Can You Tell tab by Ra Ra Riot

Tabs with lyrics

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                          CAN YOU TELL - Ra Ra Riot
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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:

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