Can You Tell tab by Ra Ra Riot

Tabs

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             CAN YOU TELL - Ra Ra Riot
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Tabbed by: rikky
Email: [email protected]

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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