• Song:

    Gratisfaction

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

  • Album:

    The Collection

The Strokes - Gratisfaction

Tabbed by ear by Patrick Corcoran.

Tab about 95% accurate. (There are two lead parts playing at once throughout much of
this song, and while playing this on my guitar I was attempting to balance/play both parts
simultaneously to the best extent possible, so both parts are sort of meshed together 
here in the tab at a slight cost of accuracy.)

For a video of me playing this, see here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kReOVMSsfMI

Lead Guitar Parts

Part A:
                         (second lead guitar)
--8---7---5---3---3-----------------------------|
-10---8---6---5---3----------------8------------|
-10---9---7---5---4------------7-9--------------|
--------------------------7-9-------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|

Part B:                       / = slide      h - hammer on
                            (second lead guitar)
--3---5---7----8---5--------10/8---10/8---8-8h10h12-8h10h12-13-12--|
--5---6---8---10---6--------12/10--12/10---------------------------|
--5---5---9---10---5-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Part C:                p = pull off

--8---7---5---3---3----5p3-5p3----3--3--5p3-5p3-|
-10---8---6---5---3----3---3------3--3--3---3---|
-10---9---7---5---4----4---4------4--4--4---4---|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|

Then Part B again.

Part D:
   (first lead)
   --8---7---5---3---3-----------------------------|
   -10---8---6---5---3-----------------------------|
   -10---9---7---5---4-----------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|

   (simultaneous second lead)
   -8----7---5---3--/7----7------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|

Chorus consists of four parts:

   First Three Parts of Chorus
         (I)              (II)           (III)
   -8--7--5--3-7-----7--5--3--3-5------8--7--7-----|
   10--8--6--5-8-----8--6--5--3-6-----10--8--8-----|
   10--9--7--5-7-----9--7--5--4-5-----10--9--7-----|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|

   Fourth Part

   -7--5--3----------------------------------------|
   -8--6--5----------------------------------------|
   -9--7--5----------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|
   ------------------------------------------------|

Then play Part A again.

Part E
                            (second lead guitar)
--3---5---7----8---5--------10/8---10/8-------10/8---10/8----|
--5---6---8---10---6--------12/10--12/10------12/10--12/10---|
--5---5---9---10---5-----------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|

Part F

--8---7---5---3---3-3---3-3-5p3-5p3-------------|
-10---8---6---5---3-3---3-3-3---3---------------|
-10---9---7---5---4-4---4-4-4---4---------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|

Then play Part B again.

Then play Part A again.

Then play the Chorus.

Solo

----12----8----12----8----12----8-----12--------|
-10---10----10---10----10----10---10-----10-----|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|

-12-12-12/10-10-10-10/8-------------------------|
-13-13-13/12-12-12-12/10------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|

-12-12-12/10-10-10-10/8---8--8--8/7-7-5---------|
-13-13-13/12-12-12-12/10-10-10-10/8-8-7---------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|

-5-5-5/3-3-3-3/5-5----5-5-5/3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/8--8--7-|
-7-7-7/5-5-5-5/7-7----7-7-7/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/10-10-8-|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|

-12-12-12-10-10-13-12-------------------------------|
-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|

-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----------------------|
-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----------------------|
-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|

Then play Part A again (without the second lead riff).

Then play the Chorus.

Then play with tremolo picking:

-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
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Then play one more Chorus, but this time play the first three parts as normal, and end
with this fourth part:

-12--10---8-----------------------------------------------|
-13--11--10-----------------------------------------------|
-12--10---9-----------------------------------------------|
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----------------------------------------------------------|
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