Intro
Hey guys, this is one of my favorite songs by the Strokes so it really surprised me to see a lack of
well thought-out chord sheets to play this song solo. Luckily, almost all of it is straight up power chord
structure stuff, so playing this should be fairly easy.
(Chords Library)
F#F# 244322
D#mD#m x68876
A#mA#m 688666
G# minorG#m 466444
C#C# x46664
C#sus4C#sus4 x46674
G#m7G#m7 464574
BB 799877
Automatic stop
[Verse]
F#F# D#mD#m
So many fish there in the sea
A#mA#m
I wanted you, you wanted me
F#F# D#mD#m
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
A#mA#m
I was a train moving too fast
[Bridge]
G# minorG#m F#F#
Didn't understand what to see
G# minorG#m
Yeah, then I got a different view
C#C# C#sus4C#sus4
It's you...no.
[Pre-Chorus Riff, totally optional]
F#F# A#mA#m
F#F# A#mA#m
[Chorus]
G#G# C#C# D#mD#m
Wait, I'ma gonna give it a break.
G#7G#7
I'm not you friend,
BB
I never was.
G#G# C#C#
I said wait, I'ma gonna give it a break.
G#7G#7
I'm not your friend,
BB
I never was... No.
[Verse]
F#F# D#mD#m
So many fish there in the sea
A#mA#m
She wanted him, he wanted me
F#F# D#mD#m
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
A#mA#m
I was a train moving too fast
[Bridge]
G# minorG#m
Yeah, I know you warned me
F#F#
But this is too important
G# minorG#m
Now I got a different view
C#C# C#sus4C#sus4
It's you...
[Pre-Chorus Riff, once again it's optional]
F#F# A#mA#m
F#F# A#mA#m
[Chorus]
G#G# C#C# D#mD#m
Why can't you wait, I'ma gonna give it a break.
G#7G#7
I'm not you friend,
BB
I never was.
G#G# C#C# D#mD#m
I said wait, I'ma gonna give it a break.
G#7G#7
I'm not your friend,
BB
I never was.
B/F#
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Alternatively you can play this for the main riff if you want
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[Verse]
F#F# D#mD#m
So many fish there in the sea
A#mA#m C#C#
I wanted you, you wanted me
F#F# D#mD#m
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
A#mA#m C#C#
I was a train moving too fast
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But personally I don't think it sounds as good as strumming the A#mA#m for two bars.