Song: Reptilia
Artist: The Strokes
Tabbed by: speedyfingers508
The best song of all time by the best band in the world
Guitar 1 - Nick Valensi
Guitar 2 - Albert Hammond Jr.
Bass - Nikolai Fraiture
Intro
Bass
G|--------------------------------|
D|99999999999999999999999999999999|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Instrumental (in between intro and when julian starts to sing)
Guitar 1
E|-7------------------------------------------7--------------------------------|
B|-7------------------------------------------9--------------------------------|
G|-7------------------------------------------9--------------------------------|
D|-9------------------------------------------9--------------------------------| /x4
A|-9------------------------------------------7--------------------------------| /
E|-7------------------------------------------7--------------------------------|/
Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7--7------7-7--7-------------------------------------------|
D|---------9-7----------9-7-------------------------------------| /x4
A|-----------------------------11-11--11-14-17---11-11--11-14-17| /
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|/
Bass
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|----------------7777777777777777| /x4
E|7777777777777777----------------|/
Verse 1
Guitar 1 (comes in when julian says 'I said 'please dont...')
E|-7------------------------------------------7--------------------------------|
B|-7------------------------------------------9--------------------------------|
G|-7------------------------------------------9--------------------------------|
D|-9------------------------------------------9--------------------------------| /x2
A|-9------------------------------------------7--------------------------------| /
E|-7------------------------------------------7--------------------------------|/
Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12-12--12---------12-12--12--------------------------12-------------12-| /x6
A|------------14-12--------------14-12---11-11--11-14----11-11--11-14----| /
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Bass (comes in when julian says 'i was afraid...')
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|----------------7777777777777777| /x4
E|7777777777777777----------------|/
Bridge
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15--15-/-10-10--10/12-12--12-/14-14--14--/12-12--12/14-14--14-/10-10--10-/15-15--15--|
G|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--|
D|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--| / x2
A|--14-14--14-/-9--9---9-/10-10--10-/12-12--12--/10-10--10/12-12--12-/-9--9---9-/14-14--14--| /
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Guitar 2 plays nothing
Bass (comes in after 'guitar 1' has been played once)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------1212-1111-99-44|
A|-------------10-10--10-12-12--12-10-10--10-12-12--12----------------|
E|-7-7--7-9-10--------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15--15-/-10-10--10/12-12--12-/14-14--14--/12-12--12/14-14--14-/10-10--10-/15-15--15--|
G|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--|
D|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--| / x2
A|--14-14--14-/-9--9---9-/10-10--10-/12-12--12--/10-10--10/12-12--12-/-9--9---9-/14-14--14--| /
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Guitar 2
E|7------10-9-------9-7---7--10-9----12-9-7---7--10-9----12-9-------9-10-7---9-|
B|--7-10------7-10------8---------10--------8---------10------7-8-7--------7---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| /x4
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| /
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Bass
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------1212-1111-99-44|
A|-------------10-10--10-12-12--12-10-10--10-12-12--12----------------|
E|-7-7--7-9-10--------------------------------------------------------|
Solo
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9p7----7----------------------9p7---7------------------------|
G|------9---9--7--9--7--6--7--6------9---9--7--9--7--6--7--6----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------9-| /x2
A|--------------------------------------------------------------| /
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|/
E|------7---------------------10^--9---------------------14-12----------------------14^-12-----------|
B|10-12---10p9p7----7----------------10p9p7------7--------------15p14p12------12------------15p14p12-|
G|----------------9----7----------------------9-----7----------------------14----12------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|9^--9p7----7-----------------------9p7----7-----------|
G|---------9----9--7--9--7--6--7--6-------9---9--7------|
D|--------------------------------------------------9~~-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 plays nothing
Bass
G|--------------------------------|
D|9999999999999999----------------|
A|----------------7777777777777777| /x4
E|--------------------------------|/
Verse 2
Guitar 1
E|7--------------------------------------------|7----------------------------------------------|
B|7--------------------------------------------|9----------------------------------------------|
G|7--------------------------------------------|9----------------------------------------------|
D|9--------------------------------------------|9----------------------------------------------| /x4 (after
A|9--------------------------------------------|7----------------------------------------------| / joining in)
E|7--------------------------------------------|7----------------------------------------------|/
^
join here 1 1/2 way through the bass piece (when bass changes from 9 on the D string to 7 on the A string)
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7--7---------7-7--7------------------------------------------|
D|---------9--7-----------9-7---11-11--11-14-17---11-11--11-14-17| /x4 (joins after 2 rounds of the bass piece)
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| /
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|/
Bass
G|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|
D|9999999999999999----------------| |--------------------------------|
A|----------------7777777777777777| /x2 |----------------7777777777777777| /x4
E|--------------------------------|/ |7777777777777777----------------|/
Bridge
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15--15-/-10-10--10/12-12--12-/14-14--14--/12-12--12/14-14--14-/10-10--10-/15-15--15--|
G|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--|
D|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--| / x2
A|--14-14--14-/-9--9---9-/10-10--10-/12-12--12--/10-10--10/12-12--12-/-9--9---9-/14-14--14--| /
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Guitar 2 plays nothing
Bass (comes in after 'guitar 1' has been played once)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------1212-1111-99-44|
A|-------------10-10--10-12-12--12-10-10--10-12-12--12----------------|
E|-7-7--7-9-10--------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15--15-/-10-10--10/12-12--12-/14-14--14--/12-12--12/14-14--14-/10-10--10-/15-15--15--|
G|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--|
D|---x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--/-x--x---x/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x-/-x--x---x--| / x2
A|--14-14--14-/-9--9---9-/10-10--10-/12-12--12--/10-10--10/12-12--12-/-9--9---9-/14-14--14--| /
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Guitar 2
E|7------10-9-------9-7---7--10-9----12-9-7---7--10-9----12-9-------9-10-7---9-|
B|--7-10------7-10------8---------10--------8---------10------7-8-7--------7---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| /x4
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| /
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|/
Bass
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------1212-1111-99-44|
A|-------------10-10--10-12-12--12-10-10--10-12-12--12----------------|
E|-7-7--7-9-10--------------------------------------------------------|
Outro
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------7|
B|--------------------------------7|
G|--------------------------------7|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|7^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|9^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|9^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|---------------------------------|
Bass
G|---------------------------------|
D|999999999999999999999999999999999|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
