Tabs with lyrics
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAN YOU TELL - Ra Ra Riot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: rikky the song is written in the key of F#m/A. this is a simplified tab, played live the song gets a lot trickier. taken from the album version, although the EP version is in the same key.
VERSE CHORDS: The basic chord structure of the song is -A augmentedA (x2)
B minorBm
C# minorC#m timing is pretty simple - Oh have I been too dis- creet?
A augmentedA
B minorBm
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA How long am I sup- posed to wait?
A augmentedA
B minorBm
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA I think about you nightl- y
A augmentedA
B minorBm
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA Oh can you tell I'm lo- sing sleep?
A augmentedA
B minorBm
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA it sounds good if you slowly strum the
B minorBm and
C# minorC#m on an acoustic. play it in E-shape, barred 5-7-9 (sounds nice alongside the record). CHORUS TAB: e|-----------9----------9----------9----------9--|
BB|-----10---------10---------10---------10-------|
G+G|--11----11---11----11---11----11---11----11----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------| (fill with
D MajorD and
E MajorE power chords)
VERSE TAB: e|-------------------------|BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|--4~--5~/9\7\4~---5~/7~--|
E MajorE|-------------------------| (x2) make it sound all slide-y and cool. OUTRO TAB: e|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12~\9-9/--| (x2) e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5~\2-2/--| (x2) SONG STRUCTURE: Intro - VERSE CHORDS x4 (0:00) Verse I - VERSE CHORDS x8 (0:13) Chorus I - CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) (0:40) BREAK (0:47) Verse II - VERSE TAB (0:53) Chorus II - CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) (1:06) BREAK (1:13) CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) x4 (1:30) BREAK (1:57) Outro - OUTRO TAB x2 (2:10) TAB SCRIPT: / slide up \ slide down
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Can You Tell' by Ra Ra Riot, an indie band formed in 2006 from Syracuse, New York