• Song:

    What Ever Happened

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

Tabbed By; Daniel James Frampton (it's all me)

INTRO: palm mute the open b string and play 16th notes (tremelo picking)

VERSE:
 B
I want to be forgotten, 
 E
and I don't want to be reminded. 
  C#m
You say "please don't make this harder." 
  E
No, I won't yet. 

Repeat chords... 

I wanna be beside her. 
She wanna be admired. 
You say "please don't make this harder." 
No, I won't yet. 

Break: Abm F#  (The Lead is tabbed very well by someone else on this page)
       C#m B        

 Abm   F#       C#m         B
Oh dear, is it really all true?
 Abm   F#                      C#m         B  
Did they offend us and they want it to sound new? 
    Abm   F#        C#m         B
Top ten ideas for countdown shows... 
 Abm             F#            C#m         B
Whose culture is this and does anybody know? 
 Abm         F#         C#m         B
I wait and tell myself "life ain't chess," 
Abm              F#      F#         B - B - B - Abm - Abm - Abm  
But no one comes in and yes, you're alone... 
 B - B - B - Abm - Abm - Abm  C#m       B
You don't miss me, I know.  
 
 Abm      F#      C#m        B
Oh Tennessee, what did you write? 
 Abm      F#      C#m        B
I come together in the middle of the night.
 Abm       F#              C#m        B 
Oh that's an ending that I can't write, 'cause 
 Abm      F#    C#m________       B
I've got you to le_______t me down. 
  
Intro again...

Verse:
I want to be forgotten, 
and I don't want to be reminded. 
You say "please don't make this harder." 
No, I won't yet. 
 
I want to be beside her. 
She wanna be admired. 
You say "please don't make this harder." 
No, I won't yet... 

Sounds good to me
-Dan
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