----------------------------------------------------------------- UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS - The Strokes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Frank Truei Email: truei.frank@gmail.com Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) I worked hard and fast on this tab... its ACCURATE! Note that each part is retabbed because of subtle differences. Guitar 1 - Intro e|------11~-------------------11~---------------------12-12--11-11------| B|-----------11----11-------------11----11------------------------14--12| G|--------------11-------------------11---------------------------------| D|9--9-----------------9--9-----------------11--11----------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9---9-----------------------| e|-------7h9-7-----9| B|-------7-------9--| G|------------------| D|11-11-------------| A|------------------| x2 E|9--9--------------| Guitar 2 - Intro e|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9--9------------------9--9| B|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9--9------------------9--9| G|4--4-----------------4--4-----------------6--6------------------6--6| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|7--7---11b12-11-9-7--7--7--18b19-14-16----9--9--12-12-11-11-9-7-9--9| B|7--7-----------------7--7--------------16-9--9--12-12-11-11-9-7-9--9| G|4--4-----------------4--4-----------------6--6------------------6--6| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|9--9----11h12-11--------11| B|9--9----12--------12s14---| G|6--6----------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|--------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar 1 - Verse e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|11-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---7-7---7-7---7-7---9-9-9-9| B|12-12---12-12---12-12---12-12---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9| G|13-13---13-13---13-13---13-13---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7--7-7--7-7-7--9--9-9--9-9-9--7--7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9-9-----| B|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| G|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| Guitar 2 - Verse e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|---------------9-------7--------------7-------| A|-----------------9-6-9---9-6------6-9---9-6--/| E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------7--7-----------7-| PM e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------| D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----| A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6/| E|----------------------------------------------| PM e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|---------------6-------4--------------4-------| A|-----------------6---6---6----------6---6-----| E|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----7-------7-4--4-7-------7-4-| PM e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|---------------4s6-----4--------------| A|----------------------------4----2----| E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------| PM e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|---------------4-------3--------------3-------| D|-----------------4---4---4----------4---4-----| A|-------------------6-------6-2--2-6-------6-2\| E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------| PM e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------| D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----| A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6\| E|----------------------------------------------| PM e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| E|------------------------4-4-4-4----------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 1 - Chorus Keeps strumming this short for the next 2 bars: e|--------------| B|--------------| G|--------------| D|9--9-9--9-9-9-| A|--------------| E|7--7-7--7-7-7-| At the same time a 3rd track has at each accented beat e|6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-| B|6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-| G|4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Then when it picks up same strum in the background: e|7-----------------------9----------------------| B|7-----------------------9----------------------| G|4-----------------------6----------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 - Chorus (short notes) e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| (short notes) e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-6-11-6--6-11| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-13--13-13| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| (short notes) e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-11-11-11-11-| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7/9---9--9---9--9--9-| G|8--8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8/9---9--9---9--9--9-| \ D|9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9/11--11-11--11-11-11| \ A|-----------------------------------------------| \ E|-----------------------------------------------| \ \ e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|11--11-11--11-11-11/12--12-12--12-12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12| x2 G|9---9--9---9--9--9-/11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| / D|11--11-11--11-11-11/13--13-13--13-13-13--13--13-13--13-13-13| / A|------------------------------------------------------------| / E|------------------------------------------------------------|/ / e|----------------------------------------| / B|14--14-14--14-14-14--14--14-14--14-14-14| / G|11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| / D|11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| / A|----------------------------------------| / E|----------------------------------------| / -------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO again -------------------------------------------------------------------- Short verse before verse 2 Guitar 1- e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7--7-7--7-7-7--9--9-9--9-9-9--7--7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9-9-----| B|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| G|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| Guitar 2 - hint: play the 7 on E with your pinky first e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|---------------4-------3--------------3-------| D|-----------------4---4---4----------4---4-----| A|-------------------6-------6-2--2-6-------6-2/| E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------| PM e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------| D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----| A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6/| E|----------------------------------------------| PM e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 1 - Chorus 2 Same as Chorus 1 Guitar 2 - Chorus 2 (short notes) e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| (short notes) e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-6-11-6--6-11| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| (let notes ring) e|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|8--8-9--8--8--8-9--8--9---13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13| D|9--9-9--9--9--9-9--9--11--11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| A|-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------| (let notes ring) e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11| D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7/9---9--9---9--9--9-| G|8--8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8/9---9--9---9--9--9-| \ D|9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9/11--11-11--11-11-11| \ A|-----------------------------------------------| \ E|-----------------------------------------------| \ \ e|------------------------------------------------------------| \ B|11--11-11--11-11-11/12--12-12--12-12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12| x2 G|9---9--9---9--9--9-/11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| / D|11--11-11--11-11-11/13--13-13--13-13-13--13--13-13--13-13-13| / A|------------------------------------------------------------| / E|------------------------------------------------------------|/ / e|11----------------------------------------| / B|12-14-14-14--14-14-14--14--14-14--14-14-14| / G|11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| / D|---11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| / A|------------------------------------------| / E|------------------------------------------| SOLO --------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 2 - Lead e|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| B|x-x-x-x------11-12---11-12-11-------11-12----11-12-11------| G|x-x-x-x--9---------9----------9--11-------11----------11---| D|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| A|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| E|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------9--7--12--11s7-7---7-11-11/12| B|----11-12---11-12-11-------11------------------8-----------| G|9---------9----------9--8----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| e|11/-----------------------------------------------| B|----7---7s12--12s16----------14-16--14------------| G|--------------------13-15s16-----------16p15p13s11| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|----11-12---11-12-11--------11-12----11-12-11-----| G|9---------9----------9---11-------11----------11--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|----11-12---11-12-11---------------------------------------| G|9---------9----------9--8---------6----------4-------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 - Rhythm (follow the rhythm of the first power chord so I dont keep repeating) e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|6--6-4--6-4-6--6--6-6--6-6-6/8\6\4----------| D|6--6-6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6/8\6\4----------| A|4--4-4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4/6\4\2----------| E|--------------------------------------------| PM (with chuck here) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44--------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5555-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| E|-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3333-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3| (follow the CHANGED rhythm of the first power chord so I dont keep repeating) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6/8/6--| D|6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6/8/6--| A|4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4/6/4--| E|---------------------------------| (ring) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|4-----------4--4-----------------| D|4-----------4--4-----------------| A|2-----------2--1-----------------| E|---------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL CHORUS -All parts same as Chorus 2 OUTRO e|------11-----------| B|-----------11----11| G|--------------11---| D|9--9---------------| A|-------------------| E|7--7---------------|