't feel so down.

       G                    Em7
Oh, it turns me off, when I feel left out."

C                                     Dm7
So I, turned 'round, "Oh, baby, gonna be all right.

          G                      Em7
It was a great big lie, 'cause I left last night"


BRIDGE (1:44)

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|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
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                                        Oh, it's all right, baby!

SOLO (2:02)

Guitar 1: Lead, Guitar 2: Chords (Strum like the verse)

  C
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|-18b20--(20)r18p16----16-18b20--(20)r18p16---16--------|
|-------------------17---------------------17-17--------|
|--------------------------------------------------/15--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

 F
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16----15----------13-13-------13-13-------|
|----14----12-15b17-------15b17-------------|
|--------------------------------------/15--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------|
|-16----15----------13-13-------13-13-----|
|----14----12-15b17-------15b17-----------|
|-------------------------------------15--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 G
|-------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10b12-(12)-(12)\-|
|-------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------12\\-|
|-8----8----8----8---8----10b12-12-12-12-12-12------------------|
|---10---10---10---10--10---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


CHORUS 2 (2:16)

Oh, people they don't understand
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|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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No, girlfriends, they won't understand
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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On spaceships, they won't understand
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|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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And me, I ain't ever gonna understand...
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
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VERSE 3 (2:35)

C                                 Dm7
Last nite, she said, "Oh, baby, I feel so down.

        G                    Em7
Oh, it turns me off, when I feel left out."

C                                           Dm7
So I, I turn 'round, "Oh, little girl, don't care no more.

        G                         Em7
I know this for sure, I'm walkin' out that door..." Yeah...


OUTRO (3:03)

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|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
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|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------------------------------| x2 (or x3, hard to tell)

(3:12)
Guitar 1 (Guitar 2 stops)
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| x2


END

All right, that's it! Awesome song, I hopw you liked it (and that I got it
 right!). Okay, well if you have any questions or need some help (or want to
correct me!), click on my name above the tab and send me a PM, or feel free
to leave a comment on my profile page.

The only thin I might have off is the doubling of the main riff, that and
the amount of repeats, it's kind of hard to decipher.

All right, have fun playing this song!
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